‘Twisty, compelling and relentlessly suspenseful.’ HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN – Anthony, Agatha, and MaryHiggins Clark award-winning author.Raina Wilkins has little to live for. Until she’s forced on the run with a wanted killer and a homeless teen with a deadly secret…Driving alone on a dark autumn night, Raina hits a man who darts from the Maine woods in front of her. The injured stranger climbs in … injured stranger climbs in her car, forces her to drive on at gunpoint, but gets out soon after and disappears back into the forest.
Raina thinks never to see him again. But Alec DeMarco has left something behind in her car, something others will kill to possess. When he and others return to claim it, Raina is swept into a world of conspiracy, abduction and murder. A world where even the police want her dead.
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Hit and Run by Diane Hester is a great and gripping mystery thriller and has to be my favourite by her. I was captivated and the pages kept on turning and I found myself finishing it in one sitting. Diane has woven the threads to give us something that keeps you guessing with the twists and action and thinking you are on the right track, only to be turned right around. Our heroine is troubled by her past and it almost seems like history is repeating but is she strong enough to overcome her fears? There is action and danger, and most of all the story is so believable that it is scary.
This is my first book by Diane Hester, it was amazing. Hands down loved it. This story gives us Raina as our main female character and Alac as our main male- but so many other characters. This was deeply developed and I felt emotional connections with all of the people we come across. I couldn’t get enough of this book. She has been through some trauma that causes specific situations to occur. She feels hopeless, lost and unloved. I love her! Oh my goodness. If I could give this book more than 5 stars I would!
I absolutely loved this thriller from Diane Hester, HIT AND RUN! This novel literally has something in it for everyone but really is a must read for the thriller lover! I know of and have read previous works from Hester but this one has to be a fast favorite that I will for sure be doing a reread of eventually. I loved how this book read and flowed like a thriller movie. I was always at the edge of my seat awaiting that next twist or turn in the road that would come and rarely was it what I had expected to see come of things. I thoroughly enjoyed the push and pull between the characters and the banter was a comfortable and stressful song that kept you enthralled and guessing what would come.
The teasers drew me into this read and they did not disappoint. I really loved the way the story was just as exciting as the teasers. Raina Wilkins is on a drive home from the movies. It is dark and a wooded and creepy place she is traversing and her thoughts match the situation. She didn’t know just how much her life was going to be completely changed when the stranger that hopped from the woods literally hopped right in front of her moving vehicle. The suspense gets even crazier when the man is next holding a gun to her head and making demands. Will the course of the book reveal the secrets and troubles of everyone’s pasts? Will somehow this crazy night be the change she didn’t know she needed in her life? You will think this book is one thing and it will be the complete opposite. I won’t divulge any more details but I can assure you this is one that you do not want to miss! I can’t wait to see what we will get next from the ever talented Diane Hester!
Raina Wilkins has given up on life until she’s demanded to become a fugitive with a wanted killer and vagrant teen with a dangerous secret.
On a crisp fall night, she hits a man who leads her into the dark Maine woods. The injured drifter takes her at gunpoint, forcing her to drive but vanishes into the woods.
Raina is lucky to have escaped with her life but Alec Demarco has deserted something which leads him back to Raina. What he’s left behind others will do anything to have. Raina becomes caught up in schemes, kidnapping and homicide but who can she trust when the world is out to get her?
This was a fast-paced read that led the reader down so many unexpected turns. This book was realistic and original from cover to cover. Easy to read, full of action, full of characters to sympathize with.
HIT AND RUN by Diane Hester. All I can say is WOW! I loved this book. I lost a night of sleep over it but it was sooo worth it! Its the story of Rainia Wilkins who is driving alone on a fall night in Maine when a man jumps in front of her car. She hits him and then he climbs into her car and forces her at gunpoint to drive to the airport. Before Rainia can even wrap her mind around what his happening he jumps back out of the car and runs into the woods again. What she doesn’t know is he left something very important in her car, something that he and others are willing to kill for. Thinking she will never see Alec Demarco again she goes on with her life but when he pops back up wanting what he left her life is turned upside down. Along with Alec and a a runaway teen she is forced to trust people she doesn’t know that she should and do things she wonders if she will get killed for. Not knowing who she can trust including the police Rainia is in for the fight of her life. This book is so amazing and I will jump at the chance to read another Diane Hester book!
This is a suspense-thriller that I enjoyed from beginning to end. I was pulled in right from the beginning and kept engaged to the end. This is a well developed story that has twists and turns that kept me turning pages just waiting to see what would happen next. The characters made the story feel real to me. I had no problem connecting to them. Raina was driving alone on a dark wooded road when a man came out of the woods and she hit him. He forces her to drive at gunpoint but gets out and goes back to the woods. The problem is that he left something behind in her backseat. How far will someone go to get this thing? Her world is turned upside down from here and I had a hard time putting the book down. This is a really good book that I highly recommend.
Hit and Run by Diane Hester is a great page turning thriller. I must confess I read it all in one sitting. I really could not put it down. So many twists and plots you really can’t put it down. The slow burning romance is just right. The action, and deep thinking to solve the mystery all came in just the right doses to keep me in this book till the end. To say I was not disappointed is an understatement. Diane Hester is a name I will remember when looking for a good book to get lost in.