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Top Five New York Times Bestselling author with her best thriller yet
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When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a ‘Have You Seen This Child?’ flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops. The child in the photo looks exactly like her adopted son, Will. All her instincts tell her to deny the similarity between her son and the photo, for she knows his adoption was lawful. But she’s a journalist and can’t stop thinking about the image until she figures out the truth. Moreover, she can’t shake off the question: if Will rightfully belongs to someone else, should she keep him or give him up? As she investigates, uncovering clues no one was meant to discover, she digs too deep, endangering her own life – and that of the son she loves. In this emotionally charged, heart-pounding thriller Lisa Scottoline has broken new ground. Look Again examines the very essence of parenthood and raises a question that will haunt readers long after they have finished the last page: ‘What would I do?’
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
To me, the best novels require you to live inside the narrator's skin and feel her or his situation personally. Where Ms. Scottoline's lawyer stories entertain with attractive characters and interesting problems, Look Again grabs you by the throat and never lets go. It's a wild ride.
It's difficult to write about this story without providing lots of spoilers. I think I've avoided that fault better than the jacket cover's copy does. So please bear with me if I'm not very forthcoming about the details of the story.
Ellen Gleeson is a reporter who feels the pain of her subjects. In one case, she took an extraordinary step and adopted a very sick youngster (with an armload of unpaid medical bills) whom she had met during a story, despite being far from wealthy and unmarried. By now little Will, now recovered and healthy, has become her whole life.
The ground starts to shake when she looks at a flyer advertising missing children and sees an age-updated image that looks just like Will. It's a bad time to be distracted. Her employer is about to lay off newsroom staff and Ellen needs the job. A colleague seems to be out to undercut her.
But wouldn't you be just a little bit curious? So was she. And her curiosity drew her deeper into a dilemma about what the right thing is to do. Should she look further? Should she contact the parents? Should she just drop the whole thing?
As a reporter, she has research skills and nerve that would put most of us to shame. How will she solve the mystery? What will she discover?
Throughout the book, you'll be imagining your children at three and how you would feel if you had adopted them and doubt began to grow in your mind about whose child he or she is. It's a very unsettling feeling.
The writing isn't nearly as good as the premise for this story, but it's good enough to sustain an intense emotional experience . . . one I'm glad that I never had to live through.
Count your blessings and thank God for them!
It's difficult to write about this story without providing lots of spoilers. I think I've avoided that fault better than the jacket cover's copy does. So please bear with me if I'm not very forthcoming about the details of the story.
Ellen Gleeson is a reporter who feels the pain of her subjects. In one case, she took an extraordinary step and adopted a very sick youngster (with an armload of unpaid medical bills) whom she had met during a story, despite being far from wealthy and unmarried. By now little Will, now recovered and healthy, has become her whole life.
The ground starts to shake when she looks at a flyer advertising missing children and sees an age-updated image that looks just like Will. It's a bad time to be distracted. Her employer is about to lay off newsroom staff and Ellen needs the job. A colleague seems to be out to undercut her.
But wouldn't you be just a little bit curious? So was she. And her curiosity drew her deeper into a dilemma about what the right thing is to do. Should she look further? Should she contact the parents? Should she just drop the whole thing?
As a reporter, she has research skills and nerve that would put most of us to shame. How will she solve the mystery? What will she discover?
Throughout the book, you'll be imagining your children at three and how you would feel if you had adopted them and doubt began to grow in your mind about whose child he or she is. It's a very unsettling feeling.
The writing isn't nearly as good as the premise for this story, but it's good enough to sustain an intense emotional experience . . . one I'm glad that I never had to live through.
Count your blessings and thank God for them!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book whilst in the States last week - and have now finished it in 2 days because I couldn't put it down. The subject matter will make all mothers hold their kids extra close. The first reviewer has said it all, really. I've enjoyed all Lisa's books featuring Mary DiNunzio (the wise-cracking is particularly appealing) so once I realised that Look Again is actually a stand-alone story I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy it.
Even half-way down the first page I realised I'd probably struck gold and the reviews saying that this is her best book so far aren't so far off the mark.
So, if you've always enjoyed her novels about DiNunzio and friends, don't worry that you might not like Look Again so much - it's ace!
Even half-way down the first page I realised I'd probably struck gold and the reviews saying that this is her best book so far aren't so far off the mark.
So, if you've always enjoyed her novels about DiNunzio and friends, don't worry that you might not like Look Again so much - it's ace!
Format:Paperback
"Look Again" is a standalone femme-oriented mystery/ thriller by bestselling American crime author/attorney Lisa Scottoline, set in her home town of Philadelphia. Her familiarity with that city surely informs this book and gives it a somewhat realistic flavor, as does her familiarity with the law. However, if ever a book could be described as a chick lit mystery, this one surely can.
