Suicidal Tendencies: A Novel

Patrick M. Garry
PublishAmerica (2007)
ISBN 9781424159864
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (6/08)


Mr. Garry has done an excellent job of keeping the reader’s interest in “Suicidal Tendencies.” He has easily transitioned from the present to past by his use of wording and never-ending thoughts that roll through his mind.

The book starts out with Luke, the main character, sitting in a courtroom waiting to hear what will happen to him for a murder he doesn’t think he committed. His lawyer doubts him and avoids him at all costs, just like everyone else in the community.

Where did all his troubles begin-- was it that he was going to be married, yet carried on a secret affair and when he tried to end it, she was going to tell all to everyone he knew? Or was it he really didn’t want to get married and had a crush on someone else? Maybe, it was that his future father-in-law wanted him to take the fall for a good friend of his by setting up a false account so no one would know he had extorted money?

Little did he know that a man named Vince, whom he befriended, thought his wife was having an affair--little did Vince know, she was having the affair with Luke. “Suicidal Tendencies,” by Patrick M. Garry, is a fascinating story that will keep you reading until you find the end.

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