The Last Curve

By Margaret Allison

Book Overview

In her seven years as a hard-driven assistant state's attourney in Annapolis, Maryland, Jan Garret has been told more than once that she needs to distance herself from her cases. Yet each time she puts a lowlife behind bars, she considers it one more blow struck at the vicious rapist who murdered her adored older sister Frannie.
So when a case bearing striking similiarities to Frannie's lands on her desk, Jan is understandably intrigued. She's also unexpectedly and urgently attracted to the new detective in town. Like Jan, Detective Max Hale is driven by a need to avenge a loved one's death. The only person willing to even listen to Jan's suspicions, he finds he finds himself entering her private nightmare...one that takes a terrifying turn when Jan realizes the man who confessed to her sister's rape couldn't have been guilty. Even as Max awakens Jan's long-denied desires, she knows that nothing could possibly matter more to her than finding out the truth...no matter what the cost to her career -- or her life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476716005
• ISBN13: 9781476716008
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Read.

Another good read by Ms Allison. I've read her other novels and even though this wasn't the best, it was good just the same. I recommend.

My first Margaret Allison book, but not my last

I have never read a Margaret Allison book before, but after reading this book I am hooked. It was very suspenseful with some romance thrown in. You won't be sorry you bought it.

Great Book

A friend loaned this book to me and I loved it. It was a quick read, kept me interested, and found the characters to be very easy to follow.

I Loved It!

"The Last Curve" is another great read by Margaret Allison, it is mostly suspenseful with just the right amount of romance, you have to read this one along with her other book "Promise Me"

A very well done romantic intrigue

In 1988 Maryland, an assailant abducts and rapes Frannie Garret. As a souvenir, he cuts off a lock of hair. Curtis Custin is arrested, convicted, and sent to prison for the crime. After the trial ends, Frannie apparently kills herself.A decade later, Frannie's younger sister Jan, an Assistant District Attorney, learns that a female corpse was found. The victim, one Lucy Haverdale was sexually assaulted and murdered with a lock of her hair removed. Police detective Max Hale heads the investigation, which Jan has personal interest in because the modus operendi was identical to that of her sibling. As she works in close proximity with Max, the duo falls in love. However, any permanent relationship between them seems remote as neither can cope with one another and a serial killer-rapist has no compunction in murdering either Max or Lucy.THE LAST CURVE is a well-designed romantic intrigue that fans of serial killer who-done-its will take pleasure in reading. The story line is crisp and non-stop while the lead protagonists add a romantic element to the drama. Margaret Allison provides her audience with a fabulous tale that will garner her many new fans. Harriet Klausner