MYSTERY

Close Call

by Laura DiSilverio
Midnight Ink. Sept. 2016. 336p. ISBN 9780738749204. $15.99; ebk. ISBN 9780738749624. M
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OrangeReviewStarHeading home from work, Sydney Ellison stops at a deli to pick up dinner for herself and her fiancé. She bumps into a stranger, and that chance encounter irrevocably changes her life. For Sydney accidentally picks up the man's burner phone and discovers an assassination plot against a senator. Before she can call the police, the assassin kills her fiancé. Sydney must now turn to her journalist sister Reese, from whom she has been estranged after a personal betrayal 15 years ago, for help in identifying and finding the unknown killer before he can get to them.
VERDICT DiSilverio's (Swift Edge; "Mall Cop" mysteries) excellent plotting in her stand-alone thriller will keep readers on the edge of their seats rooting for Sydney to triumph. A treat for Megan Abbott fans.
Reviewed by Viccy Kemp , Sep 01, 2016
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