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Plot Twist Paperback – April 24, 2006

by Donna J. Thompson (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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Julie Cromwell is a selfish, manipulative, and insecure woman, and those are her good qualities. Her husband, a cosmetic surgeon, thinks it was because when she was a child, her father sexually abused her. She sets up a fake kidnapping to see if her husband loves her enough to pay a million dollars for her safe return. Something goes wrong and she winds up dead. Thus the first plot twist, but certainly not the last. Enter lead detective Karl Larkin and his partner, Ted Cramer. Together they refuse to let sleeping dogs lie. They begin to rattle the skeletons in the family's closets, following promising leads that lead to dead ends. Larkin finds himself breaking his number one rule: Do not get involved with the family you are investigating, and never, never fall in love with your prime suspect.
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  1. Print length
    217 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Publishamerica Inc
  4. Publication date
    April 24, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    9.02 x 0.51 x 5.98 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1413797601
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1413797602
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Publishamerica Inc (April 24, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 217 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1413797601
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1413797602
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.02 x 0.51 x 5.98 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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Caroline
5.0 out of 5 stars A good mystery
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2006
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Donna Thompson's characters are well developed and interesting. Her plots have wonderful twists and turns along the way that I never saw coming. It is an excellent book and keeps the reader waiting to near the end for the murderer's identity to be revealed and keeps you wondering "who done it". I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery. I am certainly looking forward to more work from this fine author.
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Billy Ray Chitwood
4.0 out of 5 stars Cruising with 'Columbo' AKA Karl Larkin
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2013
You like detective stories? In "Plot Twist" you will be continually on 'cruise control' with Karl Larkin, nicknamed 'Columbo.' As he puts the pieces in place to solve a case where a play-around wife Julie wants to find out if her wealthy husband, Lawrence Cromwell, a noted plastic surgeon, loves her enough to pay a huge ransom for her self-directed kidnapping...a scheme that doesn't play out as choreographed.

You will meet some dysfunctional members from several families, but you will be with 'Columbo' and Cramer through every chapter of the book, following their every lead until the climatic ending. There are plenty of twists to the story, and the author does a fine job in writing the book in a straightforward sequential manner where you, the reader, will be able to follow the case really 'up close and personal.' The characters are given enough historical familial detail that the reader will recognize their personalities, their flaws and oddities. The narrative moves easily through the chapters and one glimpses the almost clinical step by step progression of a detective's adept handling of a case.

You might very well want to meet and read Donna Thompson. This reviewer found "Plot Twist" a very interesting read.
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Melissa L Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars Great twist
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2013
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Great twists and turns, I usually have an idea of who did it much sooner, this I had to read to the very end!
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Viola Howard
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2017
Tight plot until the end. Whodunnit held tight and great anticipation. This tale of abuse, deception, greed, murder, romance and police integrity is a fine one!
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Bethany
5.0 out of 5 stars A great mystery that had me on the edge of my ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2016
Written exceptionally well. The title fits this book perfectly. A great mystery that had me on the edge of my seat. I cannot wait to read more from this author.
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Nancy L. Shrader
5.0 out of 5 stars Plot Twist by Donna Thompson
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2006
I must say that so many mystery books give the idenity of the viliain away to early in the book. Most I have read I know who done it before the end of the first chapter, which makes for a dull read. Not so with Donna Thompson's book Plot Twist. Donna's book kept me on the edge of my seat chapter by chapter. Doubt was cast on all the characters with the exception of the lead detective and his overweight partner. At times I visualized them as the two detectives on Dragnet, but softer somehow. There was a love that developed among two, which will bring out the romance reader in us all. There was abuse that will break your heart, and neglected children to be found there too. A mother's love that is unsurpassed and another whose love is of the simplest form, and a beautiful writer of the written word. I would like to quote Cassie Thompson, one of the characters who just happened to be an author. 'You learn slow, Detective, but you learn well,' she chuckled. 'Don't get mewrong. I paint pictures with words and nothing gives me greater pleasure than having a fan tell me they couldn't put my book down. That is when I know I've done my job well. When does it happen for...? I mean, when do you know you have done your job?' Donna has done that for her readers. She has painted a picture with word, and she has done her job well. Well done, Donna! Review: Nancy Lee Shrader IS IT NOW? The End of Days!
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Jean Pike
5.0 out of 5 stars REMARKABLE DEBUT!
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2006
A selfish wife who plots her own kidnapping and ends up dead. A tough-as-nails police detective who falls in love with a prime suspect and gets burned. A glamorous romance writer who has never known how to love... These are but a few ironic curves a reader will encounter on her journey through Plot Twist, a remarkable debut novel by author Donna Thompson. I could not stop reading this book! The author possesses a storytelling style that is nothing short of hypnotic. Coupled with a talent for creating vivid, likeable charcters, and setting them in a story current that moves at the pace of a raging river, Plot Twist is mystery writing at its finest. I look forward to reading more by this amazing author!
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J. D. Couch
5.0 out of 5 stars A VERY INTREAGUING STORY
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2006
A master story teller is Donna J Thompson one of the finest Mysteries I have read in quite sometime. She made feel like I was right there with her charactors. Plus it was carefully crafted to perfection,this story definately lives up to its name it was definately twisted and the plot kept getting thicker and thicker all the way to the end and boom it hits you only one word can describe it the imagination of Donna J Thompson a well crafted story in my book voted E for excellent I will gladly give it five stars. Author JD Couch Author of One Dark Night and not yet released Long Cold Winter the Chosen a novel
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