The Bridge
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $13.99
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Publisher Description
The woman of his dreams isn't what she seems.
Michael Beaumont is head over heels with the woman of his dreams. The minute he and Alison saw each other across a crowded bar, there was a powerful, immediate connection. She's everything he could ever want in a woman: charismatic, beautiful, intelligent, compassionate, and so much more.
But Alison is harboring a dangerous secret, one that threatens to break loose once Michael introduces her to his last remaining relative. Michael's grandmother Rose, who raised him from childhood, isn't quite the woman she used to be; her memory is failing her, and she's prone to fits of wild emotion.
But something about Rose's outburst upon meeting Alison seems like more than just a simple delusion. And something about the string of murders terrorizing London, with incidents occurring just blocks from Michael, feels like more than just a coincidence.
What is Rose not telling Michael? What is Alison hiding? Every relationship in Michael's life is a bridge, and he'll discover that there are some he shouldn't cross.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the outset of Prebble's tense thriller, a man suddenly starts throwing children from London's Waterloo Bridge into the water below. In minutes, six people are dead and the man has disappeared into the crowd. No one can provide a description other than that he wore jeans and a hooded sweatshirt, like many other young men. CCTV cameras have little to offer. Near the scene is Michael Beaumont, an aspiring TV sound mixer. Michael is eager to introduce Alison Parsons, his new girlfriend, to his grandmother Rose, who lives in a nursing home in Battersea. When Rose first sees Alison, she starts to scream. Why? And why is Alison so evasive about her childhood? Finding the answers becomes critical when the police receive a message from the killer, who has since gone on to take other lives, leading them to evidence that ties Michael to the crimes. Unfortunately, Prebble relies on too many farfetched coincidences. Readers will hope that he avoids such tricks next time and returns to the form he showed in his first novel, The Insect Farm.)
