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Summary: SLOW MOVING AT TIMES, BUT AN INTERESTING MYSTERY!
Review: "Expose" dealt with the same characters from "Talk." Alexandra Waring, Jessica Wright, and Cassy Cochran. This is kind of a follow up but with a much deeper view in each of these persons lives. Sally Harrington is recruited by EXPECTATIONS magazine to do an "Expose" (interview, biography) piece on Cassy Cochran. She goes back and forth from Connecticut to New York almost every day. About six tenths of this book is about interviewing people and love scenes and the other four tenths is about a MURDER! Back in Connecticut, a man is found dead by a gunshot. Sally is the one who discovers the body after a mysterious phone call, leading her to the scene. With the help of Crazy Pete, a local character who seems to have conspiracy theories for everything, Sally must discover who killed this man, where did he come from, and why is it that this man's death ties in with her father's death twenty years ago. If you want to read Laura Van Wormer and you like suspense her novels are: TALK, EXPOSE, and THE LAST LOVER.
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Summary: SLOW MOVING AT TIMES, BUT AN INTERESTING MYSTERY!
Review: "Expose" dealt with the same characters from "Talk." Alexandra Waring, Jessica Wright, and Cassy Cochran. This is kind of a follow up but with a much deeper view in each of these persons lives. Sally Harrington is recruited by EXPECTATIONS magazine to do an "Expose" (interview, biography) piece on Cassy Cochran. She goes back and forth from Connecticut to New York almost every day. About six tenths of this book is about interviewing people and love scenes and the other four tenths is about a MURDER! Back in Connecticut, a man is found dead by a gunshot. Sally is the one who discovers the body after a mysterious phone call, leading her to the scene. With the help of Crazy Pete, a local character who seems to have conspiracy theories for everything, Sally must discover who killed this man, where did he come from, and why is it that this man's death ties in with her father's death twenty years ago. If you want to read Laura Van Wormer and you like suspense her novels are: TALK, EXPOSE, and THE LAST LOVER.
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Summary: Easily read, but not particularly memorable
Review: A bit above cookie-cutter type romances, the ones where you feel the writer simply followed a how-to book on romances - but just above that level. Maybe the problem was that I was looking for so more more than a romance story with a mystery thrown in. Plus I found it totally unbelievable that a chance meeting would result in a writing assigment for thousands of dollars (as a former freelance writer, I KNOW how hard those assignments are to come by). But those are really minor quibbles. There are some things going for this book - a heroine who is far from perfect, some details that are unique and interesting and above the trite plots of many romances. Still, I could have put this one down at any point. I didn't feel compelled to keep reading it.
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Summary: Expose is one of Laura's best
Review: Expose is a great book. Very suspensful with a great surprise ending. I especially enjoyed catching up with characters from some of Laura's past books. I think Expose is a must read.
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Summary: A TAD FORMULA PRONE
Review: Harking back to the publishing world she so vividly depicted in Talk (1998), the always entertaining, although sometimes formula prone, Van Wormer again mixes some romance with murder for a heady, fast-paced concoction.Quick-witted and savvy, Sally Harrington leaves her job as an L.A. magazine writer to return to her childhood home in Connecticut and care for her ill mother. After her mother recovers, Sally begins to feel the constraints of small town life where she has begun dating an old flame and working for the local paper. A chance to pen a lead story for a glossy New York mag - a profile of Cassy Cochran, a top-notch TV exec, is irresistible. Sally soon finds herself torn between the rather benign world of Connecticut and the intoxicating perks of the Big Apple, where she begins a tumultuous affair with book editor Spencer Hawkes. Plots bubbling in the background include a murder investigation that may reveal information about Sally's father who died in an auto accident years ago, and the ever perplexing question of a celebrity's right to privacy and the public's right to know.
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Summary: One of her best books ever!
Review: I love Laura Van Wormer! Expose has characters from her previous books that I loved. She has the ability to bring any story to life. This one was fast moving and very funny. I could not put it down. If you enjoyed her other books you'll love this one.
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Summary: 36 hours later, I am satisfied and bleary eyed
Review: I recently attended a Professional Writer's Conference, where at a workshop on creating clever plots, I was given this book. I'll be honest, I don't usually read books from this genre. I am an historical fiction and romance writer and reader, but I am always open to learning new things about my craft. So, 36 hours ago I began reading Expose, paying close attention to the plot line. I have to tell you, I really enjoyed this book (I have even already ordered the sequel). I think Ms. Van Wormer is a talented writer, with a knack for characterization and multi-dimensional plots. If I had to point out a negative, it would be about the heroine, Sally Harrington. She was supposed to be a talented reporter, and yet, she irriated the hell out of me. Granted, my career in newspaper and magazine journalism only extends back 13 years now, and is not nearly as impressive and glamourous as writing for a fanscy-schmancy LA glam mag, but Sally really had me gritting my teeth in a few places. For instance, when she goes into her big-time "career making/breaking" interview and starts sobbing over some idiot she had casual and dangerous sex with (in New York City for God's sake). Later, she casually drops in on her subject at home (how rude and unprosfessional is that?). At the end of the novel she receives a job as an investigative reporter and yet throughout the novel she has been too blind and stupid to figure out the casual sex guy was a set-up and philanderer? Come on! That being said, I admired Sally's tireless energy and her sense of humor. She also possessed two qualities lacking in many journalism professionals - compassion and decency. All in all, a very great read. Leah Marie Brown, Author of Willing Captive www.leahmariebrown.com
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Summary: 36 hours later, I am satisfied and bleary eyed
Review: I recently attended a Professional Writer's Conference, where at a workshop on creating clever plots, I was given this book. I'll be honest, I don't usually read books from this genre. I am an historical fiction and romance writer and reader, but I am always open to learning new things about my craft. So, 36 hours ago I began reading Expose, paying close attention to the plot line. I have to tell you, I really enjoyed this book (I have even already ordered the sequel). I think Ms. Van Wormer is a talented writer, with a knack for characterization and multi-dimensional plots. If I had to point out a negative, it would be about the heroine, Sally Harrington. She was supposed to be a talented reporter, and yet, she irriated the hell out of me. Granted, my career in newspaper and magazine journalism only extends back 13 years now, and is not nearly as impressive and glamourous as writing for a fanscy-schmancy LA glam mag, but Sally really had me gritting my teeth in a few places. For instance, when she goes into her big-time "career making/breaking" interview and starts sobbing over some idiot she had casual and dangerous sex with (in New York City for God's sake). Later, she casually drops in on her subject at home (how rude and unprosfessional is that?). At the end of the novel she receives a job as an investigative reporter and yet throughout the novel she has been too blind and stupid to figure out the casual sex guy was a set-up and philanderer? Come on! That being said, I admired Sally's tireless energy and her sense of humor. She also possessed two qualities lacking in many journalism professionals - compassion and decency. All in all, a very great read. Leah Marie Brown, Author of Willing Captive www.leahmariebrown.com
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Summary: Such a Disappointment!
Review: I usually love her books, but for some reason, I just couldn't empathize with the protagonist. What a drip! Maybe, it's because she's not a superwoman like Cassie Cochran, et al, but I just didn't care about the story. Please, go back to the West End stories!
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Summary: Such a Disappointment!
Review: I usually love her books, but for some reason, I just couldn't empathize with the protagonist. What a drip! Maybe, it's because she's not a superwoman like Cassie Cochran, et al, but I just didn't care about the story. Please, go back to the West End stories!
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