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Bezig met laden... The Brutal Heart (2008)door Gail Bowen
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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. Mystery After 61 pages, I am abandoning this book. I was seeking an undemanding read, and it is certainly not as grim as some other mystery series, but it also features a narrator whose voice grated on me right from the start and characters I did not really care about very much. There was also a sex scene right in the first chapter, which is a bit fast, and I do have to say that first-person-narrated sex scenes are pretty much always cringe-worthy. At least third person has some measure of distance from the action. First-person is just a little too personal for me when it comes to that kind of scene, especially when it's a character I've only just met. I did know going in that this was an established series and that I'd have to pay attention to the characters being introduced so that I could keep them all straight. To her credit, Bowen does do this well -- I was able to pick up on who was who right away without needing the other books. And I did like the Canadian political angle that this series has. However, I shall not be likely to try other books in the series, and would suggest that only established Joanne Kilbourn fans read this book. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Joanne Kilbourn (11)
The bestselling Gail Bowen returns with a gripping story of marriage, politics, sex, and murder. With a general election just weeks away, Joanne Kilbourn is following the campaign of Ginny Monaghan, a woman who has her eyes set on the leadership of the federal Conservative Party and whose success depends, not so much on the election-day poll, but on the outcome of a custody battle she's fighting with her ex. Joanne thinks this is perfect material for a TV program she's putting together on women and party politics. Happy to be back in the political fray that used to be her life during her first marriage, Joanne is soon also glad of the distraction it provides. A local call girl has been murdered -- a woman whose regular clientele included several of Regina's most prominent lawyers, including -- until he met Joanne -- her own husband, Zach Shreve. Her new marriage creaking under the strain of this revelation, Joanne throws herself into her project -- and into finding out why the dead woman had started to threaten her clients with blackmail, an investigation that leads to the truth -- and to death. In The Brutal Heart, Bowen expertly mixes the ingredients of marriage, family, politics, and murder into a constantly surprising and compulsively readable story. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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