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Title: Murder in the CIA (Capital Crime Mysteries) by Margaret Truman ISBN: 0-449-21275-0 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Mediocre read
Comment: This is the first book I've read by Margaret Truman and I had high hopes. The book did not live up to those hopes. I found the book easy to put down and forget, the plot and characters didn't hold my interest and....kiss of death....the ending didn't make my heart race or send even a single chill down my spine. When I read a good book, I tend to get lost in that book - I forget that I'm READING a book. I never got that feeling with this book. I was always just reading.
Maybe I've come to expect too much since devouring Michael Connelly, Nelson DeMille and David Baldacci.
The best I can say is that it wasn't a totally boring read, just mediocre.
Rating: 5
Summary: Couldn't Put it Down!
Comment: This was my first read in the Capitol Crimes Series, and it won't be my last. While being an easy read, it wasn't too easy that I became bored and lost interest. The main character was someone I could relate to, and have sympathy for . It was very surprising who were the good guys and who were the bad guys. This is a good escape book, better than TV in my opinion.
Rating: 3
Summary: Better than Ludlum, but Truman is no LeCarre...
Comment: This book is just the thing for a long plane flight, or a series of quiet evenings at home. Its strongest point is excellent plotting. The character development and scene-setting seemed a bit thin to me. Unlike the Smiley series by LeCarre, the writing seems much more commercial -- and it is hard to really feel (and intensely care about) the characters. (There are the usual romantic/sexual/love interests stirred in, but they seem superficial, reflecting Collette Cahill's shallow personality.) On the other hand, Truman's characters outshine Ludlum's stickmen; hers seem like real people (though just acquaintances, not friends). On excellent attribute of 'Murder in the CIA' is that one doesn't know who the 'bad guys' and the 'goods guys' are until just before the end of the tale. I would strongly suggest that readers who don't want to lose track of everyone really should keep a pad to jot down the names of each of the characters. This 303-page potboiler brings in quite a large cast, and many of them are important to the plot. This book was written during the Cold War, and younger readers may have some trouble connecting with the anti-Communist motivations behind a lot of the action. Also some of the devices (post-hypnotic recollections, for example) seem both contrived and dated. Things have changed a lot since 1987. --- In short, 'Murder in the CIA' is not great literature, but it is a fun read.
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Title: Murder at the Pentagon (Capital Crime Mysteries) by Margaret Truman ISBN: 0449219402 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Murder at the FBI (Capital Crime Mysteries) by Margaret Truman ISBN: 0449206181 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Murder in the Supreme Court (Capital Crime Mysteries) by Margaret Truman ISBN: 0449209695 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Murder in the House (Capital Crime Series , No 13) by Margaret Truman ISBN: 0449001725 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Murder on Embassy Row (Capital Crime Mysteries) by Margaret Truman ISBN: 0449206211 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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