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Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
3.0
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Intense and fast paced.  If you love a hair raising, heart in your throat, edge of your seat ride, this is it. 
 
Lena is out for revenge.  Her sister, Cambry, died three months ago.  Lena doesn’t believe the police report, and she is convinced that the police officer had something to do with her sister’s death.   Officer Raccevic agrees to meet her at the last place Cambry was alive, Hairpin Bridge, and a 300-page standoff ensues.  Car chases. Gun battles.  Pythons.  (Yep. A python.  It made me scream more than the guns.) It’s an action packed, heart stopping, cat and mouse game.  It’s gory, gruesome, and violent.    
 
Everything you’ve come to expect of an action thriller can be found in this book… especially the complete implausibility of almost everything that happens.  This book makes perfect use of each and every thriller trope. 
 
Hairpin Bridge is a fast read.  If you love a good adrenaline boost, you’ll likely love this one.  For me, it was too over the top and too violent.  But I know I’ll be in the minority.  
 
Thank you Taylor Adams, Joffe Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an advanced copy of this book.