Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32455 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-30
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Synopsis
It should have been a simple journey - a drive from Minneapolis to Green Bay, Wisconsin. But a couple of unplanned detours lead Grace MacBride, Annie Belinsky and police Deputy Sharon Mueller deep in the northern woods, far from civilization and a mobile phone signal. Then the car breaks down. The nervous search for a landline and a mechanic leads the women to Four Corners, a sleepy crossroads town. And place they soon wish they'd never stumbled on - because something terrible happened in Four Corners...Filled with the same crackling dialogue, pace and rich vivid characters as "Want to Play?" and "Live Bait", "Dead Run" firmly establishes PJ Tracy as one of the most exciting thriller writers in the world.

Customer Reviews

Surprising
Dead Run is full of odd-ball characters, it's bursting at the seams in an effort not to be stereotypical. The truth is, that this diversity of character is not Dead Run's strength, the entertaining and surprisingly fresh plot is. In one simple chapter, Dead Run takes your expectation and shreds it, fixing the reader with a fascinating story, aided by the interesting participants, yet not controlled by them. Plot driven novels rely on substance and surprise and Dead Run has enough of both. The ending is a little weak, although competently written, so it's not a complete cop-out. Dead Run is a surprising original book and is standalone, even though the characters make references to the previous Monkeewrench stories. A recommended read.

Dead Run = Dead Boring
Don't waste your money or valuable time reading this book. Weak plot, little action, no mystery, and full of padding!

This one is A Real Thriller

PJ Tracy is the pseudonym of the combination of a mother-daughter writing duo P.J. and Traci Lambrecht. It is certainly unusual if not unique. Their first three novels, Monkeewrench, Live Bait and Dead Run,, have become national and international bestsellers.

Much like some of the other reviewers I read and enjoyed Monkeewrench and Live Bait and expected something equally good or better from this writing pair. I was not disappointed. Although this type of book is not my first choice, preferring to read historical fact or fiction, after reading the first in the series I was not about to pass up on this one. I don't know whether it is a matter of two brains is better than one, or the duo just have a knack of coming up with a good plot that stimulates the reader and keeps them attentive throughout the book.

This book has a really sinister and eerie plot that involves the trio of Grace Macbride, Annie Belinsky and Deputy Sharon Mueller who break down on a drive from Minneapolis to Green Bay. They are deep in the forest and cannot obtain signals on their phones. A trek through the woods brings them to the town of Four Corners, where they had hoped to get a mechanic to fix the car. But the place is a ghost town and the telephone lines have been cut in every building.

The trio who had set out to investigate what they believe to be the work of a serial killer, suddenly find themselves witnessing a horrific double killing and end up being the hunted instead of the hunters . . .