Windfall

"Windfall" is an exciting, can't-wait-to-turn-the-page thriller. We first meet Lisa Barron as a college journalism student during the sixties who gets accidentally caught up in a campus bombing where someone is killed. She is terrorized by the people who commit this horrible act and she flees the country where she gives birth to her daughter Beth. She eventually brings Beth back home to upstate New York and after working on a local newspaper, she ends up working for a powerful mall developer and getting in on the ground floor of the mega mall development craze that took place in the late seventies. Although she works crazy hours at a job she loves, the memories of that awful bombing and its aftermath are never far from Lisa's mind.Eventually, someone from Lisa's past is stalking her. Can she keep her daughter and herself safe? Will she end up in prison because of her past?And then there is Matt- an honorable, hardworking and handsome colleague who is falling in love with Lisa. Although Lisa loves Matt back, she feels she can't ruin his life by burdening him with her past. Lisa and Matt also find out something about their high-powered boss, Joe Casio- is he really endangering lives by using substandard supplies in his malls and cutting corners?"Windfall" has wonderfully drawn characters and is a fast-paced read. If you like Nora Roberts' and Mary Higgins Clark's books, you'll love "Windfall". Rose Senehi's experiences in mall development help give the reader a fascinating insider's look into the cultural phenomenon that are today's mega malls. The reader roots for Lisa and Matt to get together and for Lisa to finally be able to put the awful incident in her past behind her. You know a book is well-written when you want to find out what happens next to these people, as we do with Lisa and Matt. The plotting is well paced and the book really brings out the breathless pace that Lisa and Matt live their work lives. The minor characters are well developed too, from powerful Joe Casio to steely widow Theresa Rossi. I can't wait to read Ms. Senehi's next book!