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Set in the suburbs of simmering Los Angeles, NEVER FEAR is a fast-paced thriller featuring Alex Delillo, detective and single mother, which proves that Scott Frost is an exciting new addition to the crime arena.
Seventeen years ago, three young women were murdered; their bodies dumped in the wasteland of the Los Angeles River. The serial killer was never found. Now Lieutenant Alex Delillo is forced to re-open the case after the brother she never knew existed, a private investigator, is found murdered. As Alex gets closer to the truth behind her brother’s murder, alarming flashbacks from her childhood start to plague her and she realises that the truth may lie closer to her life than she could have ever imagined. Alex will have to reach deep into her past to uncover the truth behind the killings and will have to use all her resources if she is to find out the truth before those that want to cover it up find her.
Seventeen years ago, three young women were murdered; their bodies dumped in the wasteland of the Los Angeles River. The serial killer was never found. Now Lieutenant Alex Delillo is forced to re-open the case after the brother she never knew existed, a private investigator, is found murdered. As Alex gets closer to the truth behind her brother’s murder, alarming flashbacks from her childhood start to plague her and she realises that the truth may lie closer to her life than she could have ever imagined. Alex will have to reach deep into her past to uncover the truth behind the killings and will have to use all her resources if she is to find out the truth before those that want to cover it up find her.
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Scott Frost is a screenwriter whose credits include Twin Peaks and The X-Files. He lives in Los Angeles.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was fantastic! I was hooked immediatly and could hardly bring myself to put it down in order to do tedious things like go to work. The story grabs you from the start and twists and turns all the way through, keeping you mesmerised until the very last page. The characters are realistic and engaging, with Alex Delillo making mistakes and being scared and human rather than some kind of super cop. The plot is original and well developed. One of the VERY BEST crime novels I have read in a long, long time - can't wait for the next one.
Format:Paperback
There are some novels which people buy in good numbers but which seem not be reviewed very much. At the time of writing this review I am only the second person to offer a viewpoint.
I didn't really get a great deal of enjoyment from this crime thriller. It's just too slow, too pedantic in the way the author sets out the investigation by his protagonist, Alex Delillo. Naturally enough for most current books in this genre, she has a troubled past, brought back into her daily routine by the sudden knowledge that she has a half-brother, regrettably now deceased. She also has a father, long gone who little by little becomes yet another hateful figure from Delillo's past. Poor girl. I can see now why it took four pages for the author to describe how difficult it was for her to undress and get into a bath whilst suffering a couple of cracked ribs.
At this point, I regret I lost most of my interest in the story.
I did soldier on to the end, if only to see if my suspicions about who did what to whom were substantiated which, since they were, made it a rather dreary read.
I've noticed, too, that quite a few current authors try to use the same format as Chandler and MacDonald in setting the scene in just a few simple sentences. For the old masters it worked very well. Here, it doesn't quite hit the spot and what might have been an evocative setting becomes just another downtown murder scene or even a riverside dumping ground.
Having said all this, I look forward to another book from this author in the hope that he speeds up the dynamism of his detectives and gives his characters just a bit more backbone. Two cracked ribs? Give me a break (pun intended).
I didn't really get a great deal of enjoyment from this crime thriller. It's just too slow, too pedantic in the way the author sets out the investigation by his protagonist, Alex Delillo. Naturally enough for most current books in this genre, she has a troubled past, brought back into her daily routine by the sudden knowledge that she has a half-brother, regrettably now deceased. She also has a father, long gone who little by little becomes yet another hateful figure from Delillo's past. Poor girl. I can see now why it took four pages for the author to describe how difficult it was for her to undress and get into a bath whilst suffering a couple of cracked ribs.
At this point, I regret I lost most of my interest in the story.
I did soldier on to the end, if only to see if my suspicions about who did what to whom were substantiated which, since they were, made it a rather dreary read.
I've noticed, too, that quite a few current authors try to use the same format as Chandler and MacDonald in setting the scene in just a few simple sentences. For the old masters it worked very well. Here, it doesn't quite hit the spot and what might have been an evocative setting becomes just another downtown murder scene or even a riverside dumping ground.
Having said all this, I look forward to another book from this author in the hope that he speeds up the dynamism of his detectives and gives his characters just a bit more backbone. Two cracked ribs? Give me a break (pun intended).
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
LA's Burning and Bodies are Filling the River - but wait - there's More!
19 Aug 2006
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I've always found Los Angeles the perfect setting for crime novels: the sprawling city of contrasting seediness and glitz, mean streets and the meaner people living in them, plastic Hollywood sleaze mixing with the grit of rundown residential hotels, suntanned surfers and sunburned loners of the eastern high desert. Raymond Chandler started it all and is still the master, Robert Crais does LA best today (though some - not me - would argue Michael Connolly), but give Scott Frost credit - "Never Fear" stacks right in there with the best of LA noir.
