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Reunion With a Killer [ebook]
[9781591461180]

$6.99

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by Reader Views (Wendy Cleveland)

Date Added: Friday 30 May, 2008

Would you do whatever it took to uncover the truth? This is what the main character Lee Bishop tries to do throughout Rod Summitt and Richard Edgerton’s mystery / thriller “Reunion with a Killer.” Lee is a hardware sales rep from San Francisco, California who decides to take a cross-country road trip to visit his clients on the east coast. He feels that since he is about to retire, he should make this trip a vacation and forgoes all forms of business communication (cell phone and computer). On his way, he makes a stop in his college town of Enderling, Iowa to reminisce and visit old friends. Once he arrives, he drops in on his old college roommate, Carl Kyle, who is now President of the major bank in town. When he arrives at the bank, he realizes the person who’s supposed to be Carl is a complete stranger. Lee learns that this man is really not his old friend, but everyone in town seems to think he is. Before continuing on way, Lee discovers another old college friend, Pete Riley, works at the local newspaper. He decides to enlist Pete in helping him find out what happened to the “real” Carl Kyle. The plot continues and uncovers twists and turns that start to put the puzzle together. However, both Lee and Pete put themselves and others into dangerous situations to uncover the truth.

As you read in the Author’s Forward, this story was conceived in 1973 when the two authors were junior high school teachers. It was shelved and later updated to modern times. I’m glad that I read the forward first because some of the 70’s connotations were left in the story which brought back fond memories for me. Especially the reference to Lee smoking a pipe which reminded me of my grandfather who did while I was growing up.

“Reunion with a Killer” was a scary mystery with the whole idea of reuniting with someone from your past, realizing that it’s not the person, but someone pretending to be. The character “Carl Kyle” went to great lengths to protect his new identity which I won’t reveal here. Mr. Summitt and Mr. Edgerton did a great job keeping you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a great who-done-it mystery that keeps you guessing.

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]

by TCM Reviews (Ruby Krautsack)

Date Added: Tuesday 08 April, 2008

I finished reading Rod Summitt’s novel in two sittings. It was fascinating and kept me in my chair when I should have been doing other things.

The title alone gets a person’s attention. The characters are likeable and the location for the reunion reminded me of the small town that I grew up in, a college town.

Rod described the town of Enderling and the State of Iowa so well that I felt that I was there with him. The book started to get exciting when Bishop (our main character) goes to the bank to see his old friend and roommate from college Carlton Kayle. What a surprise to find that the bank president with Kayle’s name is a man that Bishop has never met before and doesn’t know.

Bishop is so befuddled and doesn’t know quite what to do. He asks around town about how long he has been in the town and looks for other people who might remember the real Carlton Kyle, but finds out that they are all dead. Now it’s a cliffhanger until he finds the name of another classmate who is the owner of a newspaper in town.

The hamburger, by the way, sounded so good it made me hungry for one done exactly like it but alas, a secret recipe.

When Pete Riley joins with Bishop, they find their old music teacher who was happy to see them and get involved in helping to plan a class reunion.

The plan is to trap the bank president and prove he is not the right Carlton Kyle. They get all of the documentation and now the story really gets hairy.

I enjoyed the book very much, but I don’t want to give away the ending as that was the only upsetting part of the book me.

A matter of opinion, but I felt it didn’t live up to Rod’s brilliant writing of the entire novel.

Rating: [3 of 5 Stars!]

by Kevin Aguanno

Date Added: Wednesday 12 March, 2008

A great mystery from a couple of very talented writers. Full of surprises with lots of plot twists, this book kept me engaged all the way through as I tried to find out what happened to the real Carl Kyle. Descriptions of the town and people make you feel like you are there -- I can almost see myself driving down the streets. I loved this book and can't wait to see more from this author.

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]