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| Original Title: | Ricochet |
| ISBN: | 1416532358 (ISBN13: 9781416532354) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Duncan Hatcher, Elise Laird, Cato Laird, Robert Savich, DeeDee Bowen |
| Setting: | Savannah, Georgia(United States) |
Sandra Brown
Paperback | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 3.97 | 17445 Users | 775 Reviews
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| Title | : | Ricochet |
| Author | : | Sandra Brown |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Canadian Trade Export Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | January 2nd 2007 by Simon & Schuster (first published January 1st 2006) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Suspense. Romance. Fiction. Thriller. Romantic Suspense |
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From the bestselling author of Hello, Darkness and Smash Cut comes another steamy thriller of murder, love, and betrayal featuring a Savannah homicide detective fighting attraction in the heat of the South. When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows discretion and kid-glove treatment will be key to staying in the judge’s good graces and keeping his job. It’s an open-and-shut case: Elise, the judge’s beautiful trophy wife, interrupted a burglary and killed the intruder in self-defense. Yet Duncan is suspicious of the beautiful woman’s story of innocence and his gut tells him her account of the shooting is only partially true. Determined to learn the dead man’s connection to the Lairds, Duncan investigates further but soon finds his career, and integrity, in jeopardy. Despite his suspicions, Duncan is increasingly drawn to Elise―even if she is a married woman, a proven liar, and a murder suspect. When Elise seeks Duncan out privately, he initially dismisses her incredible allegation as the manipulative lie of a guilty woman. But if she’s telling the truth, then that single fatal gunshot at her home takes on even more sinister significance, possibly involving Duncan’s nemesis, the brutal crime lord Robert Savich. And then Elise goes missing...Rating Appertaining To Books Ricochet
Ratings: 3.97 From 17445 Users | 775 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books Ricochet
2.5 StarsOverall Opinion: This wasnt nearly as good as I had hoped. I liked the mystery aspect and how it took a while for everything to be revealed. I just didnt like the romance. At all. It was major instalove that didnt make any sense other than lust. It actually irritated me because it felt so out of nowhere and majorly undeveloped. I didnt feel like we got into much depth with the characters and that might have also contributed to not feeling their connection to each other. Overall, ItUgh. I did not like this novel. It's no mystery as to why. I'll just say that for most of the novel I'm 100% in DeeDee's camp. I did not like Elise's character in any way whatsoever. I don't care what her reasons were for marrying Cato, but the things she did and the saintly way she was portrayed was downright annoying. At every turn, she manipulates men with her body and then lies and more lies. Near the end, we get the reason as to why but it felt too little too late. I had already written her
Ricochet is a moderately enjoyable thriller (rating it between 2 and 3). The plot's just interesting enough to keep on reading. Theres a mystery in this novel about the major female character, Elise Laird, and about whether her motives are good or not. I found that aspect of the mystery intriguing, but I thought the author took too long in developing it. In my opinion there are too many long passages in the middle of this book where the police characters speculate about who did what, and why.
I love Sandra Brown's twisty romantic suspense novels although Ricochet wasn't one of my favourites. Loved the hero Duncan Hatcher... but what was he thinking! The insta love/lust just didn't ring true for me and when the reasons for Elise's machinations were revealed the plot wasn't as strong as some of Sandra Brown's other suspense masterpieces.
My love affair continues with yet another fantastic book by Sandra Brown. I will say though for this one it took a little longer for me to lock in to the love but it happened and that is all that is important! :)In Ricochet we are taken to beautiful Savannah, Georgia and Ladys Island, South Carolina. SB writes so descriptively that you can close your eyes for a moment and imagine that you were there. The main characters were awesome. I really enjoyed both Duncan and Elise. The secondary
2 ½ stars. It was not fun. I was angry at Elise for more than half the book.Elise asks Duncan for help and says her husband wants to kill her. When Duncan asks what her husbands motive is, she wont tell him. Therefore, he has no reason to believe or help her. Finally at about the 3/4 mark, she tells him why. Then Duncan helps her and the story becomes interesting. I would cut a lot of the first 2/3 or so of the book. There was too much hypothesizing, pondering, and wondering. I did enjoy the
Blah Blah Blah - summer easy peasy read. I'm onto the formula now so I need to take a Sandra Brown break. Plus this narrator was not my favorite, unlike Slezak and Stephen Lang who are my favorites.
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