Retribution

Charlie was once a famous child prodigy whose paintings still command exorbinant prices and enormous attention from the art world. Her sleasy agent, Valdor, desperately wants her to return to painting, something that she has not done since the miraculous surgery that removed a brain tumor and rid her of the horrible nightmares that were the subject of her incredible works of art. The residous of that surgery is a limp and mild facial paralysis along with end of her career as an artist. Now an adult she lives in fear of an unknown stalker and relies upon her parents and the dog, Jagger, her father had specially trained for her security. John Rubidoux (Ruby) is the ex policeman who reluctantly trained Jagger despite misgivings about the mixed signals that would be sent to this gentle golden retriever. He attends a showing of Charlies paintings to see how Jagger has adjusted to his new regiment. Ruby is attrcted to Jagger's delicate and tormented owner. He and Charlie begin to see eachother. As their relationship develops Charlie's tumor seems to be returning along with the nightmares and the stalker appears to be even more determined to get Charlie.The story takes many turns but neatly finds its way to climactic conclusion. Forrest sets up enough possible culprits to keep you guesssing for quite a while. The editing could use improvement as there are many spelling and grammatical errors that annoy the reader, but the story and the writing are excellent. I couldn't put this book down.

This was an absolutely terrific book. I could not put it down! In fact, I read it in 1 day! I loved Charlie and was very intrigued by John. And, of course, I couldn't help but root for Charlie's dog, Jagger. The ending was a real shocker. If you want to read a great psychological thriller, please read this book.

Wade Clarkson is a gifted micro-neurosurgeon who has saved many a patient. His list includes a cop killer scheduled for execution to Charlie one of the century's most gifted painters. Though he saved Charlie's life from a brain tumor, the artist lost the ability to paint. Eleven years later, the tumor and Charlie's ability to paint both return. As before the surgery, the images come to Charlie while she sleeps. She releases the terror of "Midnight" through painting. A recent murder that Charlie previously seen in her nightmares indicates that a dormant killer has surfaced. He knows he is linked to Charlie, who must stop him, before he kills again. It is a question of when before Elizabeth Forrest is recognized as one of the true talents on the market today. RETRIBUTION is a fascinating work of psychological suspense that grips the audience from start to finish. The ending is a shocker even though, looking in hindsight, all the clues were there. This is great work from an author who will soon be recognized as the dean of psychological horror thrillers. Harriet Klausner