Final Truth: A Novel
by Mariah Stewart
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Author: Mariah StewartEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-27
ISBN: 0345483847
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Summary: 5 Stars
Regan Landry is used to solving puzzles. Her job as a true-crime writer is to find all the pieces of a crime and put them together to present the reader with all of the little details, from the life of the criminal to the shocking details of the crime itself to the outcome. She is used to digging to get to the heart of every mystery she encounters, and once she is interested in something she will not rest until she has found all of the answers.
When her father, bestselling true-crime writer Josh Landry, is murdered Regan becomes determined to pick up where he left off. When she stumbled over a report card for a boy named Eddie Kroll, she became determined to get to the bottom of his identity, and even more so when she found out that she was being lied to by his family. She is visiting his family again, trying to get them to talk to her. When she turns on the TV in her hotel room to see a taping of And Justice For All, she learns about Lester Ray Barnes. Immediately she calls the man in her life, FBI Agent Mitch Peyton. Together they decide to find out as much as possible about Lester Ray.
Lester Ray is on death row for the alleged rape and murder of a woman. But, it appears that he may have been convicted because of the false testimony of a man at the lab where his DNA was tested. Regan instantly becomes interested in his case, a man falsely accused of murder and railroaded into jail by a number of lies. She decides to write a book about him, unusual since she normally writes cold cases.
When Lester Ray is released from prison, Regan sets out to meet up with him. But when women start being raped and murdered, all the evidence points to Lester Ray. Mitch and Regan are even more suspicious when Regan cannot contact either Lester Ray or his lawyer. Now Regan has to face the possibility that she helped set free a monster. But is Lester Ray the killer, or is there a copycat out there, one who has a vendetta against Regan herself? When she is threatened, Mitch is the only man who can save her. And when she learns the truth about Eddie Kroll, Mitch is the only man she can turn to.
Ever since reading about Regan in Dead Even, I have been waiting for her story to come out. In Final Truth, Mariah Stewart has written an incredible story full of intrigue, chilling murders and a touch of romance to provide a ray of hope amidst all the death. Regan and Mitch are a fantastic couple, they mesh well together and Mitch is a wonderful man, when Regan is threatened he stops at nothing to protect her. Mariah Stewart has long been a favorite of mine for her realistic portrayals of the men and women who dedicate their lives to catching murderers. Final Truth is an excellent addition to her wonderful collection, and I can't wait to see what she writes next.
Shannon
reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
Summary of Final Truth: A Novel
In her thrill-packed trilogy Cold Truth, Hard Truth, and Dark Truth, Mariah Stewart proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that she can brilliantly and suspensefully handle the truth. Can you? Then prepare yourself for the shocking, eye-opening Final Truth, in which a woman who specializes in exposing lies finds herself trapped in a real-life nightmare.All that stands between Lester Ray Barnes and the state of Florida?s death chamber is a judge?s signature. He is sentenced to die for the rape and murder of a young woman, his conviction hinging on two pieces of evidence: DNA testing and an eyewitness who placed him at the scene. But when the story breaks that the DNA testimony at trial had been fabricated and that the eyewitness was coerced by a cop, all hell breaks loose. In the absence of credible evidence to sustain the conviction, the court is forced to set Lester Ray free. It?s the sort of circus the media adore?until it turns into the kind of Grimm?s fairy tale the media love even more.
Intrigued by the story of a young man railroaded by justice, true-crime writer Regan Landry is drawn into Lester Ray?s camp like a moth to a flame. For Regan, writing is a way to stay connected to her late literary-legend father, and her knack for detective work makes her a natural when it comes to uncovering new leads in even the murkiest mysteries.
Eager for the spotlight, Lester Ray willingly agrees to work with Regan on a tell-all about his experience as an innocent man on death row. But less than a week after leaving prison, he vanishes from the Sunshine State. Soon after, darkness descends on the outer banks of North Carolina as a string of women are raped and murdered in a frenzied spree. Fearing the worst, Regan, along with Special Agent Mitch Peyton and the FBI, sweeps in to confront the unspeakable: the horrifying possibility that they have helped to free a cunning monster with an insatiable appetite for death?and a ruthless determination never to be caged again.
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