Fall In One Day by Craig Terlson
Published by Blue Moon Publishers
Ebook
Expected publication 16 May 2017
327 pages
NetGalley
In the summer of 1973, fifteen-year-old Joe Beck lives in a small Canadian city near the U.S. border where he watches dark-suited politicians lie on TV during something called Watergate. So when his best friend Brian goes missing, Joe has a hard time believing that adults ever tell the truth.
Joe learns that Brian left town with his father after Brian's mother ended up in the hospital. He listens to the news reports for information, but nothing is being said. Eventually, Joe launches his own investigation, using a tape recorder-just like the American president-to help sift through the clues. Feeling that everything is up to him, Joe embarks on a perilous and enlightening journey to decipher a mental institution diary full of secrets about a drug called LSD, and uncover the truth about Brian's father and save his best friend.
OPENING'Out of sight' was a thing Karl said when him and Dennis thought something was extra cool.
WHAT I THOUGHTI thought Fall In One Day was great. Joe's got a great voice and he narrated the story really well. I really enjoyed the elements of mystery that are woven through the storyline. Why did Brian's dad take him? Where to? Why did he hurt Brian's mother? Does Brian really want to be found? Will Joe be able to make something of the meagre clues left behind? I thought Joe's search for Brian, aided by his brother was really well written. The characters are all well written and really come to life on the page. Brian's father is a very sympathetic character once it's clear what's happened to him to cause his behaviour. Fall In One Day is well written. I loved the descriptions and detail that brought everything so vividly to life. This is an engaging, enjoyable mystery novel and well worth a read.
