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Summary: A great suspense story!
Review: FADE TO BLACK is a wonderful book, filled with suspense, wondering, and excitement. This is very well written and makes you not want to put it down. The characters are very thought out. I loved the story line. Wendy Corsi Staub is obviously a very talented writer!
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Summary: A great suspense story!
Review: FADE TO BLACK is a wonderful book, filled with suspense, wondering, and excitement. This is very well written and makes you not want to put it down. The characters are very thought out. I loved the story line. Wendy Corsi Staub is obviously a very talented writer!
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Summary: Very enjoyable! Pick it up!
Review: Fade to Black...is a book with a very interesting underlying idea that I've thought about. What if for some reason, a celebrity faked his/her own death to get out of the spotlight? Often when people die before their time, there are ideas like this floating about, conspiracy theories and the like. This novel makes you think about this concept while putting a creative spin on it.Mallory Eden leaves her life as a celebrity in order to escape a stalker. She lives in fear - will she be discovered? When will things all come unwound? The novel is wonderful in the way that things do become unwound because of various circumstances. Its not really one thing or event that exposes her, but rather, things snowball at the end. The novel ocassionally changes perspectives and I find this to be very interesting and refreshing. I recommend this novel for an "easy" read. The novel is written clearly and is highly "readable" and enjoyable. (and reasonally priced in paperback which I also like!) I hope to find other novels by this writer!
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Summary: Could have been 80 or 90 pages shorter!
Review: Hate to be in the minority but I found this book boring. There was so much detail on stupid things. Two paragraphs on how a woman changes her baby's diaper. Three on exactly what someone puts on their sandwich. And Elizabeth/Mallory/Cindi was constantly questioning herself: Should I do this or should I do that. I understand that she would be paranoid after what she's been through but she kept going over the same things, again, and again, and again. Not to mention the fact that she seemed to suspect everyone of being the stalker, except the real stalker! I really believe that if this book had been cut back to 230 or 240 pages it would have been a big improvement!
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Summary: Could have been 80 or 90 pages shorter!
Review: Hate to be in the minority but I found this book boring. There was so much detail on stupid things. Two paragraphs on how a woman changes her baby's diaper. Three on exactly what someone puts on their sandwich. And Elizabeth/Mallory/Cindi was constantly questioning herself: Should I do this or should I do that. I understand that she would be paranoid after what she's been through but she kept going over the same things, again, and again, and again. Not to mention the fact that she seemed to suspect everyone of being the stalker, except the real stalker! I really believe that if this book had been cut back to 230 or 240 pages it would have been a big improvement!
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Summary: Good story
Review: I thought this book was a good read. I liked the characters, the story moved pretty fast. The only problem I had with this book was I thought it was pretty easy to figure out who the stalker was. No big suprise there!!
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Summary: Good story
Review: Mallory Eden was dubbed by the Hollywood press corps as the "new Meg Ryan". However, her rising star abruptly burns out when she flees town to escape a stalker who has shot her. When she reaches her selected destination, she leaves a suicide note on the dashboard of her car, which is overlooking a cliff. For the next five years, Mallory has hidden in Rhode Island under the alias of Elizabeth Baxter. For fear of being found by the stalker, Elizabeth has kept to herself. However, her nosy neighbors want to know more about her. Soon the stalker starts to send her letters informing her that he has found her. Elizabeth knows her deadly enemy is coming for her, but wonders if her foe could be the locksmith, a man she desperately wants to trust will protect her as he claims he will. Elizabeth is a charming character who will solicit much reader sympathy. The support cast adds an authentic feel while propelling the story line forward. Though the novel is chilling,, FADE TO BLACK does not quite reach the level of tension it seems to have had the potential to generate, almost as if Wendy Corsi Staub could not bear having her heroine in non-stop danger. Still, fans of romantic suspense and women in danger novels will enjoy this well constructed tale. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Good story
Review: Mallory Eden, a famous actress, disappears to a sleepy village in Windmere Cove, Rhode Island, where she becomes Elizabeth Baxter, a loner who keeps to herself for fear that the stalker that made her run away 5-years ago would find her. One day Elizabeth finds a pink envelope in her mailbox that turns her world upside down; the note inside says "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE ". Elizabeth finds solace in the arms of Harper Smith, the only person she has allowed to get close to her, but can Harper be trusted? FADE TO BLACK is a great mystery that is well written, filled with suspense, wondering, and heart racing excitement that keeps you guessing until the climatic final act. The characters are very thought out and a wee bit strange, except Elizabeth, who I found to be an interesting and sympathetic character whose only desire is to have her life bank and feel safe in it.
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Summary: HEART RACING EXCITEMENT
Review: Mallory Eden, a famous actress, disappears to a sleepy village in Windmere Cove, Rhode Island, where she becomes Elizabeth Baxter, a loner who keeps to herself for fear that the stalker that made her run away 5-years ago would find her. One day Elizabeth finds a pink envelope in her mailbox that turns her world upside down; the note inside says "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE ". Elizabeth finds solace in the arms of Harper Smith, the only person she has allowed to get close to her, but can Harper be trusted? FADE TO BLACK is a great mystery that is well written, filled with suspense, wondering, and heart racing excitement that keeps you guessing until the climatic final act. The characters are very thought out and a wee bit strange, except Elizabeth, who I found to be an interesting and sympathetic character whose only desire is to have her life bank and feel safe in it.
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Summary: Interesting story of a hollwood actress who was stalked
Review: This book was great! Wendi Corsi Straub is a fantastic author
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