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Reviewed by Gaius Konstantine for Readers' Favorite
Some secrets are a weight on the soul, and, rather than holding or keeping them, those secrets hold you with devastating consequences. The Peace Talk by Nina Blakeman is a novel of secrets hidden within lies and delusions. Four high school friends, who should have gone their separate ways if not for their shared guilt and efforts to stay out of prison, are shackled together through the years by one terrible secret. Yet they are not alone. In a small town where everyone seems to have a skeleton or two in the closet, nothing is as it appears, and some evil people wear respectability like a finely crafted suit of armor. But all secrets come with a price that must be paid in full. For the misanthropes living in Kraal County, Kansas, the bill has just been delivered.
I feel like I've just walked through a carnival of the insane and the damned. The Peace Talk is one of the most intriguing and superbly crafted psychological thrillers I have read in years. The plot is so intricate and menacing that it compares to a web crafted by the deadliest spider. What's more, there is nothing predictable about the story, and it has more twists and turns than the minotaur's labyrinth. Each character is unique, a bespoke creation, and perfectly developed, making the entire premise chillingly realistic. The pacing increases like a well-played Bolero, slow and soft to begin with and gaining intensity with each page turned. Nina Blakeman offers an outstanding addition to the genre, a masterful and tense tale comparable to Deliverance with just a touch of redemption added to the mix.
