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Summary: Deadly Sapphires
Review: Kate Chandler cuts the "Seven Sins". Her half brother Lee Mandell, is suppose to deliver them in Florida. But he never shows up. Authorities beleive that him and his buxom girlfriend, pawn the sapphires and leaves the country. But there is one problem. Lee Mandell is gay. He's engaged to be married to Norm.
Kate knows something terrible has happened to Lee. So when they close the case, she won't let it lie.
At a gem show she sees one of the sapphires. She is able to switch a fake in it's place, to check it out. In the process of replacing the real stone for the fake. She is caught, by FBI agent Sam Groves. Kate gives him an alias.
Sam does some investigating to find out that she has lied to him. He goes to see her. Confronts her.
In the meantime, couriers and gem brokers have either been robbed or killed.
Sam and Kate work together to find Lee's killer and the theif of the "Seven Sins".
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Summary: Great Suspense..Wondderful book
Review: This book will keep you guessing until the very end. Here is the basic plot:
Kate Chandler is trying to find out what happened to her brother. He disappeared while transporting the 'seven sins' (seven blue sapphires). The FBI won't listen to her and think she is a nut job. Kate runs into FBI SA Sam Groves while she is trying to track down the sapphires. He believes her story. When people start dieing he realizes that if no one keeps Kate safe she will soon be dead.
This book was a GREAT read. I had to back up in the beginning because I forgot who was who. So pay careful attention in the first few chapters, don't read too fast like I did. This book has great suspense and a wonderful relationship between Sam and Kate, you will want to give Sam a big hug yourself at the end. What a great hero. As the book nears the end you'll think you have figured out who the killers are, but just wait. I gasped out loud when the book finally revealed the real leader. Ann Maxwell (Elizabeth Lowell) had delivered, yet again, a wonderful book.
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Summary: the color of coincidence
Review: Too many characters with implausible relationships and convienent coincidences.
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Summary: Memorable characters, convincing action.
Review: When courier Lee Mandel disappears while carrying precious sapphires, many are quick to label him a thief. His half sister Kate Chandler, the gem cutter who fashioned "the Seven Sins" from a rough sapphire, is convinced otherwise. Using her intimate knowledge of the gem industry, she attempts to track the stones down, hoping to also discover clues to Lee's whereabouts.At a gem show, she attracts the attention of maverick FBI agent Sam Groves, who is part of a task force trying to stem a rising tide of gem thefts. Originally taking her for a thief, he comes to realize she might be a useful ally. Working together, they begin to unravel the conspiracy that has cost the lives of several jewel couriers. The only thing that stands in the way of solving the mystery is their growing attraction to each other. Research on Lowell indicates that The Color of Death isn't her first book to utilize the world of gems and jewels as a backdrop, and that the plot of Color of Death resembles one of those books, Amber Beach. So, for those familiar with her work, Color might feel like a rehash of previous efforts. Those reading her for the first time, however, will likely find this book enjoyable, as Lowell tells a good yarn, replete with memorable characters, convincing action, and numerous dirty secrets about the jewelry business. With the exception of some overwrought sex scenes, she rarely missteps, crafting a combination of suspense and romance reminiscent of Elmore Leonard's Out of Sight.
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Summary: BORING.... (yawn)
Review: When I first starting reading Elizabeth Lowell, her characters were sexy and smoldering. Now she writes treatises on gem cutting, art collecting, etc. with a tiny bit of sexy and smoldering thrown in to the mix. Well, it's not enough for me or for many of her former fans (read the other reviews). Too bad - she used to be one of my favourites.
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