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Summary: WOW!!! Catherine Coulter is awesome.
Review: Catherine Coulter does it again. What a enthralling book. Lacey Sherlock is driven to find the man who killed her sister. What better way to do that than to join the FBI. There she meets Dillon Savich who brings her into his computer forensic team. She is right where she needs to be in order to find out about the String Killer. During this time, Sherlock and Savich are becoming closer by working out together at the gym and working on the same cases. Finally, after seven years, the killer strikes again. She recognizes his m.o. immediately and rushes to Boston to capture him. Unfortunately, she does not tell Savich what she is doing and then the fun begins. He is furious that she has not told him of her past. After several days, he decides to let her pursue the case, but only with him as her partner. Many twists and turns follow to make you wonder if the string killer really did it.Was it the jealous husband? Was it her judgemental father? Her crazy mother? This book will keep you guessing until the end. Sherlock and Savich are a lot fun and their love story is wonderful. Also, if you read the first book in this series, The Cove, then look for James and Sally Quinlan.
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Summary: Oh Puh-Leeze
Review: I didn't like this book - not the premise, not the characters, not the writing. It was ludicrous from beginning to end. The dialogue was not well written at all. The "plot" (if you can even find it) had huge holes in it. The intimacies would not be allowed. Lacey's maverick behavior would have been nipped in the bud right quick if this was anything close to real. None of the serial maniac stuff was even close to convincing. And a real cop out ending. And it all happened in a week or two???? Give me a break.
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Summary: AWESOME READING!
Review: I found this book and the rest of the FBI series written by Catherine Coulter to be awesome reading. If you don't like it or didn't, why did you read it through to the end? So, ignore those "I didn't like it" reviews 'cuz clearly they liked something if they finished it!
The storyline and intrigue were awesome! The entire FBI series is well worth reading. The characters, the stories - I couldn't put it down once I started reading it and have reread the entire series at least 4 times and could easily read them again. This series ROCKS!
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Summary: Catherine Coulter needs to write more suspense books!
Review: I loved Catherine Coutler's The Maze; I finished it in one day because it was a book I couldn't put down. I have read Coulter's other books, but I definitely think that she should write more suspense. Coulter uniquely integrated her murder plot with bits of humor, making her "edge of the seat" novel interesting and funny at the same time. I also liked the incorporation of romance as a subplot, but Coulter was careful to not make too much use of it less she run the risk of taking away from her murder plot. Also, it has been my experience that, in FBI or police murder mysteries, the author arbitrarily presents additional "cases" that never get resolved and you close the book wondering what happened to them. But, Coulter made sure that any "case" she mentioned was solved. My only critical remark is that I didn't like how Coulter tried to make a story out of the main character's parents. They were characters that didn't provide much to the overall story--or it could be because of the way Coulter used them.I have already suggested this book to one friend and will continue to pass it along because it was so exceptional! I am looking forward to the next Catherine Coulter suspense novel
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Summary: Great read!
Review: I was introduced to Dillon Savich in "The Cove" and liked how he solved crimes using MAX. When I found out that he had a book of his own, I was excited. What I really liked about this book is how Lacey and Dillon fell in love slowly. I also liked how Ms. Coulter gave details. I also found humor in this book, a rare thing. I thought her parents were hilarious. What I didn't like was there was hardly any actual romance going on. I also didn't like the backstory with Lacey and her sister, Belinda. What kind of sister does that to her sister. All in all, I really liked this book and looking forward to "The Target".
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Summary: E for Effort and Earnesty , J for Juvenille
Review: More often than not (unfortunately) you read a poorly written novel by a bestselling author and wonder if the book got by the editor/publisher just because of the author's name. This is a perfect example. Why?1) Great writers pay attention to detail without going overboard. In this case "less is more" is NOT more. Nothing here rings credible except for the mention of Hogan's Alley (which turns what seems to be a Keystone Cops routine into a trite, unfunny incident.) It's like the author declined to do anything more than superficial research. 2) Dialogue should flow and realistically represent how a character would talk (in this case FBI agents). In the MAZE, dialogue often sounds stilted and grown adults talk like teenagers. 3) Complex cases (i.e. serial killers) are not solved so easily as by the stroke of a computer key and a "oh gee, it must be someone who hated them" attitude. 4) The "Sherlock" shtick got old REAL FAST. Once is cute, EVERY time Lacey meets someone (and is kidded about her name) is corny and downright annoying. It's not that you expect great literature from all thrillers but for a pleasant, well-researched and well-executed light romantic suspense read, check out the Harlequin Intrigue line. You'll fare much better!
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Summary: One of the best books I have EVER read!
Review: My mother got this book out of the library for me. I had only read Catherine Coulter's historical romances & thought that those were the only type of book she wrote. When I got the Maze, I was stunned. It is one of the best comtemporary thrillers I have EVER read - and I read all the time, I have read thousands of books & the Maze rates up there w/ the best of them! The suspense kept me on the edge of my seat, to use a hackneyed phrase. :) I adored Savich & Sherlock, they have become two of my favorite characters & I hope Coulter continues to develop them in future books. I was pleased to see them return in "The Target". Catherine, your thrillers are AMAZING, please keep them coming! So many women can write the historical romances but not many people can write a thriller as well as you can! I would highly reccomend this book to everyone!
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Summary: Just O.k.
Review: O.K. story. Not very good writing. Very suprised at how popular this book is and how many people recommend it. Primary characters not developed very well. Secondary characters seem to be better developed. I felt like I knew Lacey's mother better than Lacey at the end of the book and the mother isn't mentioned very often. I wasn't dissapointed the book was ending which is a big indicator to me of how good it is.
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Summary: Oh Puh-Leeze
Review: This was a truly terrible book. I've never been a fan of Catherine Coulter, as I find her style of writing simplistic and silly. But I picked this book up in my sis-in-law's place out of sheer boredom and was quite disgusted at the end of it. The serial killer's method of killing was completely far-fetched and unconvincing. Lacey's character was immature and the contrived dialogues didn't help one bit.
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