Tom Hawkins finds out that a mistake he made when he was younger is back to haunt him. Also affected are his daughter and his ex wife. He delves into the bizarre death of his ex wife and begins to learn how his past has caught up to him. As Tom delves into the bizarre circumstances surrounding his former wife, he is the target of someone who wants to destroy him because of what he did in the past. All of this causes friction with his daughter and the people of the town they live in. Palmer depicts a tight web of lies and deception in “Helpless” that will have readers turning the pages in a suspenseful tale of greed and murder. The characters are well fleshed out as the story races along with its array of conflicts that are resolved in the final pages. “Helpless” is first class entertainment by a new voice on the suspense thriller level.
Helpless
Daniel Palmer
Kensington Publishing Corp
119 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018
9780758246653, $25.00, www.amazon.com www.kensingtonbooks.com
