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Apr 25, 2020maucarden rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Audacity is the keyword here. The audacity of twelve psychopaths planning a mass escape from a low security federal prison turned max security prison. The audacity of twelve psychos to punish the small town that “hosted” the prison; to grind that small town into the ground. Then there is the audacity of that small town’s city government to send their own punishment against the twelve psychopaths who escaped. Finally, the escapees are enraged at the audacity of Weldonville to paint a target on their back and decide to fight back. The small town of Weldonville, Co sends police Lieutenant Leah Hawkins to paint that target on each of the twelve co-conspirators and then take aim. In the small bit of humor present in this book, the town officials who are aware of Leah’s mission use the large federal grants to finance Leah’s mission of retribution and revenge. Part of Leah does not want these men to die easy, for she has fought the escaped prisoners in the streets, losing friends and loved ones in the battles. Killing the remaining escapees will be easy, for the death toll at the prison and in the town is a heavy burden for Leah. If you are a fan of Perry’s early works, the not-to-be-missed Jane Whitfield books, then you will know what I mean when I say this is a book in reverse of that terrific series. Instead of helping a person hide completely, this is discovering several people who think they have hidden completely. Exciting and unusual, A Small Town fascinates with a carefully detailed description of how the bad guys planned both their break out and their own escape; and then how Leah tracks them down. Perry’s writing is crisp as always, giving just enough information. Thankfully he did not overwhelm with details of the rapes and murders that just about killed Weldonville. When he did give detail it is spread throughout the book in small doses, not too graphic. Although I liked the content of the epilogue, I didn’t think it connected with anything I had read earlier. It really came out of the blue. This was the only fault I found with the book. Some of the other reviewers found A Small Town to be implausible. I found the story to be an imaginative fictional thriller. I find most thrillers to be implausible. Thanks to NetGalley for providing me an ARC in exchange for a fair and balanced review. (less)