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I was given three thrillers to review a while ago; two of them seemed almost to be written to a formula: in the first chapter the murder victim dies, in the second a fairly unimportant character finds him or her, in the third chapter the police come into it, and so on. After that the two books diverged somewhat, with one of them wandering on for a 200 of hundred pages and not very much interest. The second managed to kill off the policeman's new girlfriend by about the fifth chapter, and thereafter it was all downhill. However the third of these novels was a real page-turner. Okay there were some pretty improbable things in it: the heroine had more fights and frights in a fortnight than most persons have in a lifetime, and she survived various bruises, beatings and other such physical damage without batting an eyelid. (In fact her boyfriend came off worse.) But in spite of this, the author managed to make it all seem realistic enough for the reader to suspend belief and keep up with what would happen next. I read the first of the three books right through and gave it the review it deserved - poor writing, poor plotting. The second book I managed to lose in the midst of some renovations, and I still haven't found it. The third book I gave a good review to. You can see it below. http://www.bookstove.com/Thriller/Awakening-by-S-J-Bolton-A-Review.725621