Some Reason in Madness

By Cathy Vasas-Brown

Book Overview

Fifteen years after helping to send rapist Frank Ventresca to prison, guidance counsellor Samantha Quinlan has a nearly perfect life: a job she loves, a boyfriend she loves, and a son she loves even... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385659997
• ISBN13: 9780385659994
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: DOUBLEDAY CANADA LTD
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

Great read!

A mystery involves a secret or puzzle. The story needs motive, danger to the main character, clues, and false clues. A good mystery has well developed characters, intrigue, plus spellbinding action. A great mystery combines all of these elements with the addition of being thrilling. This is a textbook great mystery! Don't miss it!

Great book!

I loved Some Reason in Madness. A taut, spine-tingling, and cleverly written book, Some Reason in Madness is guaranteed to give you eerie chills. Basically, the book is about a guidance counselor, who was raped 15 years ago. She is finally beginning to start a new life after the horrible encounter - she has a great boyfriend and a wonderful son.Then, ugly purple flowers gets delivered to her - without a signature. The phone calls start. She comes face to face a couple of times with Frank Ventresca, the man who raped her 15 years earlier.This book is written in the third person ominous - it alternates between the characters' different perspectives, including Samantha's (the protagonist), Frank Ventresca (the rapist), Matthew (Samantha's son), Chris (Samantha's boyfriend), among other characters. I thought the narration was wonderful, and it was very insightful to read about different characters' points of view.The way the story was told was coherent, easy to understand, and very clever. Nothing too complicated, this book is quite breezy. I finished it in about 2 sittings, and I found that I was hanging on to the edge of my seat in several chapters.Some Reason in Madness is definitely worth the read. Highly recommended.