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Summary: Enjoyable thriller
Review: While some reviewers have not been kind in their reviews, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Although there were times when common sense had to take a back seat, I still found it entertaining! The plot was fast moving, and there were many suspenseful moments. I have read all of Coulter's modern novels and a lot of her historical books. If you have enjoyed her modern thrillers, then I think you will enjoy this one. It was nice to revisit with Savich and Sherlock, but I was expecting more in the romance department, as in her previous books. After I finished the book, however, I was actually glad that the author did not strain all credulity by wrapping up the Lily "romance" all neat and tidy. That would have been a bit too much for me to believe after two horrible marriages, one ending as the book begins, in her young life. The biggest disappoint for me was that I wanted more of an explanation of the Tammy character's actions and info about her background. I agree with one reviewer that the ending was a little too abrupt. I had the feeling that the ending was left with the possibility of a "sequel" of some sort...
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Summary: Madness, Murder and Mishaps
Review: The latest in the series featuring FBI agent Dillon Savich and his wife Lacey Sherlock involves two subplots: a kidnapping of two teenage boys and the apparent suicide attempt of Dillon's younger sister Lily. Lily's daughter died in an accident 7 months ago, and she has been depressed and distraught since then, but her brother and sister-in-law believe that she is not suicidal and that someone is trying to kill her. The complicated plot involves Lily's second husband, who apparently is not as sincere and loving as he pretends to be, Simon Russo, art broker, and the invaluable paintings, now worth millions, left to Lily by her grandmother. The subplot involving the counterfeit paintings is interesting and believable, and the developing relationship between Lily and Simon is worked out to a satisfactory conclusion; however the plot involving the kidnappings and the bizarre, evil woman who ruthlessly preys on innocent victims is incredibly weird and contrived and not well integrated with the rest of the book. The author should have developed one plot or the other, but not both in the same book. Some of the characters are not well developed, the dialogue is stiff and contrived, and some aspects of the plot just plain silly. Fortunately, I borrowed this book from the library, so it wasn't a waste of money as well as a waste of time!
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Summary: Justification to Run Background Checks & a Morphing She-He
Review: Catherine Coulter has managed to combine two surreal plots into one storyline that oddly comes together in the end. One subplot involves the latest case of FBI duo, Savich & Sherlock; the second involves the chaotic life events of Savich's sister, Lily. Savich & Sherlock are on the hunt for a psychotic kidnapper/murder, that just happens to be morphing he/she. One moment the killer is a character named Tammy Tuttle - the next, Timmy Tuttle, making an easy capture evasive. Whacked enough to almost be humerous, I was still creeped out enough to keep my nightlight on a little longer than usual. Weaving in and out from these shenanigans, Lily's blightened life unfolds. Her young daughter recently died. Her husband seems a little TO eager to help her pop some pills. And to top it all off, she almost dies in a bizarre car accident, meant to look like a suicide attempt. But is it all what it appears to be or is there more to the story??? Luckily Lily has her connections with the FBI...(although I am thinking she needed this help BEFORE marrying into this creepy guy's family...but then again, what kind of a story would that be?) All this and the best line in the book (in my opinion!) is: "... as hot and wild as a sirocco blowing up from the Libyan desert." Whew!
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Summary: Will the REAL Catherine Coulter please stand up!?!?
Review: I just finished reading this book over the last three days and I feel like I wasted valuable personal time. This latest installment of Savich & Sherlock was a real disappointment. The story finds our daring duo on the trail of a serial killer who is either male or female, has supernatural skills and can only be seen in her true form by secret agent man, Dillon Savich. I've never been a fan of mixing supernatural hocus-pocus with suspense. It never seems to add to the believability. Are their killers who seem superhuman and are hard to catch...of course but magically disappearing from crime scenes is lame. It also gives our hero and heroine less validity as top crime fighters. The major reason to keep reading the book is the sub-plot of Lily Frasier's stolen artwork. Lily is Dillon's sister and has survived an abusive husband, her daughter's death, a new marriage where she has supposedly tried to commit suicide twice, and just had her grandmother's paintings stolen. Enter a college friend of Dillon's, Simon Russo. He is an art broker and helps Lily track down the true whereabouts of her grandmother's paintings. I liked the underworld of forged and stolen art by ruthless collectors. This really should have been the story. I hope that the next installment is written with more care since this is definitely the weakest book in the series so far.
