BAIT : A Crime Novel

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Summary: Bait Hooked Me!
Review: Bait is an extraordinary first novel... Actually, it is an extraordinary novel. I was hooked from the first page and was unable to put the book down. I like Meg and enjoyed spending time with her. Meg, an ex-cop, runs a security business with her friend, Mike, and is drawn into intrigue when she is unable to find him. The book was filled with twists and turns, delightful characters, suspense, sexual tension, excitement and some delicious surprises. I devoured Bait and Hook in a couple of days, and I recommend you have Hook on hand when you start Bait, because you won't want to take the time to run to the bookstore.

Rating:
Summary: Definitely Hooked
Review: I bought Bait and Hook based on reader reviews and am glad I bought both at the same time because I didn't have to race out and buy the second. I did have to go back and re-read once in awhile to catch on to what Meg was saying or doing. Does it detract from the books? No. You (and the other characters) think Meg is going to do one thing by her actions, but she usually manages to surprise both. Meg's relationships with her partner Mike and the investigating cop Reilly are believable and add a great deal to the story. My only disappointment is learning from C.J.'s website that we have to wait until Fall of 2003 for the next in the series.

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Summary: She¿s the Bait and that¿s not Good
Review: Security specialist and former police officer Meg Gillis knows her partner Mike sometimes does side jobs that are less than respectable, but she looks the other way. Then he disappears.

When she finds his apartment ransacked and blood smeared on the walls, she hits the streets with the cops hot on her tail. The same thing happens at her house, with one big difference, there's a body in her bed. To find Mike and to find the killer, Meg unwittingly becomes the bait.

This is an excellent first novel that had me reading through a rainy Sunday. When I finished the sun was going down and all of a sudden I wondered where the day went.

Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne