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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 |
Sandra Brown
Paperback | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 3.97 | 17445 Users | 775 Reviews
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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...
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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) |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 17445 Users | 775 ReviewsCritique Epithetical Books Ricochet
3.5 starsThis signed book was won in a Goodreads First Reads giveaway. Ricochet takes place in Savannah, Georgia. Detective Duncan Hatcher is investigating a murder at a prominent judges home. The judges wife Elise admits to killing an intruder but Duncan wants to investigate further. To make matters worse, Duncan is attracted to Elise. I must admit that I really enjoyed reading Ricochet. Ricochet was a very readable book, full of mystery and suspense, sexual tension, and many plot twists. II picked up this novel at the library, as I was looking for a paperback that could fit in my purse for an upcoming trip. I love mysteries and thrillers, so I thought this might fit the bill. I was wrong. First of all, I should have recognized the author as I had written a one-star review of another one of her books, Friction, but apparently I had forgotten! But I could have written the same review. The characters are one-dimensional. Yet again there is another macho-cop, who operates vigilante
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
They can't all be winners, right?
Ugh. 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
Smaller plot holes than usual with this suspense/mystery.The male protagonist is a detective, but rather than going for the old hard-boiled Sam Spade type, you get a piano playing, Boy Scout detective that has morals and ethics. Does he make mistakes? Oh yeah, but he's a good character.The tension begins when he meets the wife of a judge he's at odds with. The judge's wife is under suspicion for shooting an intruder and lines are crossed, but who is the real bad guy?No more from me as this is
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