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Summary: A real page turner!
Review: This book was almost impossible to put down. It strained credibility from time to time and I took off a star because I found the ending a bit difficult to swallow, but it has enough twists and turns to keep the mind engaged. Iles is great at giving the book tension and a sense of urgency. This would be a great book to take on vacation where you don't have your life getting in the way of your reading.
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Summary: One hundred percent suspense
Review: This is the second book I have read of Mr. Iles. I am very glad to have found him,I will read all of his books in the future. He certainly has a way with his weaves and dodges in his novels. I can only highly recommend his books and will read them all in the following months.
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Summary: Excellent novel
Review: With the exception of BLACK CROSS, I have read every Greg Iles' novels. DEAD SLEEP is one of his best books ever written right after 24 HOURS and THE QUIET GAME.In his latest novel, his main character is Jordan Glass, a professional photographer and journalist. During the past year and a half she has been taking unnecessary risks in her job and losing focus of her life. Thirty years ago her father went missing while working as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War and a year ago, a serial kidnapper based in New Orleans, kidnapped her identical twin sister. She left behind two kids and a husband and up to that point the FBI had no clues as to her whereabouts. While trying to put her life together, Jordan goes to Hong Kong to work on her dream project, publishing a book on her pictures of weather phenomena. A friend of hers encourages a visit to a museum where she can see some beautiful watercolors on display. During her sightseeing she can't help but wonder as to why everybody in the building was staring at her. It is not until she sees an exhibit titled 'The Sleeping Women' when her life is torn asunder. This particular exhibit involves several paintings of nude female models that appear to be dead in the pictures. Jordan's sister is one of them. This takes her on an nightmarish ride in which she works with the NOPD and the FBI in trying to find the person responsible for those pictures and as the fate of her sister and the other missing girls. It seems each portrait represents a missing New Orleans woman kidnapped during the same time frame a Jordan's sister. The story is very suspenseful and it kept me up until the wee hours trying to finish this book. I really enjoyed the characters in the book. My only complaint with the book involved the identity of the painter. I thought his reason for his madness was a little clichéd in mystery novels. Do not let this stop you, it is still a great book.
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Summary: Highly Intriguing!
Review: Greg Isles has penned yet another killer thriller! So blown away was I by the first novel of his that I read, "24 Hours", that I couldn't wait to get my hands on this one. I was not disappointed. Jordan Glass, a female photojournalist heralded for her breathtaking work in the same vein as her late father, is deeply troubled by life. Her father disappeared and was presumed dead during one of his Pulitzer-winning photo jaunts, and her identical twin sister disappeared as well without a trace. While travelling in Hong Kong, Jordan comes upon an art exhibit in which she sees a disturbing image...herself, dead. Or so she presumes. Perhaps it's her sister's image, she's not sure. The ensuing mystery grabs you by the adrenal gland and doesn't let go until the final climactic scene. Again, Isles does a tremendous job of moving his story forward at breakneck speed, keeping his characters believable and his plot tight. Count me in as a Greg Isles convert!
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Summary: Dead on good!
Review: I definitely have my Greg Iles books ranked, with the best still being Black Cross, but Dead Sleep does not disappoint! As in all of his books, the minute you read the first sentence, you're hooked. The words jump off the page and draw you in to this masterfully scripted story. Jordan Glass is a very believable character that has handled what life has dealt her with courage and strength! She goes on to search for clues in the disappearance of her twin sister. The characters are all multidimensional and the plot is a rollercoaster ride, and I love rollercoasters! It was another late night with a wonderful thriller from Greg Iles!
