Review by ariana3 - Twenty Years Later

ariana3 's review for:

Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The plot of this felt so basic, but it was an easy read and had some good twists at the end!

A famous TV journalist (who is actually the daughter of a huge NY embezzler) chases a story but uses it as a cover. She works with a semi-disgraced retired FBI agent (who of course was brought out of retirement to gain her trust and help get info on her felon father's whereabouts). Per usual, they sleep together and catch feelings. She's betrayed when she finds out he was supposedly using her for info, he insists that wasn't the intention (he didn't know he'd catch feelings). They come to an agreement and help get her dad caught together. The twists: her dead brother isn't actually dead and that's who she was helping evade the feds all along; the person who was supposedly dead for the story she was chasing isn't dead, and she was actually guilty of the murder she committed (and was almost convicted of) despite her planting her own evidence at the scene.

These twists at the end and the fact I couldn't put the book down (despite the basic plot) bumped this from 3/3.5 stars the 4.

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