In Delray, Florida, forty-year-old nurse Terry Painter prided herself on her sensible pragmatic nature. Yet when the very tall young looking Alison Simms arrives at her home inquiring about renting a cottage from her, Terry agrees to lease the place. After Alison leaves, Terry thinks about what happened, as she knows nothing about her new tenant.
However, Terry and Alison seem to get on and a friendship begins to form though the older woman has concerns with the ambiguous responses her tenant provides to her questions. When Terry reads entries in Alison's journal that imply her tenant was seeking her out specifically in Florida, she wonders why. When she meets two friends of Alison and the woman's “brother”, Terry turns even more paranoid that her renter and associates want to do her harm unless she acts first.
WHISPERS AND LIES is an exciting suspense thriller that never lets up until the final twist occurs. The story line is fast-paced as the audience observes Terry becoming increasingly paranoid over Alison and her friends, but fans will wonder if the distrust and anxiety is valid or crazy. Genre fans will want to read Joy Fielding's latest novel told from the perspective of Terry, but make sure not to have any company for a few days.
"Terry Painter lives a nice quiet live in tranquil Delray Florida, where the single, forty-year-old nurse lives alone in the house she inherited from her mother. When young, vibrant Alison Simms rents the cottage on her property, the two women strike up a fast friendship-and Terry is swept up into a fantastic new life. But nothing about her newfound companion seems right, and as it appears. Terry discovers more about Allison's secretive past and her lies and deceptions. Terry becomes locked into a race to reclaim her own life-before she opens the door any further to the stranger she thought she knew."
Boppy, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of Whispers and Lies
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Plot
Composition of Book descript. of violence and chases - 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40% How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- vigilante getting revenge
- escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- nurse/medtech
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
- a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
- a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist
- power
- insanity
The antagonists are:
- rednecks
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- Deep South
City?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 1
- 3-4
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
