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Why do I keep doing this to myself?

The Steel Kiss by Jeffrey Deaver

March 14, 2021 by esmemoria 2 Comments

I didn’t like the last Jeffrey Deaver book I reviewed, yet I went right ahead and picked up The Steel Kiss. This is another strangely inert suspense novel with multiple plots that don’t have much to do with each other. I’ve read a ton of Deaver’s books and every time I read a more recent one I hope it will have the same fast pace, ingenious plotting, and stellar twists of his earlier work. It’s not that the plots are so terrible, but they are […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Jeffrey Deaver, Lincoln Rhyme

esmemoria's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Jeffrey Deaver, Lincoln Rhyme ·
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Diamonds are a Reader’s Worst Friend

The Cutting Edge by Jeffrey Deaver

February 15, 2021 by esmemoria 3 Comments

I have read Jeffrey Deaver’s suspense novels on and off for 20 years. I remember in the beginning I loved his ability to raise tension and throw in plot twist after plot twist. Those glory days are over. Deaver’s The Cutting Edge is easily his most boring, flaccid, unsurprising book. The plot is a convoluted mix of international intrigue, diamonds, conspiracies, environmentalism, and of course, murder. The gore is fairly light, although there is a ludicrous scene where the villain forces a victim to swallow […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: crime thriller, Jeffrey Deaver, Suspense

esmemoria's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: crime thriller, Jeffrey Deaver, Suspense ·
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maybe THIS is what Quibi was supposed to be?

Snow Flakes by Ruth Ware

Treasure by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Slow Burner by Laura Lippman

Buried by Jeffrey Deaver

The Gift by Alison Gaylin

Let Her Be by Lisa Unger

December 26, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

These little collections are great in a very specific way; the stories are quick, unique from each other, and can be accessed through both the Kindle and Audible. If I have just a few minutes to listen while doing chores, I can pop in and out without needed to re-immerse myself in something long and complicated! If I have a long line at the Post Office, I can stand and read the majority of a story while I wait. Low impact, low commitment, and decent […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: Alison Gaylin, Amazon Original Hush, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, crime, deception, fool me once, Hush, intrigue, Jeffrey Deaver, Laura Lippman, Lisa Unger, murder, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Ruth Ware

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:146 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: Alison Gaylin, Amazon Original Hush, amazon original stories, Amazon Originals, crime, deception, fool me once, Hush, intrigue, Jeffrey Deaver, Laura Lippman, Lisa Unger, murder, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Ruth Ware ·
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Book Two Doesn’t Work At All

Roadside Crosses by Jeffrey Deaver

March 8, 2017 by Classic Leave a Comment

The only reason why I gave this book two stars is honestly because I was kind of fascinated by how Deaver looks at internet blogs, comments on those blogs, and how you can start to see how something that he looked back at when this book was published has morphed into what it is today with a lot of people on the internet claiming to be experts on something or how easy it is to spread a rumor about somebody with no factual basis and […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: crime, Jeffrey Deaver, Kathryn Dance #2, mystery, Roadside Crosses

Classic's CBR9 Review No:83 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: crime, Jeffrey Deaver, Kathryn Dance #2, mystery, Roadside Crosses ·
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Great Debut for Character from Rhyme Books

The Sleeping Doll by Jeffrey Deaver

March 6, 2017 by Classic Leave a Comment

I was really intrigued by the character of Kathryn Dance in “Cold Moon.” Having a character that uses kinesics in order to get witnesses and suspects to open up and or confess. In “The Sleeping Doll” we get more information on the character of Kathryn Dance. She works at the California Bureau of Investigation (think of a state office set up like the FBI) and is about to interrogate a man who murdered a family decades earlier (Daniel Pell). Pell is seen as similar to […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: crime, Jeffrey Deaver, Kathryn Dance #1, mystery, The Sleeping Doll

Classic's CBR9 Review No:77 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: crime, Jeffrey Deaver, Kathryn Dance #1, mystery, The Sleeping Doll ·
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Fear the Data

The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver

February 24, 2017 by Classic Leave a Comment

Well after a kick butt book #7, I had high hopes for book #8, instead this one floundered a lot IMHO. We also have Sachs in my opinion being a total nitwit for how she handles an inappropriate relationship with someone she is close to. And I have to say that this book was highly repetitive from beginning to end. I think that Deaver was trying to tell three stories in this one, and they all get pretty lost. The ending I found to be […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Jeffrey Deaver, Lincoln Rhyme #8, mystery

Classic's CBR9 Review No:69 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Jeffrey Deaver, Lincoln Rhyme #8, mystery ·
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