David Malone and Jana Fletcher meet totally by chance on a dark, rainy night because of a deer. First, the deer tries to race David on the side of the road and then it leaps up onto Jana's car, which is going in the opposite direction. Being a gentleman, David helps Jana sort out the towing of her car and then drives her to her home. There is definitely something between these two that takes off in an instant. They begin a heated affair that very same night. It is an affair that lasts for ten days. On the tenth day, Jana is brutally murdered in her little duplex. That's only the beginning of this twisted tale.

Prior to Jana's murder, she tells David that she feels as if someone is watching her. However, there is no proof of this and no one is ever spotted. Neither one of them seems to take it very seriously. The problem is that Jana is right. Someone is watching her and waiting for just the right moment to kill her.

When the police don't seem to be doing enough to find Jana's killer, David takes it upon himself to start investigating her death on his own. What he discovers along the way as well as what the reader is privy to will make your jaw just keep dropping. I seriously cannot count the number of times that I said "Oh my god!" while reading THE LAST DEAD GIRL.

I can say with definite certainty that THE LAST DEAD GIRL is one of the best books I have ever read in my life. Harry Dolan has a way of giving away just enough but never too much so that the story remains a compelling mystery from the first page to the last. He also writes in a fashion that holds the reader enthralled. I simply had to know what was going to happen next, which kept me moving quickly from chapter to chapter.

THE LAST DEAD GIRL is not a happy book, but it is very satisfying and will stay with you long after that last page is read. It is a book that I wanted to keep going and, even now, I miss that I don't have another chapter to read in it. David Malone is a character that you cheer for and encourage along the way because you want him to get justice for Jana as well as unravel the other mysteries that surround her.

In short, I loved THE LAST DEAD GIRL! It is much more than just a book. It is an experience for all of your senses.

Book Summary

On a rainy night in April, a chance encounter on a lonely road draws David into a romance with Jana Fletcher, a beautiful young law student. Jana is an enigma: living in a run-down apartment and sporting a bruise on her cheek that she refuses to explain. David would like to know her secrets, but he lets them lie—until it’s too late.

When Jana is brutally murdered, the police consider David a prime suspect. But as he sets out to uncover the truth about Jana, he begins to realize he’s treading a very dangerous path—and that her killer is watching every move he makes.

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