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Title: The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore by Joan Lowery Nixon ISBN: 0-15-205031-0 Publisher: Harcourt Paperbacks Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: KIDNAPPED!!
Comment: "Why me? " is the question that Christina finds herself asking when she wakes up in a cold, dark, and damp basement. She has just signed a ransom note to her grandma against her will. The next day her kidnapper makes her go through the house and put her fingerprints on everything from a glass to a light switch. After her kidnappers get back with the ransom money they divide it to two piles on the table. Suddenly there is a noise at the door. They drop the gun into Christina's lap and put their hands in the air, it's the police and they blame Christina for setting up her own kidnapping! Can she prove her innocence?
I like this book because it is very interesting to see if Christina will prove her innocence. You will just want to read, read, and read some more. In fact I read the whole book in one day. You should read this book, too. It shows how strong one girl is to go to such great lengths to prove her innocence
Rating: 4
Summary: Not The Usual Nixon-Suspense!...
Comment: I absolutely love Joan Lowery Nixon! I've only read two books by her so far, but they were both good! A couple days ago I read "The Name of the Game Was Murder," which is creepily suspenseful. That's where "The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore" comes in...
I personally loved this book; once again Nixon astounded me. Even though it was a book I'd put at the top of a mystery list, after reading "The Name of the Game...," it just wasn't very suspenseful. By suspense I mean "what's going to happen next?"
The storyline revolves around a girl named Christina. She is desperate to go on a trip to France with her class, but her father refuses, being that the trip is to study Roman Catholics and her father is a priest, not believing in the religion. She asks her weathly grandmother who owns an oil company if she could take some money out of her trust fund to pay for it by herself. But, she is turned down.
Later that night, coming back from her best friend Lorna's house, her mouth is covered and she is drugged.
She wakes up laying in a cot in a dank basement. She realizes she was kidnapped! The oddity of the situation is that her kidnapper brings her food and makes sure she is well taken care of. He tells her to sign a ransom note to her grandmother.
The next day she soon figures out who's kidnapped her, but doesn't reveal it to him, knowing she'd have to be killed. The kidnapper has her take a bath and change. Then he walks her around the house making her touch everything. She is left with a woman who makes her sit down and watch TV.
Later on, the kidnapper returns saying that they got the money. Suddenly, they hear, "Police!" and the woman gives the gun to Christina. The cops think that Christina was the one who asked for the money, trying to get money for the trip. Christina also finds out they dust for fingerprints and find Christina's all over the house (remember, the kidnapper made her touch things). She realizes she was framed, but no one believes her! Will Christina be able to prove her innocence, or will her snooping around kill her? Find out in "The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore!"
Also recommended: "Name of the Game Was Murder" By Joan Lowery Nixon
Rating: 3
Summary: It was....alright, I guess. Not what it was cracked up to be
Comment: It was good in the suspense catagory, but it didn't even integrate common sense. No police officer (or relitive, for that matter) would only believe a man over a young girl in the case of kidnapping. The villian wasn't that bright, so it was not possible that he could have just covered EVERYTHING, even if he had been given instructions. The police logically would have found more clues then they did, and the ending should have been slightly more jolting. Plus, the ideas of the parents didn't make sense, either. Cathloic and Protestant are basically the same religion, just differing segments. But it WAS a good mystery, I'll give it that. Not in the kowledge catagory but, as said, in the suspense one.
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Title: The Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon ISBN: 0440219167 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Weekend Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon ISBN: 0440219019 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: A Deadly Game of Magic by Joan Lowery Nixon ISBN: 0440921023 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 November, 1985 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Seance by Joan Lowery Nixon ISBN: 0440979374 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 15 August, 1981 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Who Are You? by JOAN LOWERY NIXON ISBN: 0440227577 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 13 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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