Forget to Remember

Alan Cook
AuthorHouse (2010)
ISBN 9781452072340
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (1/11)


“Forget to Remember” has all the elements of suspense, romance, mystery, action, and intrigue. Alan Cook, author of over a dozen books, combines engaging characters and a unique plot to draw the reader into the story.

While emptying the trash, Rigo Ramirez discovers the body of a victim of an attempted murder in the incinerator behind the café where he works as a dishwasher.
 
The victim’s bruises and head injuries are treated at the hospital in nearby Torrance. It is soon discovered that the unidentified patient is suffering from amnesia. Upon release from the hospital she is sent to a temporary homeless shelter. While at the shelter she assumes the name of Carol Golden and gets assistance from Frances Moran, a genetic genealogist. Rigo pays a visit to the shelter and learns that Carol is due to be released. With no money, and no identity Carol has nowhere to go but to the streets. Rigo invites her to stay at his parent’s home.

Little evidences of Carol’s memory slowly come into focus, but the matter of her true identity continues to elude her. Carol, determined to find her true identity, is willing to take any risk necessary. From the Palos Verde’s Peninsula in Southern California to North Carolina and finally to England, Carol meets danger while in the process of picking up small clues as to her individuality, character, and personality.

Deception, denial, and determination all play a part in Carol’s roller-coaster ride in this suspense novel. Filled with intrigue and non-stop action, “Forget to Remember” is hard to put down.

Alan Cook’s writing is entertaining and informational. I was intrigued as I followed the procedures used in tracing and identifying missing persons, DNA research, and forensic genealogy.

Another notch in Alan Cook’s success story, “Forget to Remember” is sure to be a hit with mystery buffs and those avid readers of legal action suspense novels.

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