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Summary: A Definite Page-Turner
Review: Another suspenseful success for Carol O'Connell.The book begins with two girls being kidnapped. A young detective, Rouge Kendall arrives on the scene. As a child, his twin sister was murdured at about the same time as these girls went missing...Christmas Time. The story switches back and forth between the detectives and FBI attempting to recover the girls and the killer and The girls trying to escape. I cannot keep telling you of the story-line for fear of getting a little TOO into it and revealing the ending to you, but I can honestly say that this story made me sweat for fear of the character. The ending came as a total shock to me and that is the main reason what I love this author so much. She is a wizard with mystery. You'll see. While to some people, it doesn't seem all that interesting to you here, you have to trust me when I say that this is the most compelling novel. The first chapter is a bit boring but everything after that is definitely page turning, eye-popping material. I highly reccomend this along with all other Carol O'Connell books as she places great care in the detailing of her stories. They're so well-spun and intricate that you change your mind about the outcome at least a dozen times.
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Summary: Read it, thank me later.
Review: A prologue that will blow your mind. I am perplexed to why O'Connel has written this book and then returned to Mallory. O'Connel, I am begging you, please give us more of what we need, what we must have, what we pick up and can't put down until we finish. People, read this book and I promise you will share in my desperation, having the same request that I have each and every day, "Please O'Connel, just one more"....
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Summary: Didn't see it coming
Review: O'Connell delicately works in human interest, seemingly unrelated, stories such as the spontaneous mid-novel snowy baseball game to give the reader a break. And it's a good thing, because this is one of the most complex novels yet by mystery-writing's best kept secret. The ending of the tale left me breathless and stumped. Long after finishing it I was still trying to figure out what had hit me.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: The first book I read from Carol O'Connell was Shell Game, which was a huge mistake and I would never recommend the book to anyone. In reading the reviews for Shell Game many people said that Judas Child was an excellent book. In curiosity about the author I read the book. and to my surprise the book was very good. Although the author tends to be a bit overly descriptive in small details the story line was good and does have a surprising twist to the story which leaves you with a haunting feeling. she also has a tendency in both of her books to write about things that are just not realistic and that bothers me. For example, the baseball game in Judas Child and in the Shell Game there was the incident in the limosine. they are just things that would never really happen and are really stupid. I have to say I am glad I read Judas Child because after reading Shell Game I had absoultely no respect for the author. and even though Judas child was good I don't think I would ever read another one of her books. she is just too descriptive and it gets very annoying espeacially because the descriptions are so long that in the end you don't really get a clear picture of the scene it becomes too confusing. I gave the book 4 stars because the story line was good and definitely keeps your interest.
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Summary: Best Thriller of the Year
Review: Absolutely stunning!!!!! You won't be able to put it down and will want to read it again as soon as you're done to see if you "missed" anything.
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Summary: Keep your eye on the locals
Review: Wow! What a page turner! The story gave me the creeps more after I was done reading it and had time to dwell on the story than while I was reading it. I would have given the book 5 stars if it weren't for all the characters and various law enforcement agencies they worked for that really confused me and bogged me down for awhile. I finally decided it didn't matter to the story(which now that I'm done with the book, it didn't), just keep your eye on the local characters.
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Summary: Stunning and Speechless
Review: Wow... after I read this book, I put it down and I was stunned and speechless. Although it took awhile for me to get into it, I am glad I kept pusing forward. The ending is stunning and just when I think she is wrapping the story all up, she throws another curveball. It caused me to go back and read certain parts all over again! I will definately seek out others written by Ms. O' Connell. Superior!!!
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Summary: A Bone Chilling Thriller Sure To Please
Review: Having never read a book by Carol O'Connell before I did not have any preconceived notions. Judas Child had me riveted. I did not even want to put it down to sleep. It is a complex book with a myriad of characters, which is precisely why it is so good. It keeps you guessing to the very end. The most compelling parts of the book are those viewed by the little girls. They are at once fascinating and horrific. A must read for anyone who enjoys thrillers.
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Summary: Judas Child is fascinating
Review: Just before Christmas two girls, both students of a local academy, disappear, repeating a pattern for which a priest has already done 15 years of a life sentence. This time the police tactics & techniques are very different. By day's end noone can find either child & old fears take over the town. Quickly the FBI & BCI task forces invade the small police station. One of the investigators is Rouge, a graduate of the academy, an erstwhile major league baseball try-out & the surviving twin of the previous snatch & murder. Profiling is a scar-faced woman, also an academy student, who noone remembers. This is one helluva gripper! Scared the willies out of me several times; fascinating people, fascinatingly written. Wonderful, wonderful baseball game & a tangible, vivid world of very real people. Well done! ...
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Summary: Judas Child by Carol O'Connell
Review: Every lover of mysteries longs for that elusive book which will not only stump them, but also throw them such a curve that it will take them awhile to figure out what hit them. Carol O'Connell's "Judas Child" is just such a book. I wasn't just entertained by this book. I was compelled to keep turning the pages. It's a wonder that the author's work isn't banned by employers around the country because it was all I could do to tear myself away from the pages on my lunch hour and breaks and get back to work. O'Connell's main characters are intriguing and complex. Sadie Green is more borderline psycho than heroine but I dare you not to fall in love with her after the first few chapters. Just be prepared! The ending is not a "smack yourself on the forehead....should have figured that out" type of ending. Nope! It's a "sit there stunned then flip frantically back through the pages to see what clues you overlooked" ending. Enjoy!
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