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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780446615112
ISBN number: 0446615110
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 464
Printing Date: June 01, 2007
Publishing house: Grand Central Publishing
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When Sydney Chaplin left D.C. nine years ago for college, she vowed never to return. But when her sister is found brutally murdered, she finds herself drawn once again into the shadowy web of her wealthy, powerful family. Joined by Washington detectives Jack Cassian and Darius Train, and driven by her need to know the truth about her sisters death, Sydney will risk everythingher life and her familys futureto find the answers. From the gritty streets and crack dens of the Districts inner city, to the posh country clubs and gilded offices of the nations political elite, Sydney, Cassian, and Train must slip deep into a labyrinth of money, power, and deceit to uncover a decades-old conspiracy that could rock the nation.
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If you want to read a string of platitudes, stereotypes, and wincingly-predictable characters and situations, this is your novel. It's been awhile since I've read anything this bad. I kept waiting for something or someone interesting or surprising to appear, but gave up midstream.
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After reading Innocence and loving that, I got the audio-book of Hosp's "The Betrayed." While most novels of this genre have begun to bore me, I did enjoy The Betrayed, but it fell short of Innocence. In Betrayed, Hosp creates characters you like and care about (and ones you don't like, too). The story is well paced, moving along well. Yet there were times when investigative conversations went on and on, giving me more background than I needed or wanted. They were also clues that this topic was not a dead-end, but rather would be critical in the mystery. Also, I found myself doing the normal suspending of belief to enjoy parts of this novel. I found myself saying things like, "I can't believe they are going to let Sydney be alone after two murder attempts on her!" and "Why doesn't she just ask the woman to borrow her cell phone?" And it might make sense for a villain to kill to cover up and investigation, but there's a point where the investigation cannot be stopped, and killing will make matters worse. That doesn't stop the villain here. On the positive side, Hosp is a very good writer of crisp prose, and his characters are good ones. This mystery/thriller is better than the vast majority of ones out there. It's a fun read.
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I can't get beyond the fact that almost every aspect of this story has been captured many times before in fiction. Mismatched police partners, the damsel in distress, and a fractured family are all an integral part of the story. While other, better, stories may have the same storylines, the writer fails to build strong characters to carry this effort. All of the potential villains are stereotyped and the ultimate disclosure is no surprise.
The topic of eugenics provided an interesting component to story, but is woefully underdeveloped. The only above-average character is the victim's daughter. The story had potential if eugenics would have been more of the focus, with more attention given to those that were directly exposed to the horrors of that time.
Overall, an easy read with some interesting aspects, but hindered by weak characters and lack of originality. Could have been much better.
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And that's not necessarily a bad thing. The book moves along at a pretty good clip, but it's mostly cliche.
Like Baldacci, Hosp is a pretty good storyteller, but also like Baldacci, his charater's dialogue is terrible. Especially the dialogue of his inner-city characters. It borders on being racist and offensive.
Also, in one scene Cassian tells two other officers to stop beating on a suspect. Then a short time later, he's elbowing a handcuffed guy in the stomach then later slaps him on the back of his head.
I doubt I'll read anymore by this author.
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The book was very well written - good story line, full of suspense, and an edge of the seat page turner.
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