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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9780425197974
ISBN number: 0425197972
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 336
Printing Date: September 07, 2004
Publishing house: Berkley
Release Date: September 07, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 103889
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Jurors on a controversial trial are being killed off one by one, and only Detective Kathleen Mallory can figure out why. But the FBI has told her to lay off and leave it to the Feds. That's never stopped Mallory before.
Amazon.com Review:
To summarize the plot of Dead Famous would be to spoil it, since O'Connell keeps revealing it layer by layer as you go along--a daring technique, and a rewarding one if you're a patient reader. Suffice it to say that the story involves a seemingly unstoppable serial killer; a beautiful hunchback with tragedy in her past; a radio shock-jock who helps the killer find his victims; an extremely mean house cat; a gloomy veteran cop drinking himself into oblivion; and, at the center of it all, NYPD detective Kathy Mallory, who returns here for her seventh outing. Mallory (don't call her Kathy) is one of the strangest, most intriguing series heroines in crime fiction: a former street waif who's brilliant and gorgeous, but also sociopathic, manipulative, and obsessive-compulsive.
No formulaic cop thriller, Dead Famous is instead a crime tale that focuses on its quirky, often outre characters. There isn't a lot of conventional suspense. Yet near the end, the story gathers tremendous narrative momentum and rises to a real tragic power. O'Connell's quirky writing style and approach aren't for everyone, but her fans--old and new--will find much to appreciate here. --Nicholas H. Allison
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To me Kathy Mallory series are hit or miss and this is the latter one.The book did not keep me going and I had hard time finish reading it.
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Carol O'connell writes another terrific Mallory story. She has to follow the clues before the last juror is dead.
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This book jumps around so much at the beginning that I finally had to abandon it. Perhaps she is an acquired taste, but my very first thought (having never read anything of hers before) was that she was not a good writer. The scenes in the very first three chapters are totally disjointed. I'm sure she was going somewhere, but I did not have the patience to find out.
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I am a huge O'Connell fan and after being disappointed with "Crime School" I wanted to say I'm delighted that she is more than back in stride with "Dead Famous." I was worried that the huge popularity of Mallory would force O'Connell into a corner...not being allowed the freedom to weave her wonderful stories in the way she knows best (don't forget the gripping non-Mallory "Judas Child" ). But by switching the focus to Riker in this novel, she has let her readers have another white-knuckle ride through a fabulous plot with a bit of Mallory and Charles blended in. She creates the most complex, fascinating characters. You learn so much more about Riker and truly are drawn to mysterious Johanna. It is a very intense, rich and emotional story.
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she writes better than this. this book dragged for more pages than it should have.Carol kulowski
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