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Summary: New mystery/spy author makes good!
Review: This appears to be Gayle Lynds' first mystery - and what a powerful entry into the competitive field. It never stops being intriguing, exciting, engrossing - and perilous. The international panorama keeps the story moving. The surprise turns and carefully designed twists propel this spy/mystery tale into the tops of the new paperbacks.
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Summary: A book that you can read in a day.
Review: This book is by far one of the best novels that I have read in my life. I started one rainy morning at my father's cabin by the river and before I knew it, I was done. The book held every shread of my attention and kept me guessing the whole way through. I have recommended it highly to all my friends. I am in the police line of work and I have learned a lot from this book on how people can be located and followed. It keeps you on your toes in a since that it does not let you forget how vulnerable you are.
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Summary: Beware of People In Clown Clothing
Review: This is a must read for Ludlumites. If you like action with a plot that strains your credibility to the limit, then this is your read. Gee whiz, the CIA Director of Operations is an evil genius who has scammed millions from the government and other sources to form an evil company all so that he can retire without any financial worries. An equally evil doctor has many of the top French politicians on mind altering drugs....and if this isn't enough, the world's greatest assassin wanders around Paris in his clever disguise: a clown costume. People might mistake him for an idiot, but they would never guess that he is Carnivore, assassin nonpareil.His aide wants to tell him the BIG PLAN is on track. In most novels she would pass him on the street at a scheduled time and stick her finger in her left ear if everything is OK. In this novel she changes her clothes in a latrine (don't ask why) then stands on the curb as a parade passes by. Our deadly assassin in his clown suit saunters over toward her, and she shoves her bicycle into him and he falls to the ground. In mock solicitation she bends over and says "everything is OK." She then returns to the latrine and changes again (again don't ask why). Isn't this a fascinating way to communicate a message? He appears at othe points in the story - again in clown costume. You'll feel faint reading similes like, "(they drove along)..a paved road that rolled up and down the undulating hills like a shipping lane in a high sea." I had some difficulty forming the image of hills resembling shipping lanes. I gave it three stars because its a good enough read if you are trapped on an airliner for an 11 hour flight. On the other hand there are a lot of exciting novels out there with reasonably credible plots that I'd rather read. Of course I'm one of those staid people who don't believe the CIA killed Kennedy. Oh well.
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Summary: Fast paced and Action Packed but Unrealistic
Review: This is the first book that I have read that was written by Gayle Lynds and it started out very intense and exciting.
An attractive female awakens from a long sleep but does not recall who she is. She has been told that she is a CIA agent who has been recruited to hunt down a cold-blooded international assassin who is nicknamed, "The Carnivore." However, as the novel progresses, she begins to discover that she's not who she thinks she is. She has become a pawn in one of the biggest government cover-ups and has teamed with a CIA renegade to find out the truth.
The story seemed very well constructed but my big problem was with the action scenes. Highly unrealistic action scenes were very distracting and it took much away from an otherwise good story.
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Summary: I WANT TO BE A SPY !!!!
Review: Well, like the rest of my family, I LOVE a good spy story...this is not a good spy story....IT'S A BRILLIANT SPY STORY !!! In the beginning, it was hard to follow all the back stabbing and the lies (and the spies !!). I loved the description of all the cool gadgets, that they used. And Gayle Lynds really knew what to do, to push all the buttons of curiosity. It was fast and I broke my record in reading it... I read it in a day !!! Thank you, Gayle Lynds ! and please write another novel, quick !!!
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Summary: Delightful dance of suspense
Review: What a dance we are led on with this novel! Twist and turn spy fiction at its best - what a great first novel. I couldn't stand to put it down and eagerly await her second novel.
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Summary: A convoluted, fast-paced, make-the-reader-think, thriller!
Review: What a dynamite book! Having a female protagonist in a thriller is a refreshing change of pace. The reader is never quite sure who the true villan is. Marion and Marguerite would be so proud! Keep up the suspense, Ms. Lynds! I can't wait for your next book!
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Summary: Okay, but no Golden Dagger Award
Review: When I read the other reviews of this book by fellow readers, I went to a used book store and purchased it. While the plot was interesting, the book overall left a lot to be desired. The dialogue was very awkward, making me think that the author was forcing information into the story, and the characters were hard to sympathize with because of their idiotic actions. The action sequences were mediocre, and left me with a sense of too much convenience on the part of the two protagonists. In summation, the novel did not live up to it's billing
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