- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (9 Aug 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340938161
- ISBN-13: 978-0340938157
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 72,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘As a beach read, this is a cracker. Read it at night and it certainly will keep you up. For after the prologue, Jackson slips into her real agenda, and out of your comfort zone.’
(Courier Mail, Brisbane - DEEP FREEZE )'A fast-paced and surprisingly complex story... . The depiction of the protagonist... reaches an unusual depth, and the crisp, skillful language infuse every sentence with suspense...will keep readers riveted.'
(Publishers Weekly- DEEP FREEZE )'A spine-tingler.' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer )
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'As a beach read, this is a cracker. Read it at night and it certainly will keep you up. For after the prologue, Jackson slips into her real agenda, and out of your comfort zone.' -- Courier Mail, Brisbane - DEEP FREEZE 20070115 'A fast-paced and surprisingly complex story... . The depiction of the protagonist... reaches an unusual depth, and the crisp, skillful language infuse every sentence with suspense...will keep readers riveted.' -- Publishers Weekly- DEEP FREEZE 20070115 'A spine-tingler.' -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer- DEEP FREEZE 20070115
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I feel a bit like a broken record when it comes to reviewing Lisa Jackson's book as they never fail to disappoint.
Some of the twists I could see coming but there were some surprises that I didn't see coming at all.
The link at the end which connected it to Deep Freeze was a little disappointing and I felt a bit rushed, but overall another fab book to add to my Lisa Jackson collection.
Some of the twists I could see coming but there were some surprises that I didn't see coming at all.
The link at the end which connected it to Deep Freeze was a little disappointing and I felt a bit rushed, but overall another fab book to add to my Lisa Jackson collection.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Ok so this one was obvious from the very beginning!
With the past coming back to haunt her in practically every way it can Shannon Flannery must survive numerous threats and attempts on her life helped by the one man she falls for - the father of the child she gave up for adoption years before.
Predictably the love story runs alongside the serial killer plot and this makes it just a few steps up from your run of the mill romance.
A big disappointment after Deep Freeze!
With the past coming back to haunt her in practically every way it can Shannon Flannery must survive numerous threats and attempts on her life helped by the one man she falls for - the father of the child she gave up for adoption years before.
Predictably the love story runs alongside the serial killer plot and this makes it just a few steps up from your run of the mill romance.
A big disappointment after Deep Freeze!
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26 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Hideously bad writing
26 Mar 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Examples:
* A pillow "crashes" against a wall.
* A woman is taking a bath "wearing nothing but a necklace".
* One person pours Champagne and 5 paragraphs later later the other opens the Champagne!
* A murder is being discussed. There is talk of blood.
"Whose?" asks a character. "Blanche Johnson's." is the answer. Ten paragraphs later the first character asks if the blood is Dani's. The detective says: "We don't know. We won't know for awhile yet." (Not necessarily exact quotations.)
Did this book get proofread? Was there an editor?
The author beats us over the head with descriptions of "the pervert does this" and "the pervert did that". DON'T FREAKING TELL US THE BAD GUY IS A PERVERT: JUST DESCRIBE HIS ACTIONS! We'll get it.
For the life of me I have no idea how this wound up on a best-selling list. I bought it primarily because it was 500 pages long. I had never heard of the author before and decided to give it a shot. Bad mistake. I cannot recall ever being this angry at the shoddy writing of a novel before.
Editors take note: DO YOUR JOB! Writers take note: Have some more respect for your audience.
* A pillow "crashes" against a wall.
* A woman is taking a bath "wearing nothing but a necklace".
* One person pours Champagne and 5 paragraphs later later the other opens the Champagne!
* A murder is being discussed. There is talk of blood.
"Whose?" asks a character. "Blanche Johnson's." is the answer. Ten paragraphs later the first character asks if the blood is Dani's. The detective says: "We don't know. We won't know for awhile yet." (Not necessarily exact quotations.)
Did this book get proofread? Was there an editor?
The author beats us over the head with descriptions of "the pervert does this" and "the pervert did that". DON'T FREAKING TELL US THE BAD GUY IS A PERVERT: JUST DESCRIBE HIS ACTIONS! We'll get it.
For the life of me I have no idea how this wound up on a best-selling list. I bought it primarily because it was 500 pages long. I had never heard of the author before and decided to give it a shot. Bad mistake. I cannot recall ever being this angry at the shoddy writing of a novel before.
Editors take note: DO YOUR JOB! Writers take note: Have some more respect for your audience.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not enough character in the Characters
30 Mar 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read this book in two days, not because I was loving the book, but with objectve being to finish it. There were characters introduced into the book that weren't even need, point in case,the elusive Santana.
Edit out about 200 pages and you may very well have a good book. The character development was poor and information, pertinent to the story or not, often came from left field.
This was my first book from Lisa Jackson and definitely my last.
Edit out about 200 pages and you may very well have a good book. The character development was poor and information, pertinent to the story or not, often came from left field.
This was my first book from Lisa Jackson and definitely my last.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
interesting
27 Mar 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is my first Lisa Jackson book. I read this book in two days. It was entertaining. It kept me interested wanting to find out "who done it". Some things were confusing to me, and I found myself saying HU? alot. I cant mention them or it would ruin the ending.. I think the charector development could have been richer. I didnt feel emotionally conected to the main charectors. The teenager, Dani, I did feel a connection to. I thought her scenes were realistic and the inner dialog was good, I was rooting for her and cheering her on. I gave it three stars because I have read way worse. The twists and the intrigue was good, not great but good, as I said it left me with some unresolved questions. I am going to try another book by this same author that had a better rating. The potential is there for something great.
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