LitPick Review
The Sound of Red Returning Ever wish that there was just one Christian suspense novel out there that you could get your hot little hands on? Well, your dreams have just come true with Sue Duffy's new manuscript, The Sound of Red Returning! Prominent concert pianist Liesl Bower has had plenty of sorrow and danger in her young life. When she was a child, her alcoholic father caused the death of her beloved aunt. Her mentor, Professor Schell Devoe, was brutally murdered before her eyes. Now, just when her life was finally returning to normal, just when she was at the peak of her career, she is again sucked into the whirlwind of her tutor's demise. The CIA believes that Mr. Devoe had quite a bit more going on than he disclosed to Liesl and the rest of the world including him being a crucial Russian spy that almost had the control to completely wipe out democracy and set the stage for communism's rise to power once more. Yet there's a drawback. The information, secretly coded, was gathered up in an unsuspecting Leisl's arms as she collected her numerous sheets of music just before the Professor's death. Now, the undercover Russian agents are out to get that code at any price. Currently on the run, Liesl must do everything she can to survive, and with the help of a life-roughened CIA agent and a straight-minded old-timer and his grandson, she just might make it. What Liesl didn't expect was to lose her heart along the way&&& "Her eyes locked on Ava Mullins, and the last fifteen years that slippery cushion between her and Devoe's murder fell away."
Opinion:
I truly did enjoy this book immensely. It had suspense, mayhem, comedy, and just a hint of romance that kept me interested all the way through. I loved how I could relate to some of the predicaments some of the characters got themselves into even if I haven't exactly been chased across the country by demented spies. It had some soul searching moments, but not enough where it got to be tiresome to read. The characters in this novel really complemented the plot all coming from different backgrounds, different lives, and then being thrown together by fate's twisted path. This book grabbed me from the very beginning, and drew me into it, until I read it from beginning to end. The vocabulary was near perfection too, enough where it wasn't dry but not so complicated that I would get utterly lost. One thing I disliked about this book was that some of the Russian spies had such difficult names that it took me a while to sort out who was who and what they were doing. Besides that one little bump in the road, this book was a fantastic read. "Ava peered out the window, and Liesl heard her whisper, "God help us all." I would recommend this book for ages seven and up, because this book is quite long and some of the story plot might be hard to understand for younger readers. There is absolutely no profanity in this book, you have my word as a gentlewoman. Remember, this book is faith based, with mentions of the LORD frequently. If this offends you, I'd advise not to read this book. In the midst of all this terror and trauma, will Liesl be able to get out of the whirlwind of deceit and chaos that revolves around the Russian underground alive? Or will she perish and let the Russians take over all of Europe? If you want to uncover the answer, read The Sound of Red Returning by Sue Duffy!
