Christopher Greyson's And Then She Was Gone

In his recently released novel, And Then She Was Gone Christopher Greyson presents his readers with a suspense novel about a teenage boy who attempts to solve a murder case that occurred in his neighborhood. Greyson wrote his new book with exceptional excellence. Respectively, Greyson’s book thrills, captivates, and stirs emotions with its well-written plot and characters. Also, He uses very descriptive images that makes it seem as if readers actually witnessed the events first hand, easy to follow plot, never-ending action, emotional scenes, and endearing characters. And Then She Was Gone has multiple examples and circumstances that make it a fantastic read. When readers first meet Jack Stratton, a teenage foster whose prostitute mother abandoned him, races out of a local mart in pursuit of a thief who had just stolen an older women’s handbag. Once Jack catches the thief, returns the handbag, and everything returns to normal, everything takes a turn for the worst when a pregnant woman, Stacy Shaw, gets murdered walking home from work. Because of contradicting evidence, police …show more content…
Throughout the novel, Jack has to constantly fight and battle other individuals physically and mentally. Readers see a clear example of this conflict when Jack visits his girlfriend’s house. As Jack plays a football game with the other teen boys, ”Preston elbowed him in the face, and on the next play Jack ‘accidentally’ kneed him in the thigh. Warner stomped on Jack’s ankle, and Jack just happened to hit him in the solar plexus.” (75). Not only does Greyson use a man versus man theme, but he also utilizes the theme of perseverance. Jack perseveres to find the true killer despite the difficulties of having to get interrogated several times by the police, struggles at home, complications with friends, and eventually getting