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Past Suspicion (2003)

by Therese Heckenkamp(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1592868029 (ISBN13: 9781592868025)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Publish America

review 1: Age Appropriate For: 16 and up for mild violence, intensity, and mild romantic themesBest for Ages: 16 and upI was not expecting absolutely to love this book. I started reading it because I was trying to get through a lot of the books by homeschoolers on my Kindle. This book is one of the best suspense stories I have read in a long time. The story gripped be from the opening and kept me reading until the very end.If you looked at random pages from this book, you wouldn’t understand how it could keep you on the edge of your seat. Heckenkamp pulls you along by your emotions, twisting them and making you feel what Robin is feeling. You understand all her uncertainty and unease, and you cannot stop reading until you reach the end of the book.I felt like I connected with Robi... moren, even though we are very different. This proves the wonderful talent that this author has in creating her characters to make an emotional connection with the reader at a deep level.Although I am not Catholic, I appreciated the message of faith in this book. I might not use a rosary or attended mass, but the faith themes in this story were something all Christians can agree on – themes of reading your bible and trusting God.The two male characters in this story were great. Even though I knew who was the good guy and who was only pretending to be good, there was still a lot of tension, as Robin didn’t know. They both added good angles to the story.I highly recommend this story for those who love mystery, coming-of-age tales, and well written characters.
review 2: Weeks before her eighteenth birthday, Robin Finley loses her mother, and in turn everything she has known. As if the young orphan's life were not already in a tailspin, she is handed over to the custody of an uncle she never knew existed, to a small town in Wisconsin she imagines nobody else knows exists, to wait out the days until she reaches adulthood.Grudgingly accepting a job at Uncle Peter's bookstore, Robin bides her time between Victoria Holt novels and counts the days to freedom. Having never dated back home in California, she is easily sidetracked by the sudden attentions of two young men. Unflappable Justin Landers, the local reporter, is interested in Robin from a newcomer's standpoint; handsome Phillip Barnstrum with the flashy Mercedes has more romantic intentions - so Robin wants to believe.Adjusting to her new surroundings, Robin absorbs the lingering memory of her mother, left in the house she once shared with her older brother. Having known so little about her life, Robin is shocked to learn of an accident that left the then Tiffany Hutch with temporary amnesia...and a secret that drove her away from her sleepy hometown - a secret involving a nearby mansion believed to be plagued by a curse and a mysterious man who had courted young Tiffany. The desire to know her mother better leads Robin to the mansion and local lore of hidden treasure and tragic heroines, suspicious of another mysterious man and worried history is doomed to be repeated.Past Suspicion is billed as a suspense for young adult readers, yet Heckenkamp's style would be welcome by older fans of thrillers as well. In Robin, Heckenkamp creates a believable heroine, frustrated with the direction her life is taking, clucking at the bad choices made in her mother's young life (as read in Tiffany's diary), yet making similar choices due to her naivete. The mystery behind the Kurselli Mansion and whether or not a treasure lies within provides the stimulus to escape the monotony of rural life, and concludes with an interesting twist. Past Suspicion is a remarkable debut with great voice. less

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