Blindsided: A Mystery

Rating:
Summary: SUSPENSE, ACTION AND A GREAT PLOT
Review: This book holds all the action and psychological suspense of books written by James Patterson. I like Clyde Phillips and will be anxiously waiting for future books from this author. The book began with a gut-wrenching murder that grasped the reader's attention from the very first page and never let go.

Kenny Marks and Jane Candiotti are making a commitment in their relationship and moving in together. As luck would have it, moving day is more memorable than anticipated. A bizarre murder of a former police officer, now down-and-out and hooked on drugs, has just taken place. Marks and Candiotti are called to the scene. This is just the beginning of a diabolical killer's plan for revenge, a fiendish criminal who spent fifteen years in prison planning his fever-pitched killing spree. The action and suspense keep the plot twisting and turning from start to finish.

The book has a well-developed plot and, for the most part, strong characters, particularly that of the killer. The only down side of the book was the rather juvenile persona of Jane Candiotti when it came to her romantic relationship. The professional and personal characteristics of this character conflicted. Although love does make us feel young, the events and dialogue in regard to the romance came across as immature and adolescent, particularly for a forty year old woman. Jane Candiotti is supposedly strong and mature, capable of tracking down a hard-core criminal, but her juvenile personal side left the reader feeling she was too immature in her personal life to be credible in her professional life. For this reason the book lost a star in the rating.

Overall, the book was a great thriller. It was well-written with a super-dynamic plot, although the author might do a little more research on firearms (there were a few blunders in that department.) The book was still a terrific read and highly recommended.

Rating:
Summary: SUSPENSE, ACTION AND A GREAT PLOT
Review: This book holds all the action and psychological suspense of books written by James Patterson. I like Clyde Phillips and will be anxiously waiting for future books from this author. The book began with a gut-wrenching murder that grasped the reader's attention from the very first page and never let go.

Kenny Marks and Jane Candiotti are making a commitment in their relationship and moving in together. As luck would have it, moving day is more memorable than anticipated. A bizarre murder of a former police officer, now down-and-out and hooked on drugs, has just taken place. Marks and Candiotti are called to the scene. This is just the beginning of a diabolical killer's plan for revenge, a fiendish criminal who spent fifteen years in prison planning his fever-pitched killing spree. The action and suspense keep the plot twisting and turning from start to finish.

The book has a well-developed plot and, for the most part, strong characters, particularly that of the killer. The only down side of the book was the rather juvenile persona of Jane Candiotti when it came to her romantic relationship. The professional and personal characteristics of this character conflicted. Although love does make us feel young, the events and dialogue in regard to the romance came across as immature and adolescent, particularly for a forty year old woman. Jane Candiotti is supposedly strong and mature, capable of tracking down a hard-core criminal, but her juvenile personal side left the reader feeling she was too immature in her personal life to be credible in her professional life. For this reason the book lost a star in the rating.

Overall, the book was a great thriller. It was well-written with a super-dynamic plot, although the author might do a little more research on firearms (there were a few blunders in that department.) The book was still a terrific read and highly recommended.

Rating:
Summary: THE EYES HAVE IT
Review: This follow up to "Fall from Grace" brings back our heroes, Jane Candiotti and Kenny Marks, and lets them get more personally involved, in light of Jane's near-fatal mistake in the first book.

The murderer in this one is identified early on, but does not take away any of the suspense Phillips so craftily builds. The inclusion of Kenny's nephew in the story adds a different twist, and actually, ends up saving the heroes' lives at one point.

The killer is a nasty one, shooting out the eyes of former or current police officers. Phillips pulls some surprises in that he allows some of the officers we've become familiar with in both novels to come to rather unexpected ends.

The final twist is a real big one, and Phillips handles it expertly and believably.

Looking forward to more Candiotti and Marks escapades in the future. A great read.