This is my second T. Jefferson Parker. Although I did not enjoy it as much as my first, it won't be my last. Crime writer, Russ Monroe is drawn into the case of a vicious serial killer in a hot California summer while his own wife battles her own war with brain cancer. ( )

Summer of Fear. T. Jefferson Parker. 1993. Crime writer and ex-sheriff’s deputy Russ Monroe writes articles on and tries to identify a horrid serial killer while being framed for the murder of his ex-wife and tending to his second wife who has a brain tumor! This first person thriller holds your interest. The scenes with his sick wife and his estranged daughter add a poignancy that is not usually found in this type of novel. ( )

this book is about some teenage kids going to an ocean. they do crazy stuff.at one pouint in time one of them get hurt because they jumped off a cliff to go in the water but when he jumped in he hit a rock. he survived but got hurt pretty good.because of that the kids are of fear and do. ( )