Philadelphia single mother/ features reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail and almost throws it away. Then she looks again, and realizes the age-progressed child in the photo, Timothy Braverman, who's been missing from his Florida home for two years, ever since a kidnap that went wrong, looks much too much like her adopted son, Will, whom she adopted after doing a series on pediatric cardiac care in that historic city.. She knows that it's one of the adoptive parents' worst fears; an undisclosed illegality that overturns a seemingly legal adoption. Gleeson knows her adoption of Will complied with the law, and it is her instinct to deny the similarity between the boys. But she's a journalist, she respects the truth, and she's accustomed to digging for it. However, she can't help but know what the bottom line will be: if Will rightfully belongs to someone else, should she keep him or give him up?
The book is surely a departure from the author's popular Rosato & Associates series, but you could say the author is remaining in the world she knows best: Philadelphia, for sure. Female drama, and family ties. The law. Scottoline writes well, her narrative and descriptive work is fine. She does a good job of giving us Philadelphia in its brutal winter. Florida in its equally brutal 90 degree version of winter, too, in a brief interlude; she's gone down to tropic climes to get a first hand look at Timothy Braverman's parents. Nevertheless, I'm kind of stunned by the way she allocates her time in this book. It's about 85% chick lit, mother and child, interpersonal relationships, etc., and a thin, almost extraneous mystery shoehorned in, wrapped up very quickly and tightly. I'm not even sure LOOK belongs on a mystery publisher's imprint, or the library/book store's mystery shelf. On the other hand, it is a quick and easy read if that's what you prefer. I had little sympathy with it, but did read it at a day's sitting: guess it would be a good beach read.
Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of seventeen novels including her most recent,Lady Killer, and also writes a weekly column, called Chick Wit, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Scottoline is surely highly intelligent, a good lawyer and a good writer. She has won many honors and awards, including the Edgar Award, given for excellence in crime fiction, and the Fun Fearless Female Award from Cosmopolitan Magazine. She graduated magna cum laude in three years from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.A. degree in English; her concentration was Contemporary American Fiction, taught by Philip Roth and others. She graduated cum laude from the University Of Pennsylvania Law School. She remains a lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area.
Philadelphia single mother/ features reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail and almost throws it away. Then she looks again, and realizes the age-progressed child in the photo, Timothy Braverman, who's been missing from his Florida home for two years, ever since a kidnap that went wrong, looks much too much like her adopted son, Will, whom she adopted after doing a series on pediatric cardiac care in that historic city.. She knows that it's one of the adoptive parents' worst fears; an undisclosed illegality that overturns a seemingly legal adoption. Gleeson knows her adoption of Will complied with the law, and it is her instinct to deny the similarity between the boys. But she's a journalist, she respects the truth, and she's accustomed to digging for it. However, she can't help but know what the bottom line will be: if Will rightfully belongs to someone else, should she keep him or give him up?
The book is surely a departure from the author's popular Rosato & Associates series, but you could say the author is remaining in the world she knows best: Philadelphia, for sure. Female drama, and family ties. The law. Scottoline writes well, her narrative and descriptive work is fine. She does a good job of giving us Philadelphia in its brutal winter. Florida in its equally brutal 90 degree version of winter, too, in a brief interlude; she's gone down to tropic climes to get a first hand look at Timothy Braverman's parents. Nevertheless, I'm kind of stunned by the way she allocates her time in this book. It's about 85% chick lit, mother and child, interpersonal relationships, etc., and a thin, almost extraneous mystery shoehorned in, wrapped up very quickly and tightly. I'm not even sure LOOK belongs on a mystery publisher's imprint, or the library/book store's mystery shelf. On the other hand, it is a quick and easy read if that's what you prefer. I had little sympathy with it, but did read it at a day's sitting: guess it would be a good beach read.
Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of seventeen novels including her most recent,Lady Killer, and also writes a weekly column, called Chick Wit, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Scottoline is surely highly intelligent, a good lawyer and a good writer. She has won many honors and awards, including the Edgar Award, given for excellence in crime fiction, and the Fun Fearless Female Award from Cosmopolitan Magazine. She graduated magna cum laude in three years from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.A. degree in English; her concentration was Contemporary American Fiction, taught by Philip Roth and others. She graduated cum laude from the University Of Pennsylvania Law School. She remains a lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area.
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A page turner
A page turning read, but predictable and a bit far fetched in places. This is the first Lisa Scottoline book I have read and I understand she normally writes from a legal... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Freckles
heartbreaking
a really enjoyable read with plenty of twist and turns.just as you thought you guessed what was going on another twist.first book i have read by this author ,will read more.
Published 13 months ago by schoolescort
Page turner
I was recommended Look Again by a friend. I've not read any other books by Ms Scottoline, but might have to go look some more up, because this was a real page turner. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Lisa Hinsley
Look Again
Briefly, this is a very enjoyable read with an interesting plot, which makes a pleasant change from the majority of crime novels which are largely based along similar lines. Read more
Published 21 months ago by crime reader
A cracking good book!
This is a change from Lisa's typical court/dramas. I think in a way it is her best novel. It's honest and hugely emotional, with very real characters who you care about, and will... Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2009 by Ms. S. G. Kerr
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