Jules Belleno awakes in a dark room to find her hands tied
to the bedposts. The last thing she remembers is being at
the grocery store. When light begins to fill the room, she
reads words on the ceiling that she had just written on her
blog about her favorite author's latest best seller. "Don't
tell me it's terrifying. Terrify me." She is indeed
terrified. Patrick Reagan enters the room and Jules is even
more terrified. He's the author she penned those words
about. Has he kidnapped her because he was unhappy with her
review of his book?
Jules' father, Lt. Col. Jim Franklin, calls Chris Downey the
minute he can't find Jules. Chris agrees to help him find
Jules, but it is too early to file a missing person's
report. Chris is a police officer with the Wissberry, Maine
PD, where he was a partner to Jules' late husband. Chris was
there the night Jason was gunned down. Chris's search for
Jules leads him to information that Jason uncovered
indicating something corrupt going on within the Wissberry
PD, and that Jason was set up that night. The investigation
had been closed and declared a cold case way too quickly. Is
Jules' disappearance and this new information somehow
related? Chris is determined to find out. He owes it to
Jason.
Rene Gutteridge has written an inspirational thriller that
is fast-paced and heart-pounding. Jules' kidnapper doesn't
always have lucid moments. Patrick Reagan has a Jekyll/Hyde
personality that leaves Jules uncertain of what he is
thinking or going to do. Gutteridge's main characters are
strong and play their parts well. Secondary characters lend
just the right amount of support to carry the plot along and
keep the reader totally engaged. The characters struggle
with tough questions about life, death and God's will. There
are several nuggets of truth about life buried beneath the
murder and mayhem in this wonderful novel.
MISERY LOVES
COMPANY encompasses kidnapping, corruption and alcoholism,
as well as being a story about hope and relying on God
instead of yourself. Although Jason is dead before the story
begins his strong faith and the testimony of how he lived
his life lives on in each of the characters whose lives he
touched. That faith and testimony carry them through the
terrifying times and help them hold on to the end. This is
truly a unique story line about the world of authors,
writers and readers. If this is your genre, MISERY LOVES
COMPANY will both
thrill and terrify you.
Filled with grief, Jules Bellano rarely leaves the house
since her husband’s death while on duty as a police
officer. Other than the reviews Jules writes on her blog,
she has little contact with the outside world.
One day when she ventures out to the local grocery store,
Jules is bumped into by a fellow customer who apologizes
profusely. She recognizes him as her favorite author,
Patrick Reagan. Jules gushes and thoroughly embarrasses
herself before Regan graciously talks with her.
And that’s the last thing she remembers—until she wakes up
in a strange room with a splitting headache. She’s been
kidnapped. And what she discovers will change everything
she believed about her husband’s death . . . her
career . . . and her faith.
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