“Wow” I loved this book. I was spell-bound and found it hard to put this book away at night. I usually read two or three books at a time but… this one left me no place to pause and set it aside for a different one. I loved the plot of a seemingly normal woman dealing with the ups and downs in life and her almost seclusion at a sea front coastline town which turned into a mystery…. Thriller and even a tad bit of romance coupled with one who wanted control of the world’s finance.
I adored Linda. She was normal and yet complicated. The mystery of this book keeps you turning pages and just when you think you have it figured out… you are not even close…It involves seclusion.. Friendship, life as Linda wants it, her brilliant personality and great strength she finds within herself.
The action, mystery, and thriller parts are blended so perfectly from one to the other as if you are watching an amazing movie. Certain parts made me warm and fuzzy, other parts made me think “awe” and on to parts that made me say “What? Are you serious?” on to being shocked and then planning and running with Linda to stay alive. The final page left me needing a rest as if I had just ran three miles to save my own life… Great read.
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This is a novel about an average woman caught in a web of mystery. Someone suddenly wants her dead.

Linda Darby is a resident of Sea Crest, Oregon, a get-away-from-it-all sort of place. She makes her money by day trading, and takes care of her sexual needs with a series of one-night stands. She is friends with an older woman named Cynthia Leclair, who works at a very strange place called Smith and Co. Cynthia perpetually declines to answer Linda's questions about her work, visitors are forbidden, there is no regular mail delivery, etc.

This is an absolute gem of a book. It has everything that a suspense thriller story needs; shadowy political/intelligence operatives, fake identities, lots of money and a bit of sex. The author shows throughout that he really does know what he is doing. ( )