Long, Lean, and Lethal

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Summary: Very Disappointed!
Review: Not the usual great book from Heather Graham. The heroine was a complete ninny and the story line was very very weak. I really love her books, normally, but I had to struggle to finish this clunker.

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Summary: Graham's Talent Brought the Story Through--Barely
Review: One of the challenges facing great and prolific writers such as Heather Graham is meeting that ever rising bar of reader expectation. This stylized novel used well known moments in famous movies as a base for the murders. While it may be an interesting concept for a story it comes across as contrived and forced. Graham's talent for weaving words and character personalities doesn't quite make it in this artificial world. If anyone other than Graham had been the author, the book would have been a relatively interesting diversion to pass the time. Plot twists and the truly surprising ending were skillfully interwoven. However, with Graham as the author, the reader's expectations are much higher and the elements that make her books and stories live on after the back cover is closed are missing in this one. For first time Graham readers, pick up another one quickly and see what you're missing. For long time readers, keep your fingers crossed that "the disappointment" is a single occurrence.

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Summary: Please read the review from Southern Indiana.
Review: She is absolutely right! I really enjoyed Tall, Dark and Deadly. I foolishly thought Long, Lean and Lethal would be up to that standard. The storyline was very weak and especially uninteresting to me. Was this a mystery or a soap of a soap opera? Why wasn't the "secret passageway" plot built up more, to strengthen this storyline? That was the only interesting part of the book! I cannot wait to get this book out of my personal library, and I will most likely not read the rest of this trilogy.

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Summary: Sorry, but this book STUNK !
Review: This one was worse than the other Heather Graham romantic suspense novels I read, the title of which I can't even remember! Even more so than the other one I read, this one was written extremely simplistically, almost on a young-adult level. I don't like this author's style of writing, at least her contemporary-romance-suspense novels. And this one had a stupid story, with no development of the characters, so I couldn't care less about any of them. The twist at the end, while a surprise to me, was, well, stupid. The character who turned out to be the "bad guy" and why he was the bad guy were contrived. It seemed like the author wrote herself into a corner and "had" no choice when it came down to who turned out to be her ultimate "bad guy" and why. I would steer clear of this author for contemporary romantic suspense.

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Summary: Not up to par
Review: This story was not vintage Heather Graham. It was a weak story line right from the beginning. It was almost as though she had to write something, and this was the result. Heather Graham is a wonderful writer, but this story does not do her repetoire justice. It was weak and frankly quite dull. This reader is looking forward to the sequel to Ms. Graham's vampire series.