Danger in the Shadows Audiocassette

Rating:
Summary: "Danger" is slow moving.
Review: I first read Dee's novel "The Negotiator" and liked it very much ("Negotiator" was fast-paced and funny), so I decided to pick up its prequel "Danger in the Shadows". The writing is no doubt very masterful, but the pacing of "Danger in the Shadows" wore on my nerves. The romantic angle of Adam and Sara is set up first...far too well and for FAR too long before getting to the suspense. The romance was believable, but it almost seemed like there was no excitment or spark between the two of them. I was yawning until the mystery of Sara's stalker emerged as a significant plot-point (half way through the book). The problem I have with this novel is that the writer spends so much time and energy on mundane stuff, like she spent almost 2 paragraphs on Sara just assembling and making pizza! And much too much time is spent on the characters over-analyzing every little thing. The book could have been written tighter, which would have made the pace pick up. I think her overly descriptive writing distracts the reader, IMHO. I still give it a luke-warm 3 and wished I hadn't spent... to special-order the book!!