Falls to Pieces
by Douglas Corleone

A mother and daughter in hiding are threatened by more than secrets and lies in a twisting novel of paranoia, revenge, and psychological suspense by bestselling author Douglas Corleone.

For two years, Kati Dawes and her teenage daughter, Zoe, have lived off the grid in Hawaii, hiding from a past Kati must forget as if her life depends on it. New names. Anonymous online presence. So far, safe. Until Kati’s fiancé, attorney Eddie Akana, disappears along a popular hiking trail in a Maui national park. Now all eyes are on Kati. Exposure can make a woman with so many secrets very paranoid.

Eddie’s law partner, Noah Walker, is doing everything he can to protect his new client from the press that’s hovering like a vulture and the authorities whose suspicions about Kati—and the disappearance—are rising. Then suddenly, Zoe goes missing as well. Kati will risk anything to find her. But the worst is still to come. Because Kati’s not the only one with secrets. And buried among them is a twist she never saw coming.

5 out of 5 fairies

Tense from the very start, this book will take you into a dark world, with unforgettable characters, and a deep, thrilling mystery. Little hints get dropped along the way, but as Kati doesn’t know exactly what happens, neither does the reader. She’s a bit of an unreliable narrator in some ways, but I love the little breadcrumbs dropped about her and Zoe’s past the deeper you get. Honestly, I was just as curious as to what happened then as what happened to Eddie and Zoe in the present. Corleone does a masterful job with the descriptions, it’s like watching a crime drama unfold before your eyes. There’s so much I want to say, but I’d rather not risk spoilers. If you like thrilling reads with plenty of twists, tension, and mystery, then this needs to be your next read!

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Douglas Corleone is the highly acclaimed and award-winning author of contemporary thrillers. His debut novel, ONE MAN’S PARADISE, introducing hotshot defense attorney Kevin Corvelli was a finalist for the 2010 Shamus Award for Best First Novel and winner of the 2009 Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award. Corleone’s other novels in the Kevin Corvelli series include NIGHT ON FIRE and LAST LAWYER STANDING.

Douglas Corleone’s highly acclaimed international thriller, GOOD AS GONE, featuring former U.S. Marshal Simon Fisk, was hailed by the Huffington Post as a “heart-wrenching, adrenaline-producing adventure that…leaves the reader gasping for breath.” The second book in the series, PAYOFF is due out in August 2014.

Recently Douglas Corleone was selected by the Estate of Robert Ludlum, internationally bestselling author and creator of the Jason Bourne series, to continue Ludlum’s series of thrillers featuring ex-Navy SEAL and former covert government agent Paul Janson. ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE JANSON EQUATION will hit stores early in 2015.

A former New York City criminal defense attorney, Douglas Corleone now resides in the Hawaiian Islands with his family, where he is currently at work on his next novel.

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