5 Stars: "Never a dull moment..."
5 stars: "I was glued to my couch from the first chapter to the last..."
5 stars: "Once you start reading it, there is no putting this book down..."
This novel is a thought-provoking psychological suspense thriller laced with biting satire and dark humor that makes for compelling binge reading. Packed with vivid and stylish prose, with atmosphere and tone at the forefront of every moment, and with characters that leap off the pages, Landon masterfully creates a slow, simmering tension, keeping readers on edge from beginning to end.
Yvette Cartier, a beautiful young entitlement princess - designated heiress to a war-profiteering oil and arms conglomerate - makes the tragic mistake of stealing love toys on a regular basis from a grocery boutique owned by the Dreadmiller family - the very poster children of sweat and grit.
Although the Dreadmiller family is unanimously beloved for its charitable acts of kindness and good works in the community, as well as for being beacons of positivity and protectors of local traditions, they are, at the same time, not the kind of people anyone in their right mind would ever want to mess with. Just because they're nice doesn't mean they're stupid.
Ms. Cartier deludes herself into believing the world is her oyster and once she makes the critical fumble of trespassing upon the trust and goodwill of the Dreadmiller tribe to the point where the saint-like sufferance of its chief patriarch has reached its breaking threshold, the proverbial match in the powder keg is lit, whereupon an elaborate scheme is devised by the family to ensure that Ms. Cartier is doled out a proper dose of old-school penitential medicine to rectify her of her ungodly ways.
"...a must-read for fans of cerebral, satirical dramas packed with nuance and brilliant character work."
"...this farce is outlandish, darkly humorous, and not for the faint-hearted or squeamish."
