From Barnes & NobleIn film, a smash cut is exactly what the term suggests: a technique where one scene cuts abruptly to another without transition, thus startling the viewer. As in movies, Sandra Brown's Smash Cut uses this device to heighten tension and intensify suspense. The author of Long Time Coming, The Breath of Scandal, and Smoke Screen delivers another novel of romance, surprises, and sweet twists of fate.
Publishers WeeklyThis superlative romantic thriller from bestseller Brown (Smoke Screen) features a particularly memorable villain, sociopath Creighton Wheeler, who's obsessed with re-enacting scenes from films like Strangers on a Train and Frenzy. When Creighton's wealthy uncle, Paul Wheeler, is shot dead in an apparent robbery at an Atlanta hotel, Paul's close friend, gallery owner Julie Rutledge, attempts to persuade the police that Creighton ordered the hit.
