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The following evening, Karen hears her neighbor's dog barking loudly. Upon investigation, she finds her neighbor, Marion, at the bottom of the stairs—dead. At the top of the stairs, a colorful whirlpool of dust circles ominously.
Now the feisty librarian must consider the unthinkable: Could the dust be responsible for her neighbor's death and, if so, would it kill again? Karen turns to her ex-husband, Jerry, for help and together they bravely confront the mysterious dust. But will their daring actions cost them their lives?
Karen first see the dust while putting her groceries away. It's unique from anything the librarian has seen before and she's a research librarian, so she's seen a lot. After smashing her porcelain ballerina, she can feel the violence emanating from the swirling red, blue, and green dust.
She contacts her ex-husband, Jerry, because though they're divorced, he's still her best friend. She needs someone to believe her and see the dust too. Soon the mysterious dust is making itself known around the condos in Karen's neighbor.
Her elderly, but spry neighbor tumbles down her steps, a baseball player ends up on life support, and a young teenage girl is literally cut down while driving. All die from their injuries. And the suspicious dust is wreaking havoc where ever it goes, multiple injuries have occurred.
As Karen and Jerry try to unravel the malicious dust, they wonder where is has come from and how to kill it.
Dust by Susan Berliner is a first novel from this author. It was an incredibly quick read that kept the reader wondering about the dust. Is it intelligent? Where does the dust come from? There's a vehemence in this dust that fills the story and makes the pages easy to turn. I was intrigued by this deadly dust. Could it be toxic dust? Pollution driven? But as violent as the dust is, the most important questions of can it be killed and how to kill it are answered.
Dust is an excellent first attempt for this new author. I very much enjoyed this actioned scifi/mystery/thriller. There are elements of the paranormal in that the dust is out of this world, dangerous, and murderous. I was also intrigued by the relationship between Karen and Jerry. They divorced because of their differences, he's rock and roll, she's ballet. Karen wants to start a family and Jerry's not ready for that step, but neither one will be satisfied with another partner. Fighting the dust brings them closer together, making them realize that maybe they've made a mistake. I'll be watching for the next book from this author. If you'd like to find out more information about this author, please visit her website. Look out Stephen King, this lady may be on your tail!
I received this book from the author and publicist as part of Susan Berliner's Pump Up Your Book Tour. All the opinions expressed are my own.
9 comments:
Now that is creepy and yes I need to know, what is the dust? nice touch. Great post Dottie! :D
I have this book on my buy list. I was a little hesitant on adding it, due to all of the elements of sci-fi/mystery/thriller. I did not think she could pull it off and I'm not ready to read another bad book.
Thanks for your snippet :)
Another one I haven't heard of til now, sounds like a really weird concept. I do like creepy and mysterious so maybe I'd enjoy it??
Hi Blodeuedd!
Definitely creepy how the dust is always sneaking up on people and doing them in. It gets more murderous and evil as the story proceeds. I have no idea where the dust truly comes from, lol.
Dottie :)
Hi Ann Marie!
It might be worth peeking at, she does pull the story off, but there are unanswered questions about the dust.
Dottie :)
Hi Teddyree!
It is weird and creepy, but she leaves unanswered questions that the reader has to imagine. The dust in the story is murderous and vengeful, but we are left to wonder why.
Dottie :)
Stephen King hasn't written anything about malicious dust before but I swear this sounds like one of his short stories.
Hi LadyTink!!
It does sound like something he come up with, excellent analogy!!
It does have some of the elements of one of his shorts!
Dottie :)
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