The Triggerman's Dance

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Summary: The triggerman's dance
Review: A page turner from the beginning..

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Summary: Slow-Building Suspense
Review: After a woman is mistaken for a colleague and gunned down in the parking lot of the newspaper where she works, she leaves behind two men bent on revenge. One of them is an FBI agent and her fiancé; the other is a fellow journalist and her lover. Josh Weinstein, the FBI agent enlists John Menden, the lover to take an undercover role to bring the killer to justice. What makes this difficult is the suspect is an ex-FBI agent who now heads a very successful security agency and is surrounded by both heavily armed employees and a patrolled, virtually impregnable fortress.

While the idea is good one, vengeance for the death of a loved one, the execution was just a little sloppy. The pretext that was used to penetrate the fortress was just a little too unbelievable for my liking. That's just a minor quibble on my part though and once I accepted that Mendon was in, I got on with enjoying the tension of a mole working undercover 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you enjoy this kind of slow boiling suspense story, then I think you'll enjoy "The Triggerman's Dance".

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Summary: A Big Disappointment!
Review: After recently finishing Parker's Where Serpents Lie, which was excellent, I was looking forward to reading one of his earlier books. Unfortunately, I was so disappointed in The Triggerman's Dance I gave up on it less than half way through. The plot, which started off very interesting, was unable to sustain itself. Also, the characters were too contrived and lacked credibility.

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Summary: A thriller worth reading
Review: An excellent novel that accurately describes life behind the "Orange Curtain". The conflict between Weinstein and Menden was fascinating. I can not wait to read the next Parker novel.

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Summary: A little sub-par for T. Jefferson Parker
Review: As a huge fan of T. Jefferson Parker, I awaited this book with great anticipation. His previous novels were all awesome and deserve 5 stars, however, this book fell short for me.

Starting out with a lot of promise, it seemed to lose steam for me at about the midway point, and I was somewhat disapointed on how it was wrapped up. I felt it was rushed towards the end, and the resolution of some of the characters personal feelings and dilema's were closed too quickly.

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Summary: A Disappointment
Review: I enjoyed two of Mr. Parker's previous novels, Pacific Heat and Laguna Heat, but I was a little disappointed in The Triggerman's Dance. The premise was believable (wilder things have been reported in the news recently), but the actions and dialog of the characters seemed stiff and contrived. The action scenes were good, but not strong enough to carry this book past average.

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Summary: almost turned me off to reading
Review: I have never read any other of this guy's books, nor will I after this dull and dumb pounding! Very poorly written, superficial stuff. Save yourself a few painful hours and read something else. And distrust all who recommend it.

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Summary: Hang with this one..it gets better and better.
Review: I think I understand why some folks gave THE TRIGGERMANS DANCE a fair review.

It starts really SLOW..so slow that I was thinking about the next book I was going to read. The character's..at the beginning..are not very interesting..and the story plods along.

But..as I said..near page 100 or so..I began to care about John and the FBI agent, Joshua.

The story is basically about revenge and what some are willing to do to achieve it. Two men in love with the same woman join forces to bring down the guy they think is responsible for a murder and there broken hearts. Is this guy guilty or innocent?

When the author introduces Van Holt, a former FBI agent things really begin to take off. The tension builds and builds. Summing up..I would say..Stay with this one.
T.Jefferson Parker knows how to write a good thriller, this time it just took a little while to get going.

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Summary: RIGHT-WINGERS IN OUR MIDST
Review: KF: Fits our image of the right-wingers of Orange County. So well crafted that the outrageous suspense story seems close to reality. There are people like Vann Holt out there - in Orange Country, Northern Idaho, Western Montana. I liked it.

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Summary: A top-10 thriller.
Review: One of the best thrillers I've read to date. Once you start reading, you simply can't give it up. Recommended