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Summary: Good fast-paced reading..but I need closure!!
Review: After reading over 25 Sandra Brown novels, I feel this one is, as expected, an excellent read. As promised, The Alibi delivers satisfying suspense. However, I think the novel ends too soon. As a HUGE FAN of Ms. Brown's past romances, I believe it would've helped the novel if the relationship between Hammond Cross and Dr. Alex Ladd, though believable, is developed a little further (past a week). For example, what happens after he tells Charleston he is her alibi? Ms. Brown should write a sequel to this mystery novel, perhaps go into the romance between Hammond and Dr. Ladd a little further. Maybe even develop the characters of Davee and Smilow, I think they were a great pairing and I would love to read on and find out if anything happens between them after the mystery of Davee's husbands death is solved.
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Summary: Brown Strikes Again
Review: Sandra Brown's THE ALIBI is a nice change-of-pace for the author in that it's the rare instance in which her main character is male rather than the bordering-on-cookie-cutter female protagonists that have littered some of her recent work. Set in Charleston, the novel focuses on ADA Hammond Cross, who is brought a murder case involving one of the city's most prominent figures. It doesn't help that the victim wasn't particularly liked--by anyone--which leaves a laundry list of potential suspects. Unfortunately for Cross, the prime suspect is someone who has a fairly airtight alibi--him. You can pretty much see where this is going, which is fine because Brown has never exactly trafficked in brain surgery. But it's not helped along by Brown's cheesy, overly florid writing style when it comes to the "romantic" detours the book takes throughout. Nevertheless, this remains one of Brown's best, along with EXCLUSIVE, and should ease the pain of those who read the really awful STANDOFF before they got their hands on this.
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Summary: She had an alibi all along! HIM!
Review: Charming, well-liked and respected (along with being good looking and single)Assistant Attorney Hammond Cross is in line to be the next DA in Charleston, SC. After having a tough day at work and a meeting with a well known real estate agent that informs Hammond of shady dealings with his father, Hammond is ready to get out of town for a restful weekend at the camp. Realizing he is in the driving lane going towards a county fair, Hammond decides to detour to the fair and then head on to the camp. While he is there he sees her... a gorgeous and sophisticated woman. They "meet" without exchanging names and after a lot of persuading on his part- it works out that they spend the evening together. Yes, intimately!..... When Hammond arrives back home, still in a daze to what has happened over the weekend to him, he discovers that the town's wealthiest and most hated citizen, real estate agent, Lute Pettijohn has been murdered. And there are several possibilities for the murderer (Pettijohn's no-love-lost widow, Cross's own father, the investigating police officer Rory Smilow- the list is endless) but the most suspected is none other Dr. Alex Ladd, Hammond's mystery woman. Hammond is appointed prosecuting attorney for the case. And the plot only thickens... what is going to happen when it is discovered that Hammond knows Dr. Ladd intimately? Will this be the end of his future as D.A.? But more intimately- how could she have done it? What about the these feelings that Hammond is having towards her? Why is he torn apart every time they meet? As the story progresses there is real reason discovered for other people wanting Pettijohn dead, attempted murder, and several surprises that complete the story. WHO DID IT? Good and fast reading!
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Summary: The Alibi
Review: This was another 5 star read, hands down for Sandra Brown. The characters were great. Rory Smilow is a heartless detective, whom plays his role to a T. Alex is a perfect citizen, shes a psychologist, with a admirable list credentials. Hammond Cross is a district attorney with a excellent track record and good moral standards. I think my favorit was Davee Pettijohn, shes a straight shooter, not caring what anyone thinks of her, and tells things as they are. The plot was strong, just when I thought I knew who the murderer was I changed my mind ... I did that several times. Detective Rory Smilow is called to the Charles Towne Plaza when a maid finds the dead body of Lute Pettijohn in his penthouse suite. Whe the murder scene leaves hardly any evidence, every one that doesn't like Pettijohn is now a suspect. And that list is a never ending one, for Lute Pettijohn is a tycoon business man and he didn't get there by playing nice. This novel was fast and great. Sandra Brown is a wonderful writter and this novel is no exception.
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Summary: charmed
Review: I had a few years break from Sandra Brown's novels nad only recently have reached for them again. The plot is absolutely mesmerizing. On one hand you don't want to put it down from the moment you opened the book for the first time, but on the other you don't want to finish it too quickly, cause you know you'll miss the main characters.
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Summary: Another Winner
Review: A friend gave me this book to read and it sat on the shelf for a couple months before I picked it up and started to read it for lack of anything better to read at the time. I really didn't think I would enjoy it but I loved it! It had murder, suspense and romance. Although I found it hard to believe that Hammond could fall in love with Alex in less than a week, it was still a good book. I couldn't put it down until I got to the end and found out who the murderer was. It wasn't until the last 20 pages that I started to suspect it might be who it ended up being. Very well written. I love how Sandra Brown makes her characters so witty. I got a kick out of Davee. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys murder and romance reading.
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Summary: Great Whodunit
Review: I thought this was a great book and it held my interest to the very end. Just goes to prove once more that indiscriminate sex and lies weave a tangled web that will snare you.
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Summary: Murder+mystery+sex
Review: This is another of Sandra Browns murder mysteries,written in her own unique style, with pacy dialogue, a good plot and some exciting sexy bits thrown in for good measure.
One of Charlestons most prominent businessmen, Lute Pettijohn, is found murdered in his hotel suite. Hammond Cross, an ambitious,young Assistant Attorney, is given the case which,if he proves successful in bringing the murderer to justice, would be his final stepping stone to the job of District Attorney.There is no shortage of suspects as Pettigrove was a ruthless and disliked man, but when the main suspect is proved to be a beautiful young phsycologist.Dr Alex Ladd, the story becomes interwoven with leads,red herrings and other people with a real reason for wanting Pettijohn dead.
A good,fast and engrossing read.
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Summary: Potentially good story
Review: If Sandra Brown were a beginning writer, I would be much more understanding of the shortcomings in her writing technique. In The Alibi, she doesn't seem to have listened to her editor - or worse, her editor wasn't paying enough attention. The story itself has a great deal of potential, but the characters are flat, the dialogues stilted, descriptions inconsistent and the repetitions in vocabulary very very annoying. There is nothing more irritating than being told the obvious: that someone is acting hysterically because he or she is hysterical, for example. She and her editors would do well to re-read some of the truly great tight thriller writers.
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Summary: NOT a great listen...
Review: Dylan Baker may be a wonderful performer, but it's obvious he has never been to Charleston, or at least spent more than a fleeting moment there. The accents he applies to the characters (mostly ignorant drawls more suited to the "Beverly Hillbillies" than to the Charleston area). Their use detracts so much from the story that it was virtually impossible to listen to. Every time another character enters the story, I would cringe at the sound of yet another stereotypical backwoods accent. Perhaps Mr. Baker was mistaking this Charleston with the one in West Virginia. Regardless, the characters portrayed are more reminiscent of the ones from "Deliverance" than from anywhere else. (I was constantly expecting one of them to ask another to "squeal like a pig!"). I am a transplant to SC, so don't get the idea that the accent offends me because I am a resident of the state in which the tale takes place. But having lived here for over 20 years, and experienced the different nuances of SC accents from the low country to the foothills, I have never come across the ignorant sounding ones Mr. Baker offers throughout the story.
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