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Title: Last Lullaby: An Eve Diamond Novel by Denise Hamilton ISBN: 0-7432-4540-7 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful addition to a great series
Comment: Denise hamilton is getting better with each book.
I love the character of Eve Diamond and the authenticity
with which she is written.
Last Lullaby starts out in an airport with Eve
doing a story on the state of security. In a matter
pf pages all hell has broken loose. In the aftermath
a child is found, the people who were with here are missing
or dead.
As Eve searches for answers she finds herself getting deeper
and deeper into a myatery and deeper into trouble.
The pacing in this book is amazing and has such a wonderful flow
that I felt I was being pulled foward by it. And even after
finishing scenes stayed with me.
An outstanding book.
Jon Jordan - author of Interrogations
a book of author interviews
Rating: 4
Summary: "Some people just shouldn't have children."
Comment: On reading this third Eve Diamond novel, I was immediately struck by how similar Eve Diamond is to Benjamin Justice, the main protagonist from the hugely successful series of novels by John Morgan Wilson. Both characters are journalists; both have inner demons that are gradually exorcised; both are violently tortured and suffer physical loss, and both are intrepid journalists, who are bright, intelligent and can smell a good story. Perhaps the only real differences are that Eve Diamond is a little younger, straight, and lives in the funky Silver Lake which is closer to Downtown Los Angeles, whereas Benjamin Justice is gay, lives in the "boys town" of West Hollywood, and is a little more cynical and world weary. It would make a fascinating story, if at some time in the future, Denise Hamilton and John Morgan Wilson could pool their extremely talented resources, and have Eve and Benjamin team up. Both authors know Los Angeles well, and they know their characters, so it would be quite absorbing to have Eve and Benjamin working mutually in their relentless quest for justice on L.A.'s dingy and nasty streets.
Denise Hamilton just keeps getting better. In the Last Lullaby there is so much more depth and detail - the plotting is tighter and the action and suspense is fully maintained and flows completely throughout. This story is perhaps the most exciting, suspenseful and challenging adventure yet for Eve Diamond, as she is pitted against Asian drug cartels, and is forced to face the harsh realities of her own failed relationships. While spending the day at LAX shadowing U.S. Customs Supervisor William Maxwell, Eve witnesses a terrible shoot out - three people are dead and an Asian girl is whisked away by the INS into hiding. In an effort to find out who the little girl is, Eve is caught up in a tale of intrigue, involving crooked government agents, shady adoption agencies, and duplicitous immigration lawyers. Things are never what they seem, and the subterranean currents of life, churn and bubble up to the surface, as Eve, haunted by her one true love Tim, is forced into a personal mélange of emotion and grief.
The relationships between the mother and her child, the way one human being treats another, the destruction of innocent lives, and how noble abstractions can go terribly wrong, are the central themes of Last Lullaby. Hamilton forces the reader to confront the cold, hard reality of a world, where in many cases, children are treated like products to be bought and sold, and teenagers grow up directionless without parental guidance and assistance. Hamilton has a tremendous passion for Los Angeles, and without judgment, she portrays a complex, dynamic, and at times, chaotic city with its asphalt flats, crammed to overflowing with people and shops, and "bristling with a manic immigrant energy rolling off the heavily congested boulevards." This is a good, solid thriller that not only says something about the world around us but also shows the character of Eve Diamond at her journalistic best. Mike Leonard April 04.
Rating: 5
Summary: Denise Hamilton Does It Again!
Comment: Reading an Eve Diamond novel is like going on a ride at Disney. You truly believe you are experiencing every twist and turn in the plot until the ride ends and you realize how much you enjoyed the delusion. Hamilton's Los Angeles is as grity and tough as it is intimate and vulnerable and her protagonist reflects the City in which she grew up. In this episode Eve is trying to rescue an infant who is a pawn in some unknown scheme involving Asian drug trafficking, the INS, and a reknowned human rights attorney. Eve doggedly pursues this story while also grappeling with her feelings for her current lover and a past lover who has mysteriously reappeared in her life. We can"t help but root for this gutsy heroine as she follows confusing leads to a deadly conclusion. I would give more than five stars to this entire series if I could. Read them all!!
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Title: Sugar Skull: An Eve Diamond Novel by Denise Hamilton ISBN: 0743482212 Publisher: Pocket Star Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton ISBN: 0786015233 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Narrows: A Novel by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0316155306 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: THERAPY by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345452593 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The 37th Hour by Jodi Compton ISBN: 0385337132 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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