The twist to this crime drama is the police officer investigating the crime (against his family) goes does so by becoming a reality TV host investigating crime.While the writing was fast paced and help my interest while reading, it was ultimately so forgetable that a week later when I went to write this review I had to look up the description on Amazon for even the basic plot info.I got this free on kindle, and while I don't feel my time was wasted reading it, I'm glad I didn't pay for it. (

I've never read any of this authors work before and thought I'd give this one a go. I erred on the side of three stars, but mostly I thought it deserved 2.5. The plot held an interesting premise, but there was a lot of telling in this book, boring exposition that cluttered it so that there was only minimal tension. I found myself skimming over a lot of unnecessary information esp when it came to character descriptions. The author seemed obsessed with describing everything the characters wore, ev...

THE hunt for a serial killerVery fast paced. A serial killer is killing the families of law enforcement officials all across the country. Can he be caught?

J. C. Harrow, a retired sheriff, had been a crime scene investigator. He was drafted to help guard the President when he was in town and ended up stopping an assassin from killng him. Only to get home that night and find his wife and son shot to death.Five years later, the crime still unsolved, Harrow is the host of a TV series, Crime Seen!, that features real life criminal stories and have been responsible for a number being arrested and put away.Then another murder turns up disturbingly simila...

I have never read any of Max Allan Collins work, nor have I read any of Matthew Clemens work. I had no special expectations for this book as a result. I got this as a free read from the kindle store.The book is about a man who saves the President and then comes home to find his family murdered. He then uses a reality show à la America's Most Wanted to track down his family's killer. The authors switch between scenes of the main character, plus cast and crew of the show, and scenes of the killer....

Interesting readStory drew me on. Well written, but a little disappointed in the end, felt it was just tiring up of the ends of the plot.

3.5 stars. This was a very good, interesting mystery story. Not as much action as his Quarry novels, but better in many ways. The look into the twisted motivations of a serial killer & the exciting way the story played out were riveting. The setting was different - a take off of Alan Walsh's example. I liked the early CSI TV shows (Collins writes novelizations of them) & this story is similar. Well worth reading.

This book kept me riveted from page 1 to the end. I could not put it down. Quite simply, it's one of the best thrillers I've read in a long time, and that's in large part to the character J. C. Harrow, hero and victim. Every civilized person identifies with the fear--the nightmare--that a madman could take away everyone you love. Your entire family--gone in minutes because of a sick killer.We identify with that fear, and we identify with the man left behind when all his loved ones are gone. Harr...

You Can’t Stop Me is one of the better thrillers I have read in a long time. Max Allen Collins and co-writer Matthew Clemens have pulled off a novel that is suspenseful, taut, and made me turn pages as fast as I could.The story opens with the lead character saving the President from an assassination at6tempt, only to come home to find his wife and son murdered. This leads to him working for a show called “Crime Seen!” that works to put criminals behind bars, and brings the resources for him to f...

I've read a couple Max Allan Collins mysteries but I think this one will stay with me for quite a while. An ex Iowa small town sheriff comes home from the state fair, after saving the life of the president of the United States, to find him wife and son murdered. Several years later he has become the star of a reality show that helps find bad guys with the help of viewers. Suddenly, he is confronted with evidence that may relate to his own family's murders. What would you? Read the book and see w...

I hate reality TV. Hate it, hate it, hate it. Even shows that have a moral center, such as "America's Most Wanted." So, once I got into "You Can't Stop Me" I thought I'd have trouble getting past the basic concept of a former Iowa sheriff becoming host of a true-crime show in an effort to find the killer of his wife and children. But, I liked it. The main character, J.C. Harrow, is admirable, but while the supporting characters all have distinctive characteristics, many are not well fleshed out....

This is one of the best books I have read in awhile!

I was severely disappointed the latest from Max Allan Collins and his cohort Matthew Clemens. I have never read anything by Clemens but I had read the Criminal Minds books by Collins and I enjoyed them so I thought I would really like this You Can't Make Me Stop. I was wrong. I thought the book started off well. It was exciting and interesting and what I expected. But then it seemed to fall apart. Small town Sheriff Harrow saves the President's life and heads home to find his wife and son murder...

One of the fastest most exciting mysteries that has held me in my seat in a long while! I quickly was swept into the life of JC and how he goes in search of his families killer on reality tv! It was just an amazing concept and the characters we meet along the way are fantastic.....one of my favorites being a crazy old coot with a shotgun but that's all I'll divulge. lol

You Can't Stop MeUnusual route for a chase to find a killer. I did like the idea of gathering a group of known experts for various fields to assist in uncovering clues from the scenes of the crimes. Each group member contributed a hidden piece of evidence toward the conclusion of the story.

Excellent. Period.Why? For a number of reasons. First, because of its crisp, lively and 'characterized' dialogues with wit, humor and more than often black humor. Second, because of its suspenseful dramatization of events, which kept the thrill going till the very last page. Third, its characterization, which felt better than in many other fiction works recently published. List goes on, but you get an idea.Never thought I'd say this about a 'cheesy' serial-killer-thriller, but the idea of puttin...

Good read!!Very good book. It started off slowly as the story was building, but once the story started rolling this book became excellent. Hard to review without spoilers, but good solid crime drama. Complete with crime scene review, profiling, and computer hacking. It was like watching an episode of Criminal Minds. I loved it!

Just started this January 3 2021 and so far it's very good

based loosely on John Walsh, whose son wasmurdered, and had a TV show "America's Most Wanted"Seemed a little forced at first, but really picked up, and was verysuspenseful

This gets a four star because I loved J.C. Harrow. Characters are what make me love a book, and he's a good one. He's that perfect sort of old school detective playing the role of a TV host--and he gets the best of both worlds. You can see how he's adjusted from Detective to Host and what's kept and what's changed--merging together into a lovable personality who's still a good man.Jumped right into that, didn't I?Yeah, the highlight of this particular novel had to be the lead, J.C. I liked the r...