Point Blank (FBI Thriller)
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Point Blank (FBI Thriller)

Mass Market Paperback – January 2, 2007

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Price
$8.99
Publisher
JOVE Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0515141689
Dimensions
4.2 x 0.97 x 6.76 inches
Weight
6.2 ounces

Description

From Publishers Weekly Coulter's new thriller romance ( Blowout , etc.) opens with Ruth Warnecki lost in a cave in rural Virginia while fellow (married) FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are hot on the tail of a psychotic dirty old man (Moses Grace) and his flirtatious teenage partner (Claudia), who've kidnapped a smalltime comedian. Coulter fans know if they suspend beliefâx80x94 really suspend beliefâx80x94she'll deliver page-turners filled with good guys battling bad guys as well as enjoying domestic tranquility. After Ruth makes it out of the cave, she's cared for by Dixon Noble, the local sheriff and ex-New Yorker with two kids and a missing wife; then Ruth and the gang return to the cave to discover the body of a murdered music student. Lacey and Dillon consult MAX the miracle computer about Moses while Dix introduces Ruth to his domineering father-in-law, Chappy, and musician Gordon, Chappy's geriatric lech of a brother. Coulter alternates between the search for the student's killer and the hunt for Moses, cases tied together only by the FBI agents solving them and the theme of criminally insane grumpy old men. Coulter continues to prove more convincing describing virtue than vice, which means that sympathetic characters and happy endings take precedence over serious detective work. (On sale Aug. 23) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Praise for Catherine Coulter’s FBI Thrillers “Fast-paced.”— People “This terrific thriller will drag you into its chilling web of terror and not let go until the last paragraph…A ripping good read.”— The San Francisco Examiner “A good storyteller...Coulter always keeps the pace brisk.”— Fort Worth Star-Telegram “With possible blackmail, intra-judiciary rivalries and personal peccadilloes, there’s more than enough intrigue—and suspects—for full court standing in this snappy page-turner…A zesty read.”— Book Page “Twisted villains...intriguing escapism...The latest in the series featuring likable married FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich.”— Lansing (MI) State Journal “Coulter takes readers on a chilling and suspenseful ride...taut, fast-paced, hard to put down.”— Cedar Rapids Gazette “The perfect suspense thriller, loaded with plenty of action.”—The Best Reviews Catherine Coulter is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the FBI Thrillers featuring husband and wife team Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock. She is also the author—with J. T. Ellison—of the Brit in the FBI series. She lives in Sausalito, California. Read more

Features & Highlights

  • Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich are up against an unstable villain with a very long memory in this FBI Thriller from #1
  • New York Times
  • bestselling author Catherine Coulter.
  • The explosive action kicks off as treasure-hunting FBI agent Ruth Warnecki is on the trail of stolen Confederate gold hidden in Winkel’s cave in western Virginia. She never expects to find herself chin-deep in a grisly murder that leaves her nearly dead and rocks the town of Maestro.Then, at a stake-out in Maryland, FBI agents Dillon Savich and Dane Carver are nearly killed in a horrific explosion while attempting to rescue kidnap victim, Pinky Womack. They are led to Arlington National Cemetery where they not only find Pinky, but Savich also takes a fateful call on his cell from an old man out to kill both him and Sherlock. The thing is they have no clue why. Pitted against an insane killer and his psychotic teenage girlfriend, Savich and Sherlock find themselves fighting a hate-driven villain with a grudge worth killing for...

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Good Read--But Something's Missing

The story line is two-fold, and at first glance extremely interesting. We find married FBI agents Savich and Sherlock involved in a case of kidnapping and murder, the victim being a stand-up comic at a club Savich is involved with. The two kidnappers, an old man and his equally young side-kick, seem to be engaged in a personal vendetta against Dillon Savich, and have targeted Lacey Sherlock as one of their next victims.

Meanwhile, Special Agent Ruth Warnecki is treasure-hunting in a cave in Virginia , and stumbles upon something that frightens her enough that she ends up left for dead in the woods, with no memory of who she is or what she was doing. She's found by Dix, the local Sheriff, and although physically in good condition, she seems to have temporary amnesia.

