Howard Roughan James Patterson
By: Little, Brown And Company New York
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Total reviews: 2
Average rating: 3.5 of 5
Well-paced plot with some loose ends 4 out of 5 stars.
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This well-paced, entertaining thriller pits two seasoned role-players against each other: John O'Hara, undercover FBI agent, and Nora Sinclair, charming serial killer. Nora, thin and gorgeous, with expensive, discerning tastes, is the type of woman men dream of seducing. She's witty and fun, and wealthy men cannot help falling for her. And fall they do - literally - as Nora has a method of murder that escapes detection. When John O'Hara is assigned to her case, life for both gets complicated as the two jockey for information, never certain what the other knows. Told from the alternating points-of-view, the novel delves into the psychology of both characters, allowing the reader to know more than they do, which makes for great suspense. (The audio version is read by two actors, one male and one female, which increases the sense of characters at cross-purposes.)
This book makes a great beach or vacation book - except for the end, which fails to address certain points brought up earlier in the novel. The brand-name dropping gets tedious at times (trust me, you'll be able to recite the kind of water Nora drinks, the model of car she drives, and the list of contemporary thriller writers her mother likes to read.) And the plot twists seem manufactured instead of natural. Despite these flaws, Patterson and co-author Roughan cook up a sometimes steamy, sometimes harrowing tale of murder and intrigue.
Readers of thrillers will enjoy this, although it's not one of those books that sticks with you. The fast-paced plot and the two points-of-view keep readers turning the pages, hungry for what happens next.
Editorial Review:
This Large Print Edition, prepared especially for Doubleday Large Print Home Library, contains the complete, unabridged text of the original Publisher's Edition. (from Book)
