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Summary: GOOD READING
Review: This was my first Jan Burke book and now I'm a fan...I could not put this book down...I liked it so much I've passed it on to my friends.....
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Summary: excellent!!!
Review: This is the first Jan Burke I have read, but, will certainly be looking for more.From the first page I couldn't put it down.Then to find that the serial killer has a helper made it all the more interesting. It kept me on the edge of my seat with the search in the dessert and the events that take place. I felt as if I were right there. I found I had goose bumps while reading. No need to say more except READ IT !!!!
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Summary: excellent reading
Review: I loved this book. Although it was slow to start, I really became wrapped up in to storyline. I think this book was very entertaining.
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Summary: chilling, suspenseful
Review: Jan Burke has mastered the art of suspense and proves it with this book. Her descriptions are so wonderfully sketched that the the reader can't help but to be drawn in. This novel is hard to put down and is one of my favorites. I am very impressed with Burke and reccomend this, or any of the the other Irene Kelly mysteries. They are superb and I think that most mystery readers would find themselves addicted to this series.
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Summary: EXCITING!!!
Review: I bought this book at a little crime/horror fiction bookstore in New York. I read this book from cover to cover in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. If you are a fan of non fiction like I am and aren't a big fan of fiction this book will definitly change your mind. I have never felt so close to the characters and felt their pain. I really recommend this book to any true crime reader like myself!
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Summary: Almost Irene
Review: This was a good read, but not a great one. The outdoor scenes in the first half of the book were full of color and suspense, but as the plot wore on and Irene returns to her job at the newspaper, some of the grip was gone. Interesting characters, some lively dialogue and a nice piece of deception along the way by the writer keeps the reader interested and never TOO disappointed, but there's nothing there to keep you up all night
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Summary: A grisly tale of a mass murderer.
Review: Jan Burke, in her thriller "Bones," tells the story of a serial killer named Nicholas Parrish, who is as intelligent and organized as he is deranged and malevolent. Parrish kills and dismembers scores of women and even after he is caught, he continues to wreak havoc. The heroine of "Bones" is Irene Kelly, a newspaper reporter who has been interested for years in the disappearance of Julia Sayre, a young mother of two. Kelly is happily married to Frank Harriman, a homicide detective. Because of her interest in the Sayre case, Kelley accompanies a search team into the mountains, with Parrish under armed guard. Parrish has agreed to reveal the site where he has buried Julia Sayre. Unfortunately, the trip turns out to be a disaster for the search team and it leads to unspeakable violence and tragedy. Throughout the many ordeals that she faces, Irene proves to be resourceful, resilient, compassionate and courageous. Irene has met her match in Parrish, however, who seems to have an uncanny sense of how to exploit people's weaknesses. Parrish is aided by an unknown accomplice, whom he dubs "the Moth". There are aspects of this novel that are very good. Burke creates strong and vivid characters. One of the best is a dog named Bingle, who is an expert at finding cadavers and who answers only to commands in Spanish. There is a tortured anthropologist named Ben Sheridan, whose gruff exterior hides inner pain. Burke nicely depicts the relationship between Irene and her husband Frank, who is a "dream husband," warm, caring and supportive. Another interesting aspect of this novel is the information that it contains on tracking dogs and on forensic anthropology. Burke has done her research well and the book is richer because of all the background information that it provides. Parrish, on the other hand, is a formulaic serial killer. Abused as a child, he is merciless to his victims; in fact, he revels in their pain. He is the "Hannibal Lecter" type, which I have seen too often in recent fiction. "Bones" has other weaknesses. The dialogue tends to be stilted and the book meanders a bit at times. However, Burke redeems the novel with a surprise at the end that I did not see coming. The final scenes are exciting and climactic. Burke does a good job of showing the struggle to capture a brilliant and fearless criminal who always manages to stay one step ahead of the law.
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Summary: Riveting
Review: I was pleasantly surprised to find a writer who like O'Henry and Hitchkock keep you guessing to the very end. This book was very hard to put down before finishing. Great reading.
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Summary: The Year's Best? I hope not!
Review: An Edgar for best of that year? That certainly speaks poorly for the competition for this, at best, journeyman-like effort, an overlong, tedious read. The first quarter of the book is its best, then it's talk, talk, talk, with little suspense, a disappointing climactic scene, and some twists that have been given away long before. The novel is populated with dozens of undifferentiated secondary characters; the most interesting is a search dog who works to Spanish commands. This is cliche all the way with little to recommend it. I also read Burke's FLIGHT, and with two of her supposed "bests" under my belt, I can erase this author from my list of crime writers I was interested in.
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Summary: Bones
Review: Gruesome and grizzly. I threw it in the trash where it belongs after 100 pages. I didn't want to share it with anyone.
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