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by: James Siegel

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Average Rating: Rating: - An Amazing Thriller!!!!!!!!! I was extremely fortunate to get my hands on an advance copy of DERAILED from a friend who runs a bookstore. She gave it to me saying, "this is the best thriller I've read in years," which is high praise indeed, as she is acknowledged as our city's most discriminating and knowledgeable reader of suspense fiction. Her recommendations are gospel around here. Fortunately, DERAILED is as good as her word. From the first chapter, when we are hurled into the main character's dilemma, the book produces a powerful magnetic force that kept me riveted to its pages for the day that it took me to read it. Siegel's storytelling is masterful and his writing style is mesmerizing. This is the thriller that I will be recommending to everyone for months to come. Rating: - Fast Paced and Suspenseful When Charles Schine boards a different train on his usual commute to work one morning, his life is changed forever. On this train, he encounters Lucinda and it isn't long before he finds himself tangled in an illicit affair with her. While leaving their hotel room they are brutally attacked and afterwards both agree that it is best to move on with their lives, go their separate ways and keep their secret from their spouses. Things quickly spiral out of control and there is no turning back. The stakes are high, the dead body count begins to increase and Charles finds that his life is more complicated than he could have ever imagined. Now he must try to protect his family, save his job and try to stay alive. At his prison teaching job, Charles finds that an anonymous author/inmate is leaving pieces of a story on his desk for him. The scary thing is is that it's Charles and Lucinda's story but only one other person would know these details and Charles's worst fear is confirmed. He realizes in horror what is still in store for him. Just when Charles thinks everything is going to be ok, he is proven wrong. This fast paced adventure mystery is gripping and suspenseful till the very end. Rating: - exhilarating thriller Life is quite predictable for Charles Schine. Every weekday he catches the 8:43 train leaving Babylon, Long Island for Manhattan where he works as an advertiser. At home and at work Charles bored as he feels choked by the needs of his wife and his diabetic daughter, and the demands of his job. With his wife off to her job, the impossible occurs as Charles misses his commute due to his daughter's last second needs. He catches the 9:05, but that twenty-two minutes changes his life as he meets the also married Lucinda. Charles now rides the 9:05 as he harmlessly flirts with Lucinda. This leads to a hotel rendezvous, but his first affair goes astray when an armed man breaks into his room, beats up Charles, and rapes Lucinda. His spiral into hell spins further out of control when someone tries to blackmail Charles, but instead of paying the fee, he hires a thug. His effort to return to suburban normalcy only sends Charles deeper into the quagmire with his life rapidly falling apart. DERAILED is an exhilarating thriller, as the numerous woes (much self-inflicted) that pile on Charles would exacerbate Job and maybe some readers. Charles starts out as a sympathetic character, but his irresponsible actions to cover the hole he dug will change the reactions of the audience towards him, the accomplishment of the novel. James Siegel paints quite a picture of a person making one judgment error out of the need of having something joyous in his life that leads to a series of calamities and a powerful action packed character study for fans. Harriet Klausner

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