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Summary: I'd like my time back
Review: This is possibly the worst book I've ever read. This had some of the worst dialogue I've ever read and most of the details in the book were used multiple times and were completely unnecessary. The story was completely implausable and offered no explanation as to any information behind the supernatural phenomenon. Not even the characters in the book are confident enough to state that the criminal had supernatural powers or if she was just some david Copperfield wanna-be. What was up with the cartoonist sister who drew some terrible comic strip. An androgenous computer, an androgenous criminal? Crazy swedes. Sure, I like to suspend my beliefs and enjoy out of this world stories, but this was just garbage. After 5 pages I knew that it was bad, but was compelled and perversely curious as to how bad the book could really get. I should've stopped after the five pages. How is that a NYT bestseller? No one in that books should be named sherlock unless it's someone looking for talents because Ms. Coulter doesn't have any.
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Summary: Justification to Run Background Checks & a Morphing She-He
Review: Catherine Coulter has managed to combine two surreal plots into one storyline that oddly comes together in the end. One subplot involves the latest case of FBI duo, Savich & Sherlock; the second involves the chaotic life events of Savich's sister, Lily. Savich & Sherlock are on the hunt for a psychotic kidnapper/murder, that just happens to be morphing he/she. One moment the killer is a character named Tammy Tuttle - the next, Timmy Tuttle, making an easy capture evasive. Whacked enough to almost be humerous, I was still creeped out enough to keep my nightlight on a little longer than usual. Weaving in and out from these shenanigans, Lily's blightened life unfolds. Her young daughter recently died. Her husband seems a little TO eager to help her pop some pills. And to top it all off, she almost dies in a bizarre car accident, meant to look like a suicide attempt. But is it all what it appears to be or is there more to the story??? Luckily Lily has her connections with the FBI...(although I am thinking she needed this help BEFORE marrying into this creepy guy's family...but then again, what kind of a story would that be?) All this and the best line in the book (in my opinion!) is: "... as hot and wild as a sirocco blowing up from the Libyan desert." Whew!
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Summary: Great Read
Review: I picked up this book, never reading any of CC's books and I was immediately taken in by it. There was so much going on, and detail on each character. I can't wait to read all the one's I've missed.
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Summary: Way intense!
Review: Lots of bad criminals and serial killers in this one, but the story is top-notch. I like Sherlock and Savich as a husband-and-wife team, but I'm still getting used to the baby.
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Summary: ...not even from the library
Review: Yeesh, I don't remember when I thought a book I read was so bad I didn't even finish it! You can read the previous reviews for a summary of the "plot", but believe me, when a young murderess named Tammy Tuttle has her arm amputated and the author has a character talking about Tammy's hands being bloody, and waving her arms around, I just put the book down and picked up a James Lee Burke novel. I read The Maze, and thought the it was pretty stiff, but would get better like most serial novels. I usually feel like the characters from Cornwell, Sanford, Connelly, etc... are people I knew, and I can't wait to hear from them. Sherlock and Savich were just too cliched for me to even hang in there. I'm an X-Files fan, yet the parallels with Sherlock's small size and red hair and Savich's tall dark-haired good looks, and constant jokes about the X-Files and the paranormal are too obvious, not to mention that both of them are independently wealthy, which is probably a hoot for all the FBI agents out there living in expensive urban areas on a civil service salary. I suggest you save your time, not to mention your money.
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Summary: Definitely worth reading for the twists and turns!
Review: Ok, so you have to get past some supernatural mumbo jumbo that is a little bizzar, but the rest of the book is very well done. I love Dillon and Sherlock and their adventures. There are several sub plots going at once and just when you get ready for the end (and the inevitable "let down" that the book is over) something else happens and you get to read on! Dillon's sister Lily isn't a helpless whimp - although Simon bordered on it at times. Well worth the read and I much appreciated how "clean" it was - just fun adventure and romance - not close-porn.
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