In Before Sunrise, Will Fortin of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is on patrol in southern Alberta. It’s a lonely region where the sky meets the land on even terms, where the landscape exaggerates or diminishes your place in the world. If you’re lucky, trouble would never find you there. If you weren’t, this was your battleground. This is where Fortin experiences the worst any cop can face, the … can face, the taking of innocent lives while under fire in responding to a violent call at a farm involving a gun. His life destroyed his guilt unbearable, Fortin, a good man, struggles as a haunted soul, aching to redeem himself.
Years after the shooting, Fortin is assigned to escort a murderer from a Canadian prison to trial in Seattle, Washington. When their plane crashes in the unforgiving Rocky Mountains, Fortin is presented with his last chance at redemption.
Before Sunrise is a powerful, heart-wrenching story of love, heartbreak, courage and enduring human spirit.
Rick Mofina is a former journalist who has interviewed murderers on death row in Montana and Texas, flown over L.A. with the LAPD and patrolled with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police near the Arctic. He’s also reported from the Caribbean, Africa and Kuwait’s border with Iraq. His true-crime freelance work has appeared in The New York Times, The Telegraph (London, U.K.), Reader’s Digest, Penthouse, Marie Claire and The South China Morning Post, (Hong Kong). He has written more than 20 crime fiction thrillers that have been published in nearly 30 countries.
His work has been praised by James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, Louise Penny, Sandra Brown, James Rollins, Brad Thor, Nick Stone, David Morrell, Allison Brennan, Heather Graham, Linwood Barclay, Peter Robinson, Håkan Nesser and Kay Hooper.
The Crime Writers of Canada, The International Thriller Writers and The Private Eye Writers of America have listed his titles among the best in crime fiction. As a two-time winner of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award, a four-time Thriller Award finalist and a two-time Shamus Award finalist, the Library Journal calls him, “One of the best thriller writers in the business.”
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I’ve read several of this author’s books and was thoroughly impressed. This book just didn’t do it for me. I was surprised he was the author.
Not up to his usual quality.
Pretty good read overall. The ending was a little to clean, tying up all loose ends in one swoop, hard to believe. Will needed a lot of help to get over his mistake, and he didn’t get enough. Felt sorry for him, beating himself up, ending his marriage.
It need proofing. I would have rated it higher if there were so many bad typos.
I just felt sad for all the characters
Written like a short story instead of a novel.
I downloaded this book based on reading another of the author’s books that was exceptional. This one, not so much. It started okay, but the ending seemed contrived and not believable. Disappointed.
Predictable. Unrealistic coincidences. Not as good as his other books.
This author will not disappoint. Keeps you interested throughout and wanting more. Great job. I’d highly recommend
Not my favorite R Mofina book.
Promising start but odd conclusion.
This was out of character for Mr. Mofina. Just wasn’t his regular style nor did I like the ending. Will continue to follow him, though.
ok – so something interesting happens in the beginnin – the next quarter of the book is reliving that and no further plot development – it’s an easy read because the characters don’t seem to grow the further the book progresses – supportive wive, guilt-racked husband – no new action
Rick Mofina is a wonderful author who deserves more recognition. I’ve read most of his books . They are all well written with believable story lines.
not his best work
Not as good as Mofina’s other books.
Rick Mofina never fails to write an entertaining story. I thought I knew what would happen a couple of times but I was wrong. Good writing and good story. Thanks Rick
Normally I am a huge Rick Mofina fan, but I struggled to get thru this book. Cant be awesome every time.
Before Sunrise is a very emotional story about an RCMP officer who accidentally killed 2 children in the line of duty. While he was cleared of any wrong-doing, he couldn’t forgive himself. This guilt led him to a lifetime of anguish. He kept doing his job in a small town in Alberta but was much tenser than before. Believing his wife deserved better, he told her to leave. Meanwhile, Ren Carter is living a quiet life in Ice Lake, Washington. I wondered why she kept popping up in this story and found out toward the end.
The wrap-up to this book was not what I expected, at all. So I was disappointed. But since other reviewers loved the ending, I seem to be on my own on this.
This was a very depressing book. Even so, I was compelled to read it to the end so I could find out what happened to the man.