Seattle attorney Dana Hill knows that bad things happen in
threes: her twin brother is murdered, she gets diagnosed
with breast cancer, and she discovers her husband Grant is
having an affair. Robert Dugoni certainly knows how
to create a real, likable main character for the reader to
rally behind and one for them to dislike -- a self-centered,
philandering husband.
As her marriage crumbles and her health deteriorates, Dana
throws herself into the troubling murder of her twin
brother. She was the last person to talk to him, just
moments before he was beaten to death. He told her he was
in trouble and wanted to talk. She postponed talking to him
until it was too late.
The more Dana uncovers about the crime, the more dead
bodies appear, creating a complicated, interwoven crime
thriller. It appears that the killer (or killers) would
prefer to see the case grow cold and set their sights on a
meddling twin.
Dugoni's writing style is very smooth. The words roll off
the page as he's able to tell a complicated tale without
overwhelming the reader with bureaucratic crime procedure
details. He captures the point in every day moments that we
can all relate to with a keen eye. DAMAGE CONTROL is a
thrilling reading spree, filled with suspenseful twists and
turns.
Dana Hill is accustomed to stress: she's a successful
attorney at a prestigious Seattle law firm, the mother of a
young daughter, and the wife of a busy, self-involved man.
But her carefully-balanced world is rent asunder when she
is diagnosed with breast cancer, her twin brother is beaten
to death in an apparent robbery-gone-wrong, and she
discovers that her husband is having an affair. Delaying
medical treatment, Dana deals with her grief by throwing
herself into the investigation of her brother's homicide.
She soon finds that those connected to the murder are
beginning to turn up dead, and someone masquerading as a
cop is coldly and efficiently wiping out all signs of
evidence.
