Fatal Designs: A Patrick MacKenna Mystery
Peter H. Green
- Under
- the
- thugs’
- constant
- guard,
- she
- has
- little
- chance
- to
- contact
- the
- outside
- and
- escape.
- But
- due
- to
- her
- mistrust
- of
- her
- father
- and
- the
- authorities
- and
- secret
- she
- can’t
- even
- tell
- him,
- she
- is
- afraid
- a
- desperate
- call
- to
- the
- outside
- help
- would
- result
- in
- a
- deadly
- showdown.
- Because
- she
- must
- rescue
- Aliesha,
- save
- her
- own
- life
- and
- avoid
- breaking
- her
- father’s
- heart.
- Erin
- feels
- cooperation
- with
- the
- murderers,
- although
- risky,
- is
- her
- only
- road
- to
- freedom,
- restoring
- her
- own
- self-respect
- and
- survival.If
- Patrick
- fails,
- he
- will
- lose
- his
- beloved
- daughter,
- his
- only
- remaining
- link
- to
- his
- once-happy
- family.
- Will
- Erin
- and
- her
- friend
- escape
- these
- predators
- without
- sliding
- down
- the
- slippery
- slope
- to
- addiction,
- exploitation
- and
- personal
- ruin?
- Can
- father
- and
- daughter
- reconcile,
- put
- their
- heads
- together
- to
- catch
- these
- criminals
- and
- restore
- order
- both
- to
- their
- own
- lives
- and
- to
- their
- tremor-ravaged
- city?Readers
- praise
- Fatal
- Designs
Suspenseful
- coming-of-age
- storyIn
- this
- action-packed
- sequel
- to
- CRIMES
- OF
- DESIGN,
- architect
- and
- sometime-detective
- Patrick
- MacKenna
- not
- only
- has
- to
- worry
- about
- the
- seedier
- elements
- trying
- to
- take
- over
- the
- city,
- but
- his
- rebellious
- daughter...Erin
- MacKenna
- thinks
- her
- father
- is
- overly
- protective
- when
- he
- refuses
- to
- let
- her
- go
- on
- a
- float
- trip
- she
- helped
- organize.
- She
- goes
- anyway,
- and
- a
- series
- of
- disasters
- greater
- than
- he
- ever
- predicted
- place
- Erin
- and
- another
- girl
- in
- grave
- danger.
The
- trip
- intended
- to
- expose
- inner
- city
- girls
- to
- nature
- and
- a
- different
- way
- of
- life
- instead
- teaches
- Erin
- some
- streetwise
- survival
- skills.
- Erin
- wrestles
- with
- her
- feelings
- for
- her
- first
- lover
- as
- she
- takes
- the
- initial
- steps
- toward
- independence
- among
- drug-dealing
- strangers
- who
- exploit
- women
- and
- kill
- those
- who
- stand
- in
- their
- way.
- She
- learns
- to
- value
- her
- father’s
- protectiveness,
- while
- facing
- the
- life-altering
- consequences
- of
- her
- own
- actions.
—T.
- W.
- Fendley,
- Author
- of
- Zero
- Time
- and
- Solar
- LullabyMystery
- solves
- more
- than
- crime—a
- parent’s
- bondPeter
- Green’s
- new
- mystery,
- Fatal
- Designs,
- is
- not
- just
- a
- “good
- read,”
- but
- an
- important
- one,
- in
- my
- professional
- opinion.
- It
- brings
- up
- a
- critical
- topic,
- human
- trafficking,
- that
- is
- far
- more
- common
- than
- most
- people
- realize.
- It
- also
- reveals
- the
- dynamic
- evolution
- of
- a
- father/daughter
- relationship.
- Thank
- you,
- Peter,
- for
- showing
- the
- reader
- what
- that
- looks
- like!
- I
- recommend
- that
- parents
- buy
- this
- book
- for
- their
- teenagers
- as
- a
- way
- of
- starting
- conversations
- about
- these
- two
- vital
- topics.
- —Anne
- Redelfs,
- MD
- –
- retired
- psychiatrist,
- Author
- of
- The
- Awakening
- StormA
- cast
- of
- believable
- characters
- ...Peter
- H,
- Green,
- the
- king
- of
- disaster,
- both
- real
- and
- manmade,
- has
- struck
- again.
- As
- usual,
- murder
- was
- involved
- and
- Patrick
- MacKenna
- is
- in
- the
- middle
- of
- it
- all.
A
- high
- school
- canoe
- trip,
- earthquake
- and
- seamy
- underworld
- characters
- blend
- to
- form
- a
- psychological
- thriller
- worthy
- of
- James
- Patterson
- or
- Patricia
- Cornwell.
- MacKenna
- is
- still
- battling
- the
- emotional
- wreckage
- from
- losing
- his
- wife
- in
- a
- tragic
- accident
- he
- feels
- responsible
- for
- causing.
- Now,
- will
- he
- lose
- the
- rest
- of
- his
- family
- to
- drug
- dealers
- and
- human
- traffickers?
Erin
- MacKenna
- has
- also
- not
- done
- well
- since
- losing
- her
- mother.
- Will
- dealing
- with
- her
- overly
- protective
- father,
- harboring
- her
- own
- troubling
- secret
- and
- the
- Stockholm
- syndrome
- combine
- causing
- her
- to
- bond
- with
- her
- captors?
Green
- provides
- a
- cast
- of
- believable
- characters
- who
- cover
- the
- spectrum
- from
- good
- to
- bad
- to
- worse.
- With
- Green's
- prompting,
- the
- characters
- create
- a
- book
- you
- can't
- put
- down
- until
- you
- reach
- the
- last
- page.
- —W.
- Slade,
- Amazon reader
