Synopses & Reviews
Melanie Starks has never lived her life by the rules. She and her seventeen-year-old-son, Charlie, have been running one con job or another for as long as she can remember, justifying the petty crimes as the necessary survival moves of a single mother. But Melanie is getting sick of that life, and she's more than a little worried that Charlie is enjoying the high of being a thief just a bit to much.
Then Jared Barnett reappears in her life.
Jared has just gotten out of prison after serving five years of a life sentence for murder. Released on a technicality that by no means proved his innocence, Jared shows up on Melanie's doorstep. There's something different about Jared, a dangerous edge that comes from feeling more invincible than ever. He ahs the perfect plan for a big score and he needs Melanie and Charlie's help. Deciding this will be the last job she ever pulls, Melanie agrees to Jared's plan to rob a local Nebraska bank.
But everything goes terribly wrong.
As Melanie waits in a car outside, Jared and Charlie enter the bank. Seconds later, Melanie hears gunfire and both men run out, empty-handed and yelling at her to drive. Refusing to tell her what happened in those few desperate moments, the men have formed a silent bond, one that terrifies Melanie to the core. Because she's been shut out.
After outrunning a police chase, Melanie, Jared and Charlie take refuge in a remote cabin in the Platte River State Park. They take as hostage its occupant, Andrew Kane, a writer who's shut himself away to finish his latest novel.
When Melanie learns that six people were shot dead in the back, she is left to wonder who did what. Who lost control, Jared or Charlie? And why did things turn so bad so quickly? One thing is clear: A line has been crossed. Suddenly there's no turning back, and there is nothing left to lose.
Synopsis
Melanie Starks and her son, Charlie, have been running petty con jobs for as long as either can remember. Now, just as Melanie is ready to pull out and settle down, Jared Barnett re-enters their lives with a ballsy plan for the ultimate heist. Recently released from a life sentence on a murder charge, Jared is frighteningly high on the feeling of invincibility that comes from getting away with murder. Melanie and Charlie agree to Jared's plot to rob a local Nebraska bank, but during the hold up, everything goes terribly wrong and innocent people and up dead. Suddenly Melanie, Charlie and Jared are on the run, and more lives are at stake--now that the three have nothing left to lose.
Synopsis
One False Move by Alex Kava released on Jul 23, 2004 is available now for purchase.
About the Author
Before writing novels full-time, Alex Kava spent fifteen years in advertising, marketing and public relations. Alex's previous four novels -- A Perfect Evil, Split Second, The Soul Catcher, and At the Stroke of Madness -- have been published in eighteen different countries and have appeared on bestseller lists in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland and Italy. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and the Mystery Writers of America. Alex lives in Omaha, Nebraska.