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Summary: There's A Lot to Like In This Book
Review: What we have here is a well-written thriller. Interestingly enough, it's written by a man presenting the story as a woman (photojournalist Jordan Glass)and using the first tense as the narrative form. There is a good mystery and a love story happening here. Like one of the previous reviewers, I think most of the book is rather well-done but, the ending and/or resolution of the mystery is rather contrived and unsatisfying. Mr. Iles also spends a lot of time discussing locations and the mechanics of getting to and from these locations. Things like the ride from the airport, what kind of vehicle was used and who was driving are totally unneccessary. All in all, I would recommend this book and look forward to reading some of the author's other works.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: Mr. Iles is a new author for me and I have found a new friend. I really enjoyed this book and plan to read more. Good characters, different plot, logical follow up and clues given. A treat-------
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Summary: Disappointment
Review: I found the book to be very gruesome, the main characters not developed at all, except to say she is 40 - if he said that once, he said it 25 times - and the whole plot outlandish. The woman only had to think something, and it happened..yeah, like the FBI will let someone else do their thinking. All in all, I was very disappointed, to put it mildly!
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Summary: Thriller Meets Police Procedural
Review: Greg Iles has taken on the interesting, and surely daunting for a male author, task of writing a book in the first person from the female perspective. Not only is he dealing with the feelings of the opposite sex towards quite emotional issues, his main character is also a troubled soul, having lost her father when she was young, her mother to alcoholism and her sister to an unknown kidnapper. On top of that he deals with some pretty major issues such as rape and child abuse. Although, it's a big task, he has presented his character in a believable and interesting fashion and, to my mind, pulls it off. Jordan Glass is a photojournalist who does a lot of travelling around the world. While she is Hong Kong, she visits an art gallery and finds herself face-to-face with what appears to be a painting of her. It is actually her twin sister, who has been missing for around eighteen months, presumed dead. The chilling aspect of the painting for Jordan is that the subject is supposed to be sleeping, but looks very much dead. Jordan immediately notifies the FBI and has them reopen her sister's case. She travels back to the United States and manages to convince the FBI agents that she should be allowed to take an active part in the investigation. The hunt begins for the artist and the women that are his subjects, for Jordan's sister is only one of many missing women who have turned up on canvas. All in all Dead Sleep is an exciting, smart-paced book mixing a thriller scenario with aspects of the typical police procedural. I did find myself having to deal with a couple of small quibbles, such as the photojournalist outsmarting the entire FBI when it comes to investigation and psychoanalysis. However, they were minor compared to the entertainment provided by another imaginative story courtesy of Mr Iles.
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Summary: Very Good
Review: The latest novel from this prodigiously talented Mississippi writer is another serial killer thriller, faintly recalling "Mortal Fear." World-class photographer Jordan Glass discovers a series of paintings in a Hong Kong museum which includes her missing (presumed dead) twin sister Jane, and she embarks on a search for the truth which leaves several people dead and reveals an ugly but fascinating side of the art world. Iles tells this story in first-person, and he narrates it from a female perspective through the eyes of main character Jordan Glass. Hats off to him for this unique approach, but it doesn't always ring true--Glass is a very complex person, and the dysfunctional background she comes from and the wide range of emotions she feels makes me question whether a male writer can accurately convey them. But overall, his decision to go this route is hard to knock--it sure makes Jordan Glass come to life. Several characters from the FBI reprise themselves in "Dead Sleep," including forensic psychiatrist Dr. Arthur Lenz. As I stated in my review of "24 Hours," it bothers me that Iles repeatedly portrays the FBI as a ship of fools, and "Dead Sleep" is no different in this capacity--while Agent John Kaiser is likable (and ultimately the love interest of Jordan Glass), it's a bit arrogant in my estimation for the main character to have an idea of what is really happening--and ultimately be proved correct--while the "brain trust" is getting nowhere with their own ideas (and listening to no one else, of course). Iles writes brilliantly of severe family dysfunction, and in Jordan Glass he has created a sympathetic, tortured artist (figuratively and literally, since she's a photographer). The book is very strong for that reason--the plot, while interesting, is merely good. I'm also not sure I like the ending, although I admit I wasn't sure how the story was going to turn out until the last 2-3 pages. Overall, a very good novel. It's hard to knock Iles--the layers of his characters separate him from many of the contenders, and this is why "Dead Sleep" is a big step up from "24 Hours." However, "The Quiet Game" is still his masterpiece, and its staggering impact is why I'm so compelled to be critical of his other works.
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