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Unspeakable
11Jun2008 Filed under: with you chris brown Author: admin
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Anna Corbett is deaf and mute, but she’s not stupid. When the young widow is told by her aging father-in-law, Delray Corbett, that Jack Sawyer has been hired to work their eastern Texas ranch merely as an extra pair of hands, Anna knows that it’s really the news of criminal Carl Herbold’s recent prison break that has Corbett hiring the tough drifter. Carl Herbold, along with his brother Cecil, swore vengeance against Corbett, their stepfather, for cooperating with the police when the two were convicted of armed robbery. The Herbold boys were also suspected of another crime–the murder of young Patsy McCorkle–but Ezzy Hardge, then sheriff of Blewer County, Texas, never found the proof needed to go to trial. Twenty years have passed, and the McCorkle murder remains a mystery. A man obsessed, Ezzy Hardge continues to search for clues that will convict the Herbolds of the monstrous murder. Soon, Carl and his brother will take their revenge. But Anna and her 5-year-old son, David, are unaware of the degree of viciousness with which the Herbold brothers can strike. Only hired hand Jack Sawyer knows the real danger, and his growing love for Anna and David keeps him close despite the impending onslaught. Yet the longer he remains in Blewer, the more he risks revealing his past–and one particular secret that may destroy his only chance at Anna’s love. In Unspeakable, Sandra Brown once again flexes her “literary muscle,” providing a fast-paced, spine-tingling tale of passion, conspiracy, and stark brutality. It’s a story that unfolds through the eyes of diverse, compelling characters, and culminates in a delicious ending you won’t expect. –Kate Breslin –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
A 20-year-old unsolved murder in a small East Texas town sets the stage for this fast-paced and romantically charged, if stiffly written, thriller, the latest (after Fat Tuesday) from the prolific Brown. Everyone in Blewer, Tex., assumes that the nefarious Herbold brothers, Carl and Cecil, murdered Patsy McCorkle two decades ago, but neither was ever charged with the killing. Carl, the more menacing brother, has spent those decades in an Arkansas prison for an unrelated crime. But now Carl has escaped and Blewer residents fear he might come back to town. Local rancher Delray Corbett has more to fear than mostAthe Herbolds are his estranged stepsons. So when drifter Jack Sawyer swaggers onto Delray’s ranch looking for work, Delray hires him, thinking that Jack’s presence will ease his mind regarding the safety of his deaf, widowed daughter-in-law, Anna, and her five-year-old son, David. But Delray doesn’t know that Jake has a closer connection to Blewer, and to the Corbetts, than he’s letting on. Brown’s deftly plotted narrative twists and turns without losing hold of its suspense. Her characters are fully fleshed out, and she pays particular attention to Anna’s situation as a deaf woman facing ignorance in a rural community. Some graphic sex and violence and the voices of these east Texan good (and bad) ol’ boys animate this harrowing tale of crime, revenge and redemption. Major ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selections.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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06月 11th, 2008 at 12:50 am
By Theresa W (mi, usa)
This is my first book by Sandra Brown, I picked it up after reading the synopsis on the back cover. I became immediately enthralled in the book and enjoyed it until the very end, wondering who the killer was. I’ll admit though, about 3/4ths of the way through I had a guess, and it was correct. That’s kind of cool though.
Ok, I’ve read several reviews on this book that I am very disappointed with. I don’t know if they are coming from people who have weak stomach’s or what, but their comments are a little off base to me. I did not feel that this book was too gory or that it was overboard in the scenes. Sure the descriptions were down the tee, but isn’t that what you want when you’re reading a book? Do you honestly think that when you pick up a murder mystery book that some blood and gore are out of place? Isn’t that what murder is? I just think it’s unfair for those comments to deter people from reading this book that I thought was a great read.
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06月 11th, 2008 at 12:50 am
By W. Kaplan “calyndula” (Wynnewood, PA United States)
First let me say that I love Sandra Brown; I have read all her romances, and I loved “Fat Tuesday,” the first of her mysteries that I happened to pick up.
But I could not, no matter how hard I tried, stick with “Unspeakable,” even though I read more than half the book. I had to force myself to pick it up; finally I gave up. This is a demented “Of Mice and Men” on a drug trip gone bad. I am not squeamish when it comes to graphic descriptions in a murder novel, but there is something about the descriptions in this book that turned my stomach, starting in the first pages with the description of a disembowling of a mouse. I simply could not go on; I felt sick.
I skipped to the end, because I did have some curiosity about what finally happened, so I guess Brown had me hooked on some level. But not enough to keep me going.
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06月 11th, 2008 at 12:51 am
By Tracy Vest (Northern California)
When Delray Corbett discovers that his stepson Carol Herbold has escaped from prison, he’s concerned that he might venture back to Texas. He reluctantly hires drifter Jack Sawyer, who has his own agenda, as further protection for his deaf daughter-in-law Anna and grandson David. Newly retired sheriff Ezzy is trying to solve the decades old murder of town harlot Patsy. Everyone in town assumes it was the Herbold brothers - he was just never able to prove it. His obsession with the case wreaks havoc on his marriage. As Jack spends more time with the Corbett family, he feels a sense of family that he has never had as well as a deep attraction to Anna. When tragedy strikes the family, Jack is there to help Anna cope, learning her language and providing a strong shoulder. As the Herbold brothers venture south to Mexico, a side trip to the East Texas town for retribution with Delray on the agenda. Will Jack be able to protect his new “family?”
Brown manages to give a voice to Anna, and provides plenty of chemistry between her leads, but the story is told in excruciating detail; she could easily peel away 100pages and it still would be far too long. Carl is one of her more menacing and unredeemable characters. He is evil incarnate, and not above proving it from chapter to chapter. “Unspeakable” is a pretty average novel (and a little disappointing for fans of Browns later novels); recommended only for true Brown fans that want to read her full library of offerings.