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Hocus [Mass Market Paperback]

Jan Burke
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26 Aug 2003
Rising star Jan Burke -- whom reviewers have consistently compared to Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton, and Robert Parker -- pulls out all the stops in her most powerful work to date.

In this thunderously paced heart stopper, intrepid sleuth/reporter Irene Kelly is put to the test when her detective husband is taken hostage.

Tension mounts from the first pages when Irene's detective husband, Frank Harriman, turns up missing, a bloodstain is found in the trunk of his car, and an ominous warning is left on the rearview mirror suggesting he's been kidnapped.

Burke never lets up the pressure, skillfully raising the suspense to a rolling boil by the end of this wild and exciting ride.

"Hocus" delivers the same intricate plotting, clever dialogue, and gobbledown prose readers have come to expect from Jan Burke, but she now exceeds already high expectations in her strongest book yet.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books; Reprint edition (26 Aug 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743444531
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743444538
  • Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.6 x 2.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,935,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars HOCUS INDEED 11 Nov 2011
By gamay
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I think we need to bring a sense of balance to the reviews of Jan Burke's books. This is the first one I have read - and I'm afraid it will be the last. I am an avid reader of mysteries and thrillers and it takes a lot for me to give up one third of the way through. However the plot was deeply unconvincing and the dialogue puerile. It was a verry amateurish production - for example you can always tell a story is floundering when the author has to constantly brings his or her dogs into the storyline. So, one third of the way through, I decided that life was too short and I moved onto a book by another crime writer. So, readers beware.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Hocus has news. We know where to find you" 6 Feb 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the first book in the Irene Kelly series that does not include the main character's first name in the title. I read an interview with the author in which she explains that it took a lot of courage to change that pattern, due to the fear of people not recognizing her books anymore. She should not have worried, since the quality is still there and the series has become even a bigger success. "Hocus" starts a series of books by Jan Burke that have a one-word title, creating a contrast between this succinct title and the excellent ability the author has for describing different scenes and setting up engaging dialogues.

Irene is a reporter for the Las Piernas News Express and is married to detective Frank Harriman. Since they met they have had a great relationship and they have only been married for a little while, but at the start of this novel things are rocky. Frank has just finished blowing a case wide open against two men that are supposed to be the ringleaders of a group named Hocus; a story has appeared in Irene's newspaper with information that should only be known by an insider. Even though Irene did not write the article, the department is putting pressure on Frank and blaming him for the leak. This in turn has created some strain in the couple, and to make matters worse there was the issue of an old girlfriend asking Frank to visit her.

When the action starts Irene has not heard from Frank all day and thinks he is blowing off some steam, but when not even Frank's partner, Pete, knows of Irene's husband whereabouts, things start to turn south. Is Frank in trouble? Is he alive? Besides these questions, Irene has to deal with the recent discovery of a troublesome secret on Frank's family. When she learns soon enough that Frank has been kidnapped by Hocus and that their demands are very peculiar, she has to embark in a dangerous and complex investigation to save her husband.

As has happened before, Burke delivers a high intensity thriller that does not lack an outstanding use of narration and three-dimensional characters. One of the important aspects for me in a mystery series is how well the author develops the characters from one book to the next, and I am happy to say that Jan Burke excels in this area. In "Hocus" we advance considerably in our knowledge of Frank's family and the relationship they have with Irene, and we also get a glimpse of several events from their past. The different aspects mentioned in this review make this book and the series overall a great choice if you are looking for a good mystery to plunge into.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jan Burke's best book yet.H 22 Jun 1997
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Format:Hardcover
Jan Burke continues to provide the reader witha believable and likable herione. This timethe reader is on the edge of his seat from thefirst page. I highly recommend "Hocus".
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