SOME MUST DIE is a life journey of an unconventional family that comes together because of horrific life circumstances. They live off the grid, and are criminal by “necessity”.
This journey, begins in the South in the 1970’s, moves timidly, then boldly through the Southwest to the Pacific Coast. Along the way they find strength, love, mystery, arson, murder and revenge.
Midwest Book Reviewer, D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer
Donovan's Literary Services, Bookwatch
In Some Must Die, twelve-year-old Leslie Jenkins is seemingly an ordinary girl living an ordinary life with her mother in Tupelo, Mississippi until one day everything changes.
Her father is getting help for his drinking problem and abusive ways. She and her mother are navigating a new life without him when a morning knock at the door reveals not him, but a strange girl seeking help.
From then on, Leslie's young life spirals as high schooler Bonnie entices her to do something she's always been warned against and her mother Vanessa comes home to an empty new reality.
Angie D. Comer leads readers into an emotionally compelling thriller as mother, daughter and other parents and children enter into a deeper, more dangerous milieu in which God and parental overseeing don't seem to affect dangerous circumstances and potentially deadly outcomes.
Powered by the dual narratives of Leslie, her mother, and others who share alternating viewpoints as mystery and danger unfold, the story becomes a compelling specter of survival and angst as various characters come together unexpectedly and reflect on the mechanisms which led them to survive, albeit in seemingly impossible ways.
Trigger subjects, from abuse to torture may cause more sensitive minds to look elsewhere, but Comer's powerful manner of juxtaposition of subjects ranging from animal testing to spiritual revelation and psychological struggle translates to a story filled with twists and turns that are well worth any angst over potentially mind-boggling events.
All characters face difficult choices between darkness and doing good. The choices aren't necessarily presented in black and white, which confirms to the daily reality faced by everyone as life unfolds.
Worlds die as new possibilities loom, families come together and split apart in the wake of new realities, and themes ranging from traditional notions of what makes a family and deep connections are considered and challenged as a world unfolds which is much like modern times, yet arrives with surprising twists that indicates its progression is anything but familiar.
All this and the level of intrigue and possibility that permeate events make Some Must Die a compelling consideration of darkness, light, and issues of greater good that will not only pique libraries interested in acquisitions that transcend the usual definitions of 'mystery', 'thriller', or 'psychological novel,' but provides a host of intriguing subjects for book club discussion groups.
Worlds die as new possibilities loom, families come together and split apart in the wake of new realities, and themes ranging from traditional notions of what makes a family and deep connections are considered and challenged as a world unfolds which is much like modern times, yet arrives with surprising twists that indicates its progression is anything but familiar.
All this and the level of intrigue and possibility that permeate events make Some Must Die a compelling consideration of darkness, light, and issues of greater good that will not only pique libraries interested in acquisitions that transcend the usual definitions of 'mystery', 'thriller', or 'psychological novel,' but provides a host of intriguing subjects for book club discussion groups.
