Person of Interest, Theresa Schwegel
Person of Interest, Theresa Schwegel
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Person of Interest

Author: Theresa Schwegel

Narrator: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis

Unabridged: 12 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/20/2008


Synopsis

Author Theresa Schwegel's debut won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was also shortlisted for the Anthony Award. Person of Interest is an astute slice of suspenseful crime fiction offering an intense portrait of the complicated lives of an undercover police officer and his family. As Schwegel steadily ratchets up the tension, the McHugh family faces mounting internal and external pressures that threaten to shred the very fabric of their domestic life.

About Theresa Schwegel

Theresa Schwegel is a Loyola University graduate and the recipient of an MFA in screenwriting at Chapman University. Her debut novel, Officer Down, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was short-listed for the Anthony Award. In 2008, she received the 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library Foundation. She lives in Chicago.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Margaret on July 28, 2020

The title is misleading. There is no one of any interest at all in the book. They are all unpleasant one-dimensional characters that behave inexplicably and that I had no empathy for. There is an unnecessarily graphic rape scene. In the end I didn't care who the murderer was. The writing, however, w......more

Goodreads review by Mary on March 09, 2018

Mystery/thriller is not my preferred genre so pointing that out is important. I hated almost all of the characters in this book. The sort of finding redemption, self-blame, and reconciliations that occur in this book happen too late and don't seem to fit quite right. I felt like there was action whe......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on December 08, 2007

I chose to read this novel because I read a great review of it somewhere. Now I can't remember what the review said, or why the novel sounded so appealing to me. This is the story of Craig McHugh, a cop with a not-so-great marriage and a not-so-great career. He's currently working on a case that seem......more

Goodreads review by Tess on June 13, 2016

Leslie McHugh is married to an under cover cop. When I started reading this book, she was following him, noticing money taken from their account at the bank, and thought it would be woman scorned/leaving you for someone I met in my undercover life, but it was much more. Once Leslie “becomes the cop h......more

Goodreads review by SamBFN on June 05, 2008

it was okay, I found myself skimming after awhile as I was getting bored, but not enough to totally put it down, but not wanting to read all the details. I found I didn't like the character Craig very much and ended up fastfowarding through his part of the storyline and concentrating more on Leslie'......more