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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780821769362
ISBN number: 0821769367
Label: Zebra
Manufacturer: Zebra
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: March 04, 2003
Publishing house: Zebra
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Caitlyn Montgomery Bandeaux wakes up one Savannah morning with a pounding headache -- and covered in blood, the news of her estranged husband's brutal murder a cruel taunt in her ears. Now the police want answers, and Caitlyn finds she has none. The only person Caitlyn can turn to is her reclusive twin sister Kelly. Only Kelly knows about all the troubles that run through the Montgomery family...and about the recurring blackouts...the plantation home with its dark secrets and tangled lies...and the sins that haunt Caitlyn in horrifying, fragmented memories. But now when Caitlyn needs her sister most, she finds that Kelly is warning her not to say a word...especially to the town's handsome new psychologist, Adam Hunt. Determined to free the darkest corners of her mind, Caitlyn begins to confide in Adam -- a man who seems to hold the key to her past and her future. As they work together, the desperation she feels at each new blackout gives way to an icy terror as the truth begins to surface bit by fractured bit...revealing a shocking discovery deadlier than anyone could ever imagine.
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I agree with what the two reviewers below me stated - to a T. There was way too much extra fluff in this book which made it drag. I found myself skimming through parts of it just to get to some actual dialogue. I usually can finish a book pretty quickly (usually because I can't put it down). This one I could definitely put down. But, I pushed my way through and found that the suspense/mystery finally picked up. The killer totally took me by surprise.
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I enjoyed this book but it took a little time to get into the story. The story really started to pick up about 1/3 of the way through and had a pretty good ending. The plot was good and I actually had picked the wrong person for the killer so it didn't give itself away. It did however make me want to read the subsequent installment for the Savannah detectives "The Morning After". I recommend both books. Before reading "The Night Before" I suggest that you read both "Hot Blooded" and "Cold Blooded" as a key detective from these two books makes an appearance in this book.
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While this book was suspenseful and gave you lots of people to choose from as the murderer, it went on way too long and therefore took me a long time to get through. I think the author could've chopped a ton of pages and had a much tighter book that wouldn't have felt like it was dragging in places (especially the beginning).
I also found it hard to get behind Caitlyn and especially her romance with Adam, which seemed forced and contrived. The epilogue just confirmed that.
Lisa Jackson a good writer, so I hope the sequel is better.
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I've read several of the reviews here, ranging from 5 stars as in this is one of the best books ever written to 1 star as if this is the worst book ever to escape an editor's desk. Well, this one is surely somewhere in between. Yes, I did figure out early on what was wrong with Caitlin and one major mystery is why the cops and the psycholgist couldn't figure it out. Why couldn't Nikki Gillette figure it out? She's supposed to be a reporter. Does she not do any research? Gosh, the answer was there for everyone to read. Of course, Adam Hunt did read it and still couldn't figure it out.. What a bonehead. The killer? Well, I will confess that I did not guess who the killer was, but I felt bad for not guessing, because the clues were there and something about the situation with the eventual killer just seemed wrong and I should have known. I've read where other reviewers found no likeable characters in this book. True. I tried to root for Caitlin, but she just became more and more unlikeable as the book went on. And the romance between Adam and Caitlin. That was contrived at the best. Silly and stupid at the worst. 'The Night Before' was able to keep me interested I guess, despite annoying characters like Caitlin, Sugar and Morrissette, some pretty incompetent police work by Reed, a clueless psychologist in Adam Hunt and an ending that was all soapy and made me wish I skipped the Epilogue. The climatic struggle between Caitlin, Hannah and Atropos was weak. A better ending would have had all three of them found in a pile, covered in their blood, mixed together as one when the police finally arrived to find them, a group at peace at last. Hey, I like that. Maybe I should write an alternate ending and re-edit this book. The bottom line is, this novel gets 3 stars as not very good but not as bad as many in this genre. Not up to Lisa Jackson's standards. Anyway, read the 'Morning After'. It's much better.
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Many of Lisa Jackson's novels are repetitive and contain the same wording and elements, so rather than talk about them, I came up with a drinking game!
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A Drinking Game for Lisa Jackson Novels
Supplies: Any Lisa Jackson novel, your favorite beverage.
As you read the novel, take a drink every time:
-any character lights up/takes a drag off a cigarette
-a man calls a woman "darlin'"
-anyone "leans a hip" against something - counter, table, etc.
-someone gets into or out of a "rig"
-anyone uses "Hell!" or "Oh Hell!" as an exclamation - chug your whole drink if it was said immediately before a kiss
-a man "growls" something at woman - chug your whole drink if it was said immediately before a kiss
-someone touches another person's "crown" - chug your whole drink if it was said during sex
-the main character has a detailed dream
-any Catholic element is mentioned
-you find any grammar or spelling errors
-any portion of the story is repeated
Happy Reading!
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