I suppose the real
problem I had with this story is that I read it immediately after the amazing
"The Heart's Invisible Furies" by John Boyne which was a literary
tour de force. To step down from that high and to read what is no more than an
average tale is a bit of a disappointment. Serial Killer Dane Peters known as
the Rest Stop Dentist has just been executed and his mother Ella May, who
deeply loved her son, is trying to understand why his ghost will not leave her
in peace. She starts on a journey which leads her to discover her own
shortcomings, and realizes that she failed miserably in her duties as a mother
by allowing her evil husband Phil to brutalize and destroy their son. What
starts with great promise becomes nothing more than a road trip journey when
Ella, joined by journalist Sven Godel, (and directed by the ghostly presence of
the executed Dane) attempts to find Dane's true love Melissa. An unexpected
surprise transpires that ultimately offers Ella some serenity in a story that
for me failed miserably to deliver.
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