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One Perfect Lie finished

This was a real page-turner.  Our hero has to sort out a plot against the US government and also save the lives of players on his baseball team. Everything is compressed into about one week's time.  Characterization is quite good.  Two boys (Raz and Jordan) are distinct personalities.  Evan a little less so. The mothers of all three are well developed.  Chris/Curt is a bit too perfect, but he is the hero.

Spoilers follow!

Plot: Chris goes undercover at a HS because it seems one of the boys on the baseball team in buying fertilizer for a bomb.  Anniversary of OKC bombing is coming up.  But which boy?  Jordan is quiet, but his father has died recently and his older brother has a gun in his room.  Least likely.  Raz is crazier and is a good suspect, throwing his bat in a game, genuinely unhappy. Evan has everything, but that makes him suspicious, too.

Gay teacher seems to kill himself  . . . or has he been cleverly murdered?

Chris is called off the case because another bomb threat (more of a threat) is discovered in upstate PA.  But . . . nice touch . . . the two plots are one plot.

One of the teachers, Courtney, is from that area.  She has brothers who angered by the destruction of their land by fracking and by the govt.'s unwillingness to do anything.  They tell Courtney that their bomb will not hurt anyone (hah!).  Courtney is also having an affair with Evan and it is Evan who has bought the fertilizer as a favor to Courtney. 

AFT thinks Evan is a murderous bomber revenging the coming prosecution of his father/doctor for Medicare fraud. Chris thinks Evan is  more a hostage than a plotter. 

Exciting helicopter rescue on Ben Franklin Bride.  Bombers were  after Fed. Bldg. in Philly and then one of the bridges.  Curt/Chris foils them, saves Evan, and goes back to woo Heather, Jordan's mother, and establish a family in Central Valley.

Great fun!


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