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Bezig met laden... The Dark of Daydoor Barbara Parker
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. First edition very fine The first half is fairly dull but it hooked me into the central murder mystery well enough to keep me going. It's one of those ones where everybody is connected to everybody else and revelations about everybody's pasts abound. A not overly appealing protagonist doesn't help; nor does occasional head-hopping confusion or an ending that doesn't really tie everything up properly. The book was very favorably reviewed on the "Three Books . . ." series on NPR's All Things Considered. The reviewer promised a good crime novel deeply evocative of its South Beach and Miami settings. Uh, not so much. I don't feel like the author did much with the setting at all. There's nothing here to suggest the powerful sense of place you get from, say, Carl Hiasen's or James W. Hall's great South Florida-set books. That said, the story is serviceable and kept my attention throughout, a lot more than I can say for a lot of current crime fiction. All in all, a good read, although I do wish I had held out and read it in the cheaper paperback version! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
C.J. Dunn is an expert at spinning her clients' image in the media and the perfect lawyer to deflect police interest in Rick Slater, head of security for a U.S. Congressman from Miami. Slater was seen at a South Beach party with the recently vanished Alana Martin, but in election season, any hint of scandal could doom the Congressman's chances. If she succeeds, friends of the Congressman have assured her they will arrange a spot for her as a legal commentator on a national media outlet. For a woman living alone, with few close friends, a celebrity life has its appeal. When Alana Martin is found dead and C.J.'s investigator implicates Rick Slater, C.J. is slammed between the media and the need to defend a client she no longer trusts. Then he delivers a bombshell: C.J.'s daughter, Traci Willis, the child she gave up for adoption seventeen years ago, was a friend of Alana Martin's. Traci has information that could save Rick Slater, but at the same time reveal a devastating secret that would put C.J.'s career, and even her life, on the line. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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