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Summary: Witty, clever, surprising - stay in this genre, Mr. Holmes!
Review: This Edgar, Tony, and Grammy award-winning writer's first novel is tightly plotted, witty and clever as all-getout. This gentle reader, who often burns through a book a day, fervently hopes that Rupert Holmes will write books for a long while.jayhawks@san.rr.com
Susan in Poway, CA
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Summary: Good book - witty writing - kind of loses focus
Review: When I found out that the guy who wrote "Escape (The Pina Colada Song) wrote a mystery novel - how could I not buy it? I really enjoyed the main character's (K. O'Connor) internal dialogue and her self-deprecating humor...and Holmes's writing style is very clean. The story just kind of cooks along, though Holmes's hiding of several facts is rather irritating (K says things to herself like "because of the funny address on the postcard" without telling us what the address is), until the story gets bogged down in this very explicit sex scene. The scene is interesting enough to read, but as you move through the scene, you start to wonder whether the tongue-in-cheek (you should excuse the expression) mystery novel you WERE reading will ever come back or if you have now moved into a hard core porn novel. It does eventually come back, though I started to not like K. very much - I didn't respect her the morning after...and the ending is a tad fast and easy (as is K!) but all in all - I enjoyed the book and would recommend it. I do hope Holmes continues writing - talk about a multi-talented guy!
Rating:
Summary: Good book - witty writing - kind of loses focus
Review: When I found out that the guy who wrote "Escape (The Pina Colada Song) wrote a mystery novel - how could I not buy it? I really enjoyed the main character's (K. O'Connor) internal dialogue and her self-deprecating humor...and Holmes's writing style is very clean. The story just kind of cooks along, though Holmes's hiding of several facts is rather irritating (K says things to herself like "because of the funny address on the postcard" without telling us what the address is), until the story gets bogged down in this very explicit sex scene. The scene is interesting enough to read, but as you move through the scene, you start to wonder whether the tongue-in-cheek (you should excuse the expression) mystery novel you WERE reading will ever come back or if you have now moved into a hard core porn novel. It does eventually come back, though I started to not like K. very much - I didn't respect her the morning after...and the ending is a tad fast and easy (as is K!) but all in all - I enjoyed the book and would recommend it. I do hope Holmes continues writing - talk about a multi-talented guy!
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Summary: Holmes, you've done it again!
Review: WHERE THE TRUTH LIES is a terrific summer reading novel by Rupert Holmes. While I did not know how the story would unfold until the very end I never lost interest in the story from Page 1. The detail of the era is startling from the Lucky Strikes and Viceroy (do they still make these?)Cigarettes to the incredible detail of Disney World to the detail of the 747 planes when you could actually go up the staircase and relax and have a smoke, Mr. Holmes nails the time period to a T. I smell major motion picture.
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