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Finding a new author that has given me a whodunit mystery that is so complex and interwoven that I'm still stumped until the very end, is a rare gift. I knew as soon as I started never tell that the author had that undefinable "edgy" feel to her writing that makes me tense, excited, knowing that I've picked a suspenseful winner to read!Before I begin about the story, I want to highlight that there are a number of important issues about teens, drugs, sexuality, parenting, and schools that are at
#4 in the Ellie Hatcher series. This book was almost impossible to get into. If I had not read, and enjoyed, Burkes 7 previous books, including the first three of this series, I would have given up within the first 200 pages. For the first 200 pages, the only spark of life is the dialogue between Ellie and her musician brother. The final 150 pages bring some life to the story line and salvage the books rating. Ellie Hatcher series - Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous father, a
I thought it started out OK, but then had too many streams of disjointed storylines running through it. Although some of the characterizations were pretty good, I struggled to finish it and found it a tedious read overall.
Absolute drivel. I am flabbergasted (and a little frightened) by the multitude of of high ratings given to this dreadful, poorly written, lowest common denominator, I-Can-Read "novel". I'll come back, and detail my disgust for this "book" by example - but first: It isn't a beach book; it isn't trashy fun; it's a cobbled together, poorly researched, cliche ridden, brain cell sucking, misguided, if only the pages were softer I'd use it for toilet paper, misinformed, Fox news meets US Weekly, stack...
This is a complex smart and intelligent thriller. It begins with an apparent suicide of a young Julia Whitmire which Ellie Hatcher hastily accepts as suicide until she and JJ Rogan, her partner start to investigate further. The girl's rock legend father offers a reward and hires investigators, this manages to sabotage the police investigation for a few days. Two homeless characters attempt to implicate a friend for murder so that they can claim the reward.This is a complicated investigation as m...
Enjoyed this disturbing book in this wonderful series. I have to slow down, or soon there won’t be any left!!
Really interesting story looking at the interaction between the very rich and the very poor. The build up was great but unfortunately the ending didn't quite live up to the hype.The person who murdered Julia was reviewed but it wasn't a great confession and we never did find out everything that happened that night - but maybe that's what it feels like in real life.But the true disappointment for me was the story of the Langstons which runs along side the story of the Whitmires. Within out giving...
Ehhhhhh......not words but that sound pretty much sums up my feelings for this novel.The plot was interesting. Interesting enough I read the book in one sitting. But it wasn't very memorable or surprising. The characters were pretty stereotypical and the plot really played that up. That word "stereotypical" takes on a whole new meaning with this book. I guess the author tried to go for some sort of ironic joke played on stereotypical characters. Ellie, a pretty but dresses like a boy hardass cop...
Called to look into the death of sixteen-year old Julie Whitmire, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher is quick to dismiss the death as a suicide. But after political pressure is placed on the department by Julie's high profile, wealthy and politically connected parents, Hatcher and her partner are forced to dig a bit deeper and quickly discover that things aren't necessarily as black and white as they originally assumed.The theme of "never assume" is prevalent in Alafair Burke's newest installment in t...
I really liked this book. I can see why it is always in the Kindle charts from Amazon !! A great story with lots of twists and turns. I thought I'd guessed who was the baddie but no, I got it wrong !!I liked the author's dedication to her mother-in-law at the beginning and all the readers she named at the end left me breathless !!!There were a few tiny mistakes but ones I overlooked since it was a tale so well told that kept me interested enough to not mind.I was a little disappointed by Ellie,
Fun and interesting! I always appreciate it when crime fiction authors incorporate real world issues and Alafair Burke has done a really nice job of weaving in prescription drug abuse, corruption, and the unique problems faced by today's teens in an organic, informative way. Protagonist Ellie Hatcher is realistically drawn. It was such a nice change of pace to finally see a detective who occasionally jumps to the wrong conclusion and makes mistakes along the way. It happens, and that realism add...
Good whodunit, with many interesting characters and plot twists. The author did a great job of keeping my interest right up to the end of the book. Nice job!This book was received for free from Goodreads First Reads.
Good read. Characters appear real, believable, and I liked them. Female detective closes a case too soon, and is put back on it only to dig her teeth in and keep digging until she has solved the case, well almost....
