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Title: The 37th Hour by Jodi Compton, Bernadette Quigley ISBN: 1-59355-116-9 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: December, 2003 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 6 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (16 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A novella sized plot stretched into a 320 page novel
Comment: Minnesota Detective Sarah Pribek is faced with a very real problem. Her new husband, a fellow officer on his way for training to become an FBI agent, has disappeared. There is simply no logical reason for this that Sarah could imagine. She must, therefore, look into her husband's past to get the answers. At the same time, she is trying to coax a former partner to return to work following the violent death of a daughter while shouldering the feelings of guilt and responsibility for the killer's release on a technicality.
Jodi Compton has a definite talent for writing compelling stories and peopling them with above average characterizations. However, there are some definite problems with this debut effort. One could almost see the attempt to pad the plot of the story to book length form. Daily minutiae become important in this endeavor and under the guise of character development. This is one technique I do not appreciate. In actuality, this is a novella sized plot stretched into a 320 page novel. Much has been written about the ending which many have professed as being disappointing. I would concur and add the words unrealistic and manipulative. On the other hand, the book as a whole remains entertaining with a plot compelling enough to keep the pages steadily turning.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good till about the last 10 pages
Comment: I had heard good things about this book so I was anxious to read it. I really wouldn't consider it a mystery, more of a fiction type of book. It started out really well and about halfway into it, I thought I had figured out what happened. But towards the end, it all fell apart. The ending felt rushed compared to the rest of the book and the way it ended kind of left you hanging. What I thought happened did not, but I almost wish I was right compared to what really occurred. There is a very disturbing plot twist right at the end that caught me by surprise. I was disappointed in the ending and I'm not really sure if I would read the next one in the series.
Rating: 4
Summary: a journey into the past
Comment: The debut novel of Jodi Compton takes much of its pages to introduce the new characters in this first book of her series. Sheriff's Detective Sarah Pribek comes home one morning from a trip to find her husband of two months, Michael Shiloh, gone. She did not think too much of it since he was starting his FBI training at Quantico. Only when the FBI calls to ask why he did not show up and Sarah finds his packed duffel bag under the bed does she realize that he is really missing. Sarah usually specializes in missing person cases so she puts her skills to personal use. Much of the story is told in flashback where we learn of Michael's background, the case that brought Michael and Sarah together and of their early courtship. Intertwined into the story is also another plot point of Sarah's partner, Genevieve, who is on compassionate leave after the murder of her daughter. The characters were well developed and interesting. The story really kept me reading. The ending was weak and not in keeping with the rest of the book, but it did spoil my enjoyment of the overall story. I will look forward to the next book in this series.
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Title: Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman ISBN: 0399151273 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 05 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Kills by Linda Fairstein ISBN: 0743223551 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Conspiracy Club by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345452577 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Paranoia : A Novel by Joseph Finder ISBN: 0312319142 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 14 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Breathtaker (Today Show Book Club #19) by Alice Blanchard ISBN: 0446531391 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 11 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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