- Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Signet Book; Reissue edition (30 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0451214633
- ISBN-13: 978-0451214638
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 816,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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After a well-received debut novel the follow-up is always a mighty mountain to climb. Those who enjoyed the first book want the upward trajectory to be maintained, but we all fear a loss of momentum. PJ Tracy's Live Bait proves one thing conclusively: that the phenomenal Want to Play? was no fluke, and that in Tracy we have an American suspense writer with all the credentials to sit firmly in the upper echelons of top crime novelists.
That first book had critics rooting through their lexicons to come up with new ways of saying just how edge-of-the-seat it was, and if the new novel doesn't deliver quite the same levels of tension, that may be because Tracy has other fish to fry here than simply raising the pulse rate of the reader. Lily Gilbert stumbles across the body of her husband Morey in a field, shot through the brain, her grief is matched by shock at the execution-style death. Soon, other murders are happening with the same ruthless precision: old people are being dispatched in the same cool-headed fashion, and the victims appear to have led lives that hardly invited their violent ends. Assigned to solve the deaths are Detectives Rolseth and Magozzi, two very different individuals whose quirky method of working together produces only fitful success--until they light upon the attractive Grace McBride, who has managed to live through a previous bout of bloodletting. But can Grace lead the duo to the answers before more people die? And what are the consequences of delving into some very dark secrets?
If the slow-burn tension here is more tantalisingly handled than in the first book, that doesn't bespeak a faltering grip on Tracy's part: the agenda here is clearly the steady, methodical accruing of detail (in terms of both plot and characterisation) that pays handsome dividends, even if Tracy stretches our patience to audacious limits. Once again, we have the brilliantly observed character building and Hitchcockian assaults on the reader's sensibility. The suspense now is… can the third Tracy novel top its predecessors? --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Slick, enjoyable thriller. PJ Tracy is about to become a household name (Daily Mirror )
Her second offering doesn't disappoint. Vivid scenes, realistic characters and humorous dialogue (Time Out ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Her second offering doesn't disappoint. Vivid scenes, realistic characters and humorous dialogue (Time Out ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I absolutely loved Want To Play and I couldn't wait to read Live Bait. The authors are really good at making their readers feel that they're right there in Minnesota and the recurring characters from the first book are given much more depth in this one. The story is fast paced and great fun to read. They've obviously put a lot of time into thinking up the plot and sub-plots. But without giving too much of the ending away, I'd have to say that it's a bit too far fetched even for me. I normally don't care too much about whether something could actually happen in real life, but in this case there is a certain point where the plot runs a risk of becoming comical, which is why I only give it 4 instead of the 5 stars I'd like to give it.
That said, it's a great page turner along the same lines as the first book and it had me glued to the pages until I'd finished it. I highly recommend it.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Live Bait is another writing success by the mother and daughter team that is P J Tracy.Detectives Magozzi and Rolseth(and all the others) return to solve a series of odd elderly killings.The first few chapters are dull compared to their previous novel, but as Live Bait progresses and as the case unfolds dramatically, the pace quickens.The characters in Live Bait are much better than those in Want to Play simply because they are more down-to-earth, but yet not.Live Bait deals with much deeper social issues than Want to play and shows the darker side of Homicide.As usual, the ending is tight and powerful.Deaths, shooting and honesty are the dish of the day and just like Want to play, the ending leaves you wanting more.Grace and the Monkeewrench crew are all here and thanks to an interview I read, the same characters, by which I mean Magozzi,Grace Macbride etc are all to star in 2 more books.Personally, P J Tracy need to do something different in their next book so as not to become stale, but I can't wait nonetheless...
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I enjoyed "Want to play?" alot but I think that this is slightly better, I could not but the book down. An excellent read. If you enjoyed the first you will love this.
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live bait
This was a riveting read that i read well past when i should have turned the light off. really good.
Published 15 months ago by lileen
P J Tracy fan...tastic
Great book, the first one was best but still a great read, so I bought their next one too!!!
Published on 14 Mar 2010 by D. Doubleday
Another thriller writer to the must buy list
As an avid follower of Coben, Child, McBride and similar, I had begun to run out of must buy thrillers and have now added pj tracy to the list. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2009 by Sharon-E
Likeable
A fairly straightforward and entertaining crime read. The writers make good use of the genre's elements of mystery, surprise and well-hidden plot twists. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2009 by Mr. G. Battle
Enjoyable Enough!
Enjoyable enough, but as with their first novel, the identity of the killer is WAY too obvious. They need more suspects. All in all, not bad. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2008 by Mr. D. I. Bennett
Nowhere near as good as want to play
This book was so boring I really struggled to finish it.Can't believe it was wrote by mother and daughter duo P.J Tracy.Nowhere near as good as want to play. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2008 by Jess Hearts Books
Truth unburied from the past is haunting and chilling
Mother and daughter writing team, Patricia and Traci Lambrecht follow up their successful debut with an even better story; to avoid awkward sentences I'll refer to them as one... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2008 by R. Nicholson-morton
A decent follow up
I bought this book having been turned on to crime/thriller novels by PJ Tracey's exceptional 'Want To Play'. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2008 by Rebecca
Enjoyable Crime Fiction
PJ Tracy is the pseudonym of the combination of a mother-daughter writing duo P.J. and Traci Lambrecht. It is certainly unusual if not unique. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2007 by J. Chippindale
Excellent follow up......
Having just read my way through the excellent 'Want to Play?' in record time, I decided not to wait and plough on with the follow up. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2007 by I. Paley
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