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(More customer reviews)John Ramsey Miller's SIDE BY SIDE, the third novel in a one-two-three punch of Winter Massey thrillers released this year, maintains the breakneck pace, vivid characterizations, and intricate plotting that I have come to expect from this gifted writer.
Once again, Winter Massey's special skills are needed. A judge's daughter and her infant son are being held hostage to insure that the judge's decision in an upcoming case is favorable to a cold-blooded killer. The woman must be rescued immediately in an operation so covert that no federal agencies can be involved. Winter,somewhat reluctantly, enters the fray as a favor to an old (and beautiful)friend. The delicate relationship that exists between Massey and Alexa, the 'off-the books' FBI agent who seeks his help, is beautifully portrayed, as is the character of Lucy, the kidnap victim -- hapless, but far from helpless. And then there's the Smoot family -- Peanut, Buck, Dixie, Curt and Burt (the twins) and Ferny Ernest -- a colorful and depraved clan of psychotics who give family values a whole new meaning.
As in his previous work, Miller hurls the reader along at top speed, careening through more twists and turns than a mountain road, to a stunning conclusion that satisfies while hinting at more to come.
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Side by SideWinter Massey is a former U.S. marshal who has made too many enemies on both sides of the law. Lucy Dockery is a judge's daughter who's never had to fight for anything in her life. But now Lucy and her young son have been kidnapped and sentenced to die–unless her father agrees to set a vicious criminal free. Winter Massey is the closest thing to salvation they have, but he doesn't know that the beautiful FBI agent who brought him into the case may be playing a chilling double game–and that a circle of treachery has begun to tighten around him.For Lucy, the time has come to scratch and claw for survival. For Massey, it's time to stop trusting the people he trusts most.Because in a storm of betrayal, there's only one way out.
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