"Exhilarating romantic suspense thriller"
Seventeen year old runaway Julie believes that her mentor,
cult prophet Mordecai Young is insane and dangerous. She
worries that he will choose martyrdom for him and his
followers in their upcoming confrontation with the law.
Julie fears for his infant daughter and the mother of the
child Lizzie. The assault occurs, but Julie rescues the
child. Lizzie and Mordecai apparently died in the fiery
inferno. Sixteen years later, Julie is a successful Syracuse news
broadcaster though raising Dawn on her own. Harry
Blackwood, brother to a state senator, has blackmailed
Julie threatening Dawn with information he obtained on
their days in the cult. Julie confronts Harry, but finds
him dead. Julie knows that the killer has the damaging
information that Harry used on her. Though she feels he
is an uncouth boar, Julie turns to her co-anchor Sean
MacKenzie who observed her pull a crime scene stunt and a
break and entering so he helps her while they fall in love. Though there has been a bundle of news romance tales
especially in the movies, readers will appreciate THICKER
THAN WATER. The story line is fast-paced as the seemingly
prim and proper Julie tampers with a crime scene and
breaks the law in an attempt to protect Dawn. Sean is an
intriguing hero who cannot believe what Julie has been
doing since the discovery of a dead Harry. Though the
final twist or two seem odd, fans of exhilarating romantic
suspense thrillers will want to read Maggie Shayne's fine
tale. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted October 13, 2003
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