From the Archives – Mike Knowles: Running from the Dead

Mike Knowles is one of my favourite writers, and this book is no exception to his craft.

It’s been six years since Sam Jones has been looking for a missing boy. When he finds him, the truth is gut-wrenching.

Lost in his actions the day Jones confronts the killer, he makes a mistake that he knows will end in his incarceration.

He figures he has seven days before he is caught. That’s one week to find a missing teenager who left cryptic messages on the washroom door of a coffee shop. But in Running from the Dead, who is Jones really trying to save?

Great characters, a tense, can’t-put-it-down read, and race to the finish. Highly recommended!

I also reviewed Rock Beats Paper by Knowles in 2017. Click here to read about that one.

~ June Lorraine Roberts

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5 responses to “From the Archives – Mike Knowles: Running from the Dead”

Silver Screenings

April 23, 2023

A person doesn’t pick up a can’t-put-it-down book every day, and this one sounds like it fits the bill.

I just finished one of those can’t-put-it-down novels, called The Maid. Honestly, I was glued to my chair the whole time.

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1. June Lorraine Roberts
  
  April 26, 2023
  
  I’m with you on that feeling 🙂
  
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Laurie Graves

April 3, 2023

Sounds exciting! One to add to the list.

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Margot Kinberg

April 2, 2023

It does sound fast-paced and absorbing, June. That’s an interesting premise, too!

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1. June Lorraine Roberts
  
  April 2, 2023
  
  Knowles doesn’t waste a word and his writing is sparely elegant in it’s way 🙂
  
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