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Slipping

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Ms. Baumgarner's, Slipping, is not a lighthearted read. Some parts will have goosbumps marching up your neck. Yet, it's a book you won't want to put down until you reach the startling end. Go ahead, pick it up and enter the mind of Seth Berman. I dare you.

Rating: Highly Recommended

An Enjoyable Piece Of Literature On Many Levels!

Recently I have been taking a break from reviewing books to focus on other obligations. In the past I've read and reviewed Bumgarner's "8 days" and I am familiar with her writing style. "Slipping" is the first book I have reviewed in over six months and I can see that Bumgarner's writing skills have advanced to the next level. This book and possibly
everything from Barri is and will be winners!

The author gets into the head of the "Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde" character of
Seth Berman. He seems like the typical "9 to 5" banker, and when a series
of murders are committed in the area, he is not the typical suspect. However, when his alter ego - named Zeus - scratches to the surface, the
results are rarely pleasant. We see that Zeus is not satisfied with his dual residency with Seth Berman and he wants to get out!

In this multiple personality thriller, a tenacious cop named Dana Scanlon is determined to solve the murders that have been committed. When Scanlon focuses on Seth/Zeus, she latches on like a ferocious wolverine, and her desire to catch her perpetrator rivals Zeus's desire to kill. As she closes in on Zeus, your heart will race!

This is an exciting thrill ride from page one to the exciting climax and
unexpected ending. "Slipping" is an enjoyable piece of literature on many
levels, and a book that you don't want to miss!

Reviewed by Tyrone V. Banks

In what will become as popular of a book as any written by Dean Koontz, Barri Bumgarner has masterfully crafted a unique murder-thriller in "Slipping."
Seth Berman is an average, stale banker by day, but his night job has a community in fear of everyone and one investigator, Danna Scanlon, searching for the truth. Upon learning that Berman's alter-ego, Zeus, is behind a series of murders, a race begins to wrestle the murderer to justice, while questioning how something like this could happen to one human being.
Berman's character is not a study of the human psyche as much as it is an imaginative piece of fiction. Regular psychology is as boring as being a banker, but Bumgarner spices up this character through insight and understanding what makes a reader's skin crawl.
As for the lead female character, Bumgarner turns the age-old art of nagging into an artform, as Scanlon is relentless. She serves as the reasoning behind the madness through intelligence and sheer desire.
Anybody who wants to own a classic now should buy "Slipping." It blows away anything John Grisham has ever done and Koontz is clearly in Bumgarner's sights as the next to fall. Remember the name Bumgarner and get her autograph now!

Barri Bumgarner has done it again! Following her splendid, armageddon outta here novel, "8 Days", Barri returns with "Slipping' dedicated to the proposition that it's bad enough to have multiple personalities. Worse, if one of them happens to be a serial killer. We meet Seth Berman, boring banker, and man with a secret: Lurking inside him is the truly nasty Zeus, an alter ego with the goal of seriously altering Seth's ego, not to mention the bodies of anybody who gets in his way. And they're not alone. There's a real party going on in there as one flies over this cuckoo's nest.
Enter Danna Scanlon, cop-who-just-won't-go-away (let's hope Barri keeps Danna around for a few more books. Can't you see Sandra Bullock in the movie version?). Danna tangles with Seth/Zeus and the rest of the menagerie, right up to a
gut-wrenching climax.
It makes for a taut read from a rising star of the thriller. Remember the name: Barri Bumgarner

Dean Koontz fans-check this out! Barri Bumgarner has created characters you can relate to, a story that pulls you in and carries you along (at a very fast pace), and surprises that were not the "you saw that coming" type! If you like to try to figure out what is going to happen next and are please when you don't-this is the book for you!

Slipping is a thrilling trek through the minds of Seth Berman that keeps you enthralled from cover to cover.

I took this book on my honeymoon with me to do some light reading on the beach. Little did I know, I would get caught up in the mind of a killer. I did not put the book down until it was read. I highly recommend, but not for the faint of heart.

As a mental health therapist, I found this book to be fascinating. A true depiction of Disociative Idenity Disorder and a darn good psychological thriller. If you like to get into the mind of serial killers and some motivating factors this is a great book. A power struggle between the personalities and how each was developed.