Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
False Accusations
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Alan Jacobson
Class/Genre: Mystery Psychological Suspense
Pocket, Mar 1999, $23.95, 403 pp.
Dance with the devil usually means losing everything and everyone dear to the partner. Dr. Phillip Madison understands this first hand due to the stalking, accusations, and outright lies publicly stated to the media and the police by his ex-employee Brittany Harding. She accuses Phillip of rape, turning their innocent outings into incriminating trysts. To get this maniac out of his life, Phillip authorizes his lawyer to pay Brittany. However, the damage has been done. Phillip's wife believes Brittany's charges and leaves him, taking their children with her.
Phillip's life spirals even further downward when he is accused of the hit and run death of two people. Witnesses identified Phillip's car at the scene of the vehicular homicides. Upon inspection, the vehicle revealed additional incriminating evidence to include a busted headlight and blood in the front of the car. Phillip knows that Brittany has framed him. He plans to do whatever is necessary to prove his innocence and her guilt so that he can get her out of his life permanently.
Alan Jacobson and suspense are synonymous as the talented author proves with his latest novel. Mr. Jacobson builds his tale until the reader swears the unbelievable heights of suspense cannot get any higher. Instead, Mr. Jacobson pulls a twist and the octaves rise beyond the stratosphere. The realistic characters allow the audience to establish a rapport with them, especially with the beleaguered lead protagonist. The probability of anyone guessing the ending is remote even though it is reasonable, plausible, and sensible. No reader will accuse FALSE ACCUSATIONS as being anything less than a fantastic reading experience that leaves the audience clamoring for an early release of Mr. Jacobson's next book, THE HUNTED.
Harriet Klausner
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