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Title: Love Her Madly: A Novel by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith ISBN: 0-8050-6648-9 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 11 January, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The start of a great new series
Comment: She is a sassy, fresh and feisty independent thinker who goes her own way in the tightly structured organization of the FBI because she's quick to get the job done. After reorganizing a whole department in the FBI, the upcoming execution of Rona Leigh Gloeck catches Poppy Rice's interest. She digs up the case file and sees that the woman might not have gotten a proper trial. Poppy wants to investigate because it is only ten days until the execution and her supervisor gives her permission.
She flies to Texas and starts asking questions about people who were involved with the case and quickly comes to the conclusion that Rona Leigh was railroaded. All legal and political avenues that could grant the condemned woman a stay of thirty days disappear and Poppy witnesses the state-sponsored death of Rona Leigh. The lethal injection fails to kill the prisoner and she is taken by ambulance to the hospital, but the patient disappears into thin air. Now Poppy must discover who the conspirators are who took the prisoner away while seeing that justice is served this time.
LOVE HER MADLY is a police procedural that actually has moments when it turns into a humorously dark macabre tale. The heroine is a breath of fresh air taking herself seriously enough to get the job done without it killing her spirit. This is the first book in what looks to be an innovative series and this reviewer can't wait for BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY to be published.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: Holding My Breath for the Next Poppy!
Comment: I found this to be an excellent novel. The cover makes it look like a bit of fluff, but it is hard edged and great reading. It's a hardcore crime fiction, with twists and turns that are excellently connected. I've read some of the other reviews and feel that possibly the 'lightness' of the cover led some folks to the book who may not have otherwise read it. If has the tightness and darkness of James Lee Burke, Dennis Lehane and Nevada Barr. For the record, I am a Texan and while some comments were a bit far fetched, I found nothing to be 'offended by.' I am eagerly awaiting the next Poppy Rice.
Rating: 3
Summary: OK, But More Background To Explain Actions
Comment: Always on the search for good women thriller writers, I picked this up because of the intriguing plot synopsis. I found it a decent read, but not an exceptional one like Linda Fairstein or Alex Kava. There was too little background on what 'made' the Protagonist, why she feels and acts the way she does. I didn't much care for her one-night stand despite having a 'beau' back in DC. I wouldn't like that in a man; I certainly didn't in a woman. Some of the dialogue was a bit stilted, but that's to be expected for a first book in a series; the characters will fill out and appear more natural in subsequent sequels (I hope). Good twist at the end, though - keep that up.
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Title: She's Not There: A Poppy Rice Novel by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith ISBN: 0805072233 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 03 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Kills by Linda Fairstein ISBN: 0743223551 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: White Lies by Linda Howard ISBN: 1551667339 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: She Smiled Sweetly by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith ISBN: 0805072241 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Live Bait by P. J. Tracy ISBN: 0399151478 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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