Free Fall, by Nina Atwood

Free Fall is a page turner with character development not usually found in a suspense thriller.

Free Fall is a well-written novel full of intriguing, psychologically complex characters who keep you guessing what will happen next. The protagonist, Hanna Lee, isn’t the typical heroine of the suspense and mystery genre. She’s very human, good at some things and particularly bad at others. As a professional woman, Hanna Lee is extraordinarily well organized and very successful. She is also a woman who demonstrates great empathy for her employees, so much so that she sells her company in order to share the monetary riches of its success with them. But in her personal life, she is challenged in her relationships with men and with herself. Suffice it to say, and so as not to be a spoiler, her pick of a husband is dismal. These challenges created by her psychological struggles complement the mystery in the novel’s plot and are a creative component in the development of its suspense. Hanna Lee’s good and bad choices lead to a wreck from which she barely walks away. These choices continually throw up barricades to her happiness that she must surmount, both emotionally and physically.

The plot of Free Fall is excellently managed and laid out to make for exciting reading. The story is a page turner. The brilliance in the story comes from the character development. The characters are well constructed and layered with subtle personality traits, which add an element to the novel that a reader doesn’t ordinarily find in a suspense thriller. It is not surprising that the author is a psychotherapist. Free Fall is a rewarding read. One can enjoy the fast paced and thrilling plot at the same time that one can identify with the difficulties presented to a professional woman by modern life.

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