POINT BLANK is definitely a quick read, and the story lines are interesting. But there were too many things that irritated me to let me enjoy the book the way I wanted to. For one, Ruth's amnesia--she went from not knowing who she was, what she did for a living, or what she was doing in Virginia to seeing Savich and Sherlock and "miraculously" having everything come back to her in about two minutes. Second, I have to agree with the reviewer who said the dialogue in the book was "stiff." There were instances during my reading that I knew I should be laughing or at least chuckling, but it didn't happen. The way the sentences were worded, and the dry words used in everyone's conversations, left me with the feeling that something essential was missing from the story.

Overall, POINT BLANK isn't the best Savich and Sherlock story, but it won't stop me from reading Ms. Coulter's next release. As long as you know in advance that you're not getting ready to read Ms. Coulter's best work, you'll be fine.
5 people found this helpful
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Good book - until you got to the end.

I picked up this book at the bookstore because the monthly book guide said it was a "guaranteed great read." Well, I started the book, and it WAS a pretty good book - until I got to the end where it was as if the author was running out of time or something and didn't connect all of her dots. The ending was VERY unsatisfying. None of the questions were really answered - portions of the mystery that seem to be the most important are just glossed over with literally something like a "we don't know what happened" perspective. I could not believe that the author would go to the trouble to write such a complex and detailed story - a story that had potential to be a great story - and then not bother to finish it. I liked the book, but the ending was so bad that I it just ruined the whole thing for me. I have never read any of Catherine Coulter's books before this one, but if this is one of her best, I would hate to read her worst.
4 people found this helpful
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Awful

This may not turn out to be the worst book I've ever read, but right now, it's way ahead of whatever is in second place.
3 people found this helpful
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Ridiculous Dialogue

I read "Blowout" on others' enthusiastic recommendations of Catherine Coulter, but "one and done" as far as I'm concerned. The plotting is as satisfactory as that of any other of the popular mystery writers, but her characters' dialogue is laughably bad! I can't remember such wooden, fake-sounding speech since books written for middle-school children. It's just hard to take the story itself seriously after the off-putting speech.
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Disappointing

The story opened with excitement and held my interest. The ending was one of the disappointing I've ever read. There were so many questions left unanswered. In the past, I have been a fan of Coulter's FBI series. The stories were compelling, and although occasionally the dialogue is corny, the excitement and romance made it a worthwhile read. This book was awful; uttering and completely unsatisfying. A waste of money. I'm done with this series.
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Glad I got the Paper Back

I have read all the FBI books and I loved them all. All I can say about this one is I'm glad I got the paper back. This book took me a month to read I had to force myself to finish it. I just hope the next one is better or I'll be crossing her off my list.
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Too Too Many Characters

Other reviewers from 2005, 2006 and other yrs. panned this book and even urged new CC readers not to start here. I did, however. Talk about Deus ex machina. Characters popping up all over the place. Good grief. Sixty-five and that's only the number that take part in the story. Other named characters pop up but are voiceless and actionless. Twenty-eight new characters appear after page 103, some with only a few pages to go. Try "The Maltese Falcon" for a much tighter mistery. Oddly, CC's usual main characters, Savich and Sherlock, are not central to the story. Another FBI agent and a local sheriff are. Strange. Finally, I agree with the points made by Liz "Say something about yourself!" as well as others who panned this supposedly good author. Okay, I'll try one of her early works if it's available at my local library.
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Too Many Things Going On at One Time

This work was not up to the usual par from the author of the Savich and Sherlock series. The story line starts out interesting enough, but then the author introduces a second story line which sort of overlays the first. Throughout the remainder of the book the author keeps the reader working between the two story lines and at one point even tries to inter-twine them but easily loses the reader if you are not careful. The fact there are two story lines running throughout the book makes it even more difficult in solving one and then returning to solve the remaining one. At the end of the book some of the missing answers are supplied to the reader, but there are still some left over questions. Finally, the Epilogue holds some of the missing information. It's a toss up though as to the value of buying this book. Each reader will have to make up his or her own mind based on this and other reviews. In my view it's an easy read, but not what I would call an exciting piece of work.
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Time Better Spent Elsewhere

First and last time reader of this author. Opening was somewhat effective but followed by unrealistic situations and unbelieveable dialogue. Very little suspense and an unresolved ending. Back to Daniel Silva for me!
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HUH?

I was surprised.at the high marks...this is a strange book. I felt like someone needed to go in and do more editing and then add more. I felt like things were left hanging...not developed enough......But I have loved the other in this series so.....

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