Book Review: Last Stand at Lighthouse Point
Author: George
Duncan
Personal
Quality Rating: 4
Reviewer: Yvette
van Niekerk (South Africa)
Summary:
This Christian Mystery Novel is written using the setting of
the “Wild Duck County”. The story kicks
off with a really tragic and horrific murder which takes place at the “Magnum
Point Lighthouse”. Keeping in mind the
News Papers and TV Reports always get involved the story revolves about the
Editor Drake Saunders and a Reporter Frank Denton.
Drake Saunders gets involved with a beautiful student who is
an agnostic and an interesting turn of events takes place with them. Frank Denton is a prayer warrior and gets
literally back stabbed by fellow Christian – story revolving around the bank in
the town makes a number of influential people angry and they turn against
Frank.
Another important player in the story is Tiffany and let us not
omits the sweet little girl Tracy on the side-line. The four people mentioned are in a major
battle against evil and the ending was magnificent.
Social / Historical
Context:
The normal day-to-day living of Christian people living and
working with non-Christian people and how the dynamics of being a Christian
changes the atmosphere they enter. It
was amazing for me to read how the economic situation touches the lives of
people in this book. I didn’t even
realise but Frank Denton for instance spoke into my situation and I could
relate to his situation
.
The sport and other activities were well used making the
story come alive when reading it. Making
it feel so real.
Writing Style:
The writing style to my mind is evocation and some common
place. It narrated a personal
relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and the devil sure received his
due. The writer to my thinking must have
a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus.
The writer knows about the topic he wrote on and it came
through the story. I believe the
writer’s point was to make sure that when you read the story you will question
your situation. Where do you find
yourself, are you a Christian or not.
I feel I learned a lot from this story telling, it reminded
me of where I find myself in life and that I can always turn back to the Lord
in prayer. There are people interceding
for each of us we don’t always know or realise it.
My Thoughts:
Short version
The Last Stand at Lighthouse Point revolves around
influential people living in the Wild Duck County. Ted Hollingsworth an influential Businessman
allows his son Andrew Hollingsworth to spend a night at the “Magnum Point
Lighthouse”.
Unfortunately a brutal murder takes place at the “Magnum
Point Lighthouse” and reporter Miss Tiffany Summersby a 2nd runner
up to the Miss Wild Duck Pageant goes to the Lighthouse to see what happened.
As the plot thickens the reporter Frank Dentons uncovers a
story on the Atlantic Coast Bank which costs the Bank a load of money. Newt Balderson the President of the bank has
his knife in for Frank. Ted
Hollingsworth is all bitter and twisted at Miss Summersby as she gave a bad
report on his deceased son Andrew.
The murder at the lighthouse draws a number of people to it
and a little girl Tracy Sunderlin goes to check out the place. Tracy escapes with her life as she leaves the
lighthouse and her parents bring her to Tiffany. Tiffany brings both Frank the reporter and
Drake the Editor into the story.
This page turner doesn’t allow one to put the book down in
fear of missing out on something. It is definitely
a must read.
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