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Title: Under Cover of Darkness by James Grippando ISBN: 0-06-109747-0 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (30 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Grippando hits it out of the park again
Comment: UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS is yet another example of a great mystery/thriller/suspense novel. I really liked this book. I think it's the fastest moving Grippando book that I have read, and I've read them all except for A KING'S RANSOM which is next up. Once I started reading I couldn't stop.
Gus Wheatly is a prominent Seattle lawyer working in a prestigious law firm. When his wife (Beth) suddenly disappears at the same time as a string of murders takes place, Gus is left to wonder if his wife is another casualty, or an accomplice to the murders. James seamlessly weaves together the story from a couple different angles. One from the point of view of Gus, another from Andie, the local FBI agent in charge of the murder mystery case, and a third from the point of view of the killer. It's story telling at it's best.
The tension is high throughout the book with enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing. The end was a shocker to me. James Grippando is my new favorite author. Thanks James and keep the books coming!
Rating: 3
Summary: Great start, but...
Comment: James Grippando, Under Cover of Darkness (Avon, 2000)
Boy, does this novel start out wonderfully. A workaholic lawyer discovers his wife has gone missing. A local FBI agent with an eye towards the serial killers' profiling unit is given the job of liaison between the branch office and the rep from Washington, her idol, after dumping her groom at the altar for sleeping with her sister. The missing wife might be dead...or she might be an accomplice to a string of serial killings. People keep turning up dead. And somehow, a fitness guru factors into it all. Everything's set up perfectly.
Then it all goes down the tubes. The last fifty pages or so of this novel have "Hollywood ending" written all over them, as if just before he started writing them, Grippando got word that this book had been optioned, and he had to come up with an ending that would work in Hollywood. The whole tone changes; what would have taken two hundred pages earlier in the novel is rushed into far less than half that. Aside from the lack of wires and big masks, a lot of the ending has "deus ex machina" stamped on it.
That's not to say it's not worth reading for the first three quarters of the book. Just beware the last quarter and the disappointment that comes with it. ** ½
Rating: 5
Summary: This is One Killer Thriller
Comment: I thought that I would pick up a good mystery over the holidays and headed for "Grisham" on the rack. I stopped short when "Grippando" caught my eye. "Under Cover of Darkness" was not a good mystery. It was a GREAT mystery from start to finish. I don't think I have ever read a story this intense in my life. Full of short, fast-flying chapters, "Under Cover of Darkness" ends each with nail-biting suspense and the inability to put the pages down. The character portrayal was expert and the plot was full of twists and turns but never lost me. The forces of good and evil were embattled so realistically throughout this novel that sometimes I would find my shoulders shudder and my spine tingle. If you are as busy as I am and have only a small window of opportunity for pleasure reading, pick this one up. It's the fastest read you'll ever find.
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Title: The Pardon by James M. Grippando ISBN: 006109286X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Found Money by James M. Grippando ISBN: 0061097624 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: A King's Ransom by James Grippando ISBN: 0061097845 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Abduction by James M. Grippando ISBN: 0061097489 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Beyond Suspicion by James Grippando ISBN: 0060005548 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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