Alex Delillo is a Pasadena homicide detective who is told that a body found in the LA River is that of her brother. Problem is, Delillo doesn't have a brother - or at least she didn't think so - leading her down a path uncovering the shady past of her long-estranged father, a serial killer of nearly two decades ago, and the obligatory crooked cops of the LAPD. This is an intelligent and complex novel, which, if there is a problem with Scott Frost's second novel, it is the sheer volume of subs, subplots, and distractions. Poor Alex, who's only recently recovering from a psycho's failed attempt to blow up her daughter, must now deal with a dead brother she's never met, a dad who may have been a serial killer, a neurotic mother, while facing down what feels at time like the entire Los Angeles police force. And somebody's trying to kill her - again. Meanwhile, the hills of LA are burning, threatening to take the entire city down. Got all that?
So yeah, this is ambitious, but it works, and kept me pretty much glued to the pages to the flaming end. Frost is a screenwriter, and it shows in the rapid pace that doesn't tolerate boredom, delivered in the hip, comfortable style you'd expect from LA. This was my first Scott Frost, but it's good enough for me to go back and check out his well-received debut, "Run the Risk".
Alex Delillo is a Pasadena homicide detective who is told that a body found in the LA River is that of her brother. Problem is, Delillo doesn't have a brother - or at least she didn't think so - leading her down a path uncovering the shady past of her long-estranged father, a serial killer of nearly two decades ago, and the obligatory crooked cops of the LAPD. This is an intelligent and complex novel, which, if there is a problem with Scott Frost's second novel, it is the sheer volume of subs, subplots, and distractions. Poor Alex, who's only recently recovering from a psycho's failed attempt to blow up her daughter, must now deal with a dead brother she's never met, a dad who may have been a serial killer, a neurotic mother, while facing down what feels at time like the entire Los Angeles police force. And somebody's trying to kill her - again. Meanwhile, the hills of LA are burning, threatening to take the entire city down. Got all that?
So yeah, this is ambitious, but it works, and kept me pretty much glued to the pages to the flaming end. Frost is a screenwriter, and it shows in the rapid pace that doesn't tolerate boredom, delivered in the hip, comfortable style you'd expect from LA. This was my first Scott Frost, but it's good enough for me to go back and check out his well-received debut, "Run the Risk".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fast paced and page turning - great characters
20 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback
I loved this book. Fast paced, great characters, well written. I loved the interaction between the two main characters Alex Dililloi and Harrison. I loved the way it moved and the storyline. This was along the lines of Jonathon Kellerman for me in terms of style and pace. I can't wait to track down some more books from this author.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Get your running shoes out for this one
28 Feb 2007
Format:Hardcover
From the first page, this book is a fast-paced non-stop book of twists and turns. With a backdrop of LA, and the surrounding area, throw in fires, corruption of the police department, secrets at every corner, and you have a great read.
I had a hard time putting this book down even to sleep. Our heroine finds she has a brother she never knew existed, a father who may or may not have been a murderer, a mother with secrets of her own, and then there are the dreams and memories that haunt Alex Delillo as she tries to unravel all the little cords to get to the truth of what did or did not happen.
She is trying to solve her brother's murder, not her jurisdiction, solve the 17 year old murders of the River Killer, old stuff, not her jurisdiction, and find the father she can barely remember, who may or may not be alive. Along the way, the body count increases and each one seems to lead nowhere. Putting it altogether is a jigsaw puzzle of pieces spread all over California.
And to top it off, she is thinking of having an affair with her partner, definitely not a good career move for either one.
We have all the elements of a good mystery: murder, mayhem, missing files, missing persons, reluctant witnesses, dirty cops, coveups, its all packed into 289 pages of high energy, running out of time detective work.
And the story line ends with the promise of another book to follow. We have to know how this one ends, eventually.
I had a hard time putting this book down even to sleep. Our heroine finds she has a brother she never knew existed, a father who may or may not have been a murderer, a mother with secrets of her own, and then there are the dreams and memories that haunt Alex Delillo as she tries to unravel all the little cords to get to the truth of what did or did not happen.
She is trying to solve her brother's murder, not her jurisdiction, solve the 17 year old murders of the River Killer, old stuff, not her jurisdiction, and find the father she can barely remember, who may or may not be alive. Along the way, the body count increases and each one seems to lead nowhere. Putting it altogether is a jigsaw puzzle of pieces spread all over California.
And to top it off, she is thinking of having an affair with her partner, definitely not a good career move for either one.
We have all the elements of a good mystery: murder, mayhem, missing files, missing persons, reluctