Seminary student Kevin Parsons receives a chilling call on his cell phone as he is heading down the highway. A man calling himself Slater claims to be from Kevin's past, and demands that Kevin call the local newspaper and confess his deepest secret sin in 3 minutes...or Slater will blow his car to bits. The problem is, Kevin has no idea what sin Slater is talking about. And he barely manages to get his car into a ditch and get safely out before the car indeed explodes three minutes later. This is only the beginning of a sinister game that Slater plays with Kevin - teasing him with riddles & driving him crazy trying to get him to confess this sin that Kevin can't remember. Who is Slater, and what is he after?
I ruined some of the suspense of this book for myself by going on Amazon and reading reviews from a few dissatisfied readers who didn't like the ending & decided to reveal it in their reviews. However, there was still plenty to enjoy in this masterful work of psychological suspense and mystery crafted by Dekker. In this case, he has managed to take an interesting view of the basic human condition and turn it into a thriller. Personally, I thought the ending was brilliant. But if you're going to read this and you want to save the surprises for the end - don't read the negative reviews on Amazon.
Sojourner
Oh man. This was the first book I read by Dekker and really loved it. It's what started my luv affair with Dekker. Glad I didn't read the reviews first.
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