by Jennie McGhan
What is your worst fear? How would you deal with it if you were forced to face that fear both in your nightmares and in reality?
Exposure by Brandilyn Collins explores such a sce-nario and is bound to keep its readers bracing them-selves at the turn of each page.
A thriller, this book is one of many suspense novels written by Collins. Each novel is what has been termed “seatbelt suspense,” because of her ability to take her readers on a veritable thrill ride as the characters are faced with the horrors of crime.
The main character in Ex-posure, Kaycee Raye is faced with unexplainable fears coming to life. A syn-dicated columnist, who writes about her fears, she begins having frightening experiences. She believed she had been conquering many of the things she was afraid of, including visiting the dentist.
Now, images of a dead man mysteriously appear on a camera, her computer, in her dreams and in a photo-graph left in her car.
The nine-year-old daugh-ter of Kaycee’s deceased best friend also mysteriously disappears.
She is challenged to stand strong against what some in her small town believe are hallucinations or paranoia. She must try to forget the images and focus on finding her friend’s daughter.
The feeling of being watched never fades through Kaycee’s search, but she won’t let the authorities or her fears stop her from look-ing for the young girl.
She delays telling local law enforcement officers about the images, wanting them to focus on the search for the little girl. Besides, it is difficult to prove the images even exist.
Officer Mark Burnett, however, begins to believe in Kaycee and the things she has been seeing. He wants to help her.
Exposure also takes its readers through a series of events occurring elsewhere.
Martin, Lorraine and four-year-old Tammy Giordano are caught up in crimes tied to the mob.
Lorraine and Tammy don’t know of Martin’s in-volvement in the robbery of the bank where he works. Lorraine also doesn’t know what is hidden inside a rental unit at the storage facility she manages.
After Martin’s murder, Lorraine is faced with some tough decisions. She and Tammy were, after all, inside the family’s apartment when he was shot to death.
She must keep herself and young Tammy safe from the murderer…but, how?
Although I was able to guess how Kaycee’s cir-cumstances were tied to those of the Giordano family, I found myself riveted to the book and depriving myself of much needed sleep. I didn’t want to put the book down and was held captive, wanting to discover how each chapter played out.
Collins has a way of weaving stories together that compel her readers to explore their own lives, as well as venturing into her frightful scenarios.
She divides her time be-tween the Coeur D’ Alene, Idaho area and the California Bay area. She has also re-cently released a new young adult series with her daugh-ter Amberly.
Exposure is a novel any suspense and mystery enthusiast can enjoy. If you have a thirst for a great thriller, be sure to purchase this novel.
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