No Witnesses

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Summary: Technoboring
Review: A dull, low paced story even though there were some very good situations to exploit in order to entertain and make an excellent read. Many times I wanted to put it down. The author was unable to turn the mistery into something suspenseful, and gripping and the ending follows the easy way. An average book easy to forget

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Summary: CAREFUL WHAT YOU EAT
Review: A serial killer with no witnesses...a unique and fascinating concept for a book and for the most part, Ridley Pearson's "No Witnesses" is a compelling read. His dialogue is crisp, terse, and very believable. If he sometimes overdoes it, as with the character of Bernie, it does serve to educate the reader into the different types of things going on.
The leading characters of Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews are complex, and well-developed. I did not realize that this is a part of a series featuring these two, so much of what they described happening in the past was new to me. Does make we want to read more in this series, though.
The plot in this one is chilling: someone is poisoning food and massing up killings in a revenge plot against the millionaire behind Adler Foods. Adler is also Daphne's love interest. There are no real clues in the beginning, but as the drama unfolds, ATM machines play a huge part in the extortion plan of the killer.
Lou's relationship with his wife, Liz, is credible and realistic. The supporting characters particularly John LeMoia and Kenny Fowler are also strong and well-written.
The biggest problem with the books is its length. It's long, and there are several times I found myself losing interest in some of the secondary storylines.
But it is an excellent read, and I do recommend it.

Rating:
Summary: CAREFUL WHAT YOU EAT
Review: A serial killer with no witnesses...a unique and fascinating concept for a book and for the most part, Ridley Pearson's "No Witnesses" is a compelling read. His dialogue is crisp, terse, and very believable. If he sometimes overdoes it, as with the character of Bernie, it does serve to educate the reader into the different types of things going on.
The leading characters of Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews are complex, and well-developed. I did not realize that this is a part of a series featuring these two, so much of what they described happening in the past was new to me. Does make we want to read more in this series, though.
The plot in this one is chilling: someone is poisoning food and massing up killings in a revenge plot against the millionaire behind Adler Foods. Adler is also Daphne's love interest. There are no real clues in the beginning, but as the drama unfolds, ATM machines play a huge part in the extortion plan of the killer.
Lou's relationship with his wife, Liz, is credible and realistic. The supporting characters particularly John LeMoia and Kenny Fowler are also strong and well-written.
The biggest problem with the books is its length. It's long, and there are several times I found myself losing interest in some of the secondary storylines.
But it is an excellent read, and I do recommend it.

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Summary: NO WITNESSES
Review: Absolutely wonderful! I read all mysteries and Ridley Pearson's No Witnesses was the first one of his. Now I definitely plan on reading much more.Thank you for the opportunity to review his works.

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Summary: I should have known better
Review: After reading his abysmal "Hidden Charges", I thought I would give the author one more shot. I picked a book that had a high customer rating but I guess I'm just not a Pearson fan. It's true that there is a plot but it's so thinly strung together that I kept forgetting what the point of the book was. Pearson does a terrible job at character development. He seems to grab random cliches and strings them together as obtusely as he "plots" his story.

I just couldn't finish the book. I think it was the supposedly clever thought by the main female character that "man's laughter" could also be read as "man slaughter". This was no clue or integral part of a character's development. It appeared out of nowhere and had no context. Were we supposed to think there's something evil about a man laughing? Was it a reflection on the character having the thought? The book is filled with this kind of dribble. The book is littered with random thoughts (though not as clever as this one) that I assumed were supposed to mean something but added nothing to the plot or character development.

If you want a lesson in bad story and character development, this would be worth the money but if you want a good mystery, look elsewhere.

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Summary: Still loving Pearson!
Review: Another fast paced, engrossing read from Ridley Pearson. I have added the remaining books of his that I have yet to read to my shopping cart (that's the idea, huh, Amazon?). It involved staying up late, being scared, holding my breath, and the like. Although he reuses a few schemes in the book, he is versatile enough to escape the tried and true, mano-a-mano serial slaughterer.

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Summary: My wife and I fought over the book. More Lou and Daphne!
Review: As with all of this series, Lou and Daphne become part of the family. We wish we could get our hands on more follow-up from Ridley soon.

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Summary: Money TalksAll The Way to the Bank
Review: Daphne's lover is being blackmailed and an inspector of the WA state Heaslth Dept has perpetrated fraud, costing a family their livelihood and eventually costing 8 people their lives. Meanwhile, someone is demanding money; the killer or someone else? They're going through ATM's which means Lou needs Liz's bank connections to solve this one. One plot comes to a climax at Dorky's (the adopted daughter of Daphne's lover) Monty the clown, ( a typical 7 year old's party) The other, when Lou realzes that a mistake has been made and they correct it and help a young prostitute get free. Add to this a scene with Bear that gets you thinking about the cameras around you, Daphne's unusual engagement, Lou getting cooperation because of his status as the cop who caught the crosskiller (and the ramifications of that), a rogue cop, a crazy Prosecutor, an over ambitious cop, and La Moia just being himself--you've got an excellent read!

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Summary: Money TalksAll The Way to the Bank
Review: Daphne's lover is being blackmailed and an inspector of the WA state Heaslth Dept has perpetrated fraud, costing a family their livelihood and eventually costing 8 people their lives. Meanwhile, someone is demanding money; the killer or someone else? They're going through ATM's which means Lou needs Liz's bank connections to solve this one. One plot comes to a climax at Dorky's (the adopted daughter of Daphne's lover) Monty the clown, ( a typical 7 year old's party) The other, when Lou realzes that a mistake has been made and they correct it and help a young prostitute get free. Add to this a scene with Bear that gets you thinking about the cameras around you, Daphne's unusual engagement, Lou getting cooperation because of his status as the cop who caught the crosskiller (and the ramifications of that), a rogue cop, a crazy Prosecutor, an over ambitious cop, and La Moia just being himself--you've got an excellent read!

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Summary: Great investigative novel!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It was worth every engrossed minute. The story was fresh and complex. Fans of J. Kellerman and P. Cornwell will love it!