{"id":14068,"date":"2022-09-01T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=14068"},"modified":"2022-09-01T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:20:00","slug":"the-excursion-by-t-o-paine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=14068","title":{"rendered":"THE EXCURSION by T.O. Paine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pulse-pounding and tense\u2026 A thrill from start to finish.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paine hits all the right notes with this latest suspense thriller featuring a pair of siblings struggling to escape a dangerous killer. Things have always been hard for Charly Highsmith, but she\u2019s a survivor. Abandoned by her parents, she spends her teens years on the dangerous streets of Denver, Colorado, looking after her autistic brother Jacob. When Charly inherits her father\u2019s estate, including a rustic cabin high in the Rocky Mountains, revisiting the past with her cousins Amanda and Cam seems like a good idea. As the siblings set out for the cabin, they have no clue they will get entrapped in a sinister game of life-and-death. With a hunter on their trail and snow storm raging, escape becomes a distant possibility. Paine gradually and brilliantly unravels the narrative\u2019s seemingly impossibly tangled strands, delving into the Highsmiths\u2019 tragic past\u2014how a single decision has destroyed the whole family, leaving the siblings into a nightmare of homelessness, and plunging the mother into a dark pit of drugs and alcohol\u2014and weave them together to form a satisfying whole. Throughout, he explores Charly\u2019s complicated inner world, exploring her trauma, fear, insecurities, and desires. The suspense remains steady, and the cat-and-mouse game between the hunter and the hunted keeps the tension rising. A breathtaking climactic chase thrusts the siblings in the middle of a life-and-death situation for relentless twists and entertaining storytelling. The novel is fast-paced and suspenseful, making for a quick read, but Paine spares no punches when it comes to complexity and substance. Lovers of psychological thrillers won\u2019t want to miss it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE EXCURSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

T.O. Paine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date October 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 9798986695822<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $3.99 (USD)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pulse-pounding and tense\u2026 A thrill from start to finish. Paine hits all the right notes with this latest suspense thriller featuring a pair of siblings struggling to escape a dangerous killer. Things have always been hard for Charly Highsmith, but she\u2019s a survivor. Abandoned by her parents, she spends her teens years on the dangerous streets of Denver, Colorado, looking after her autistic brother Jacob. When Charly inherits her father\u2019s estate, including a rustic cabin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":14069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,723769817,1136176,929713,1008073,856121,309,8811,4511574,723769816,349],"class_list":["post-14068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-excursion","tag-indie-books","tag-psychological-thriller","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-suspense","tag-suspense-and-thriller","tag-topaine","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-3EU","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/excursion.jpg?fit=313%2C500&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14068"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14072,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14068\/revisions\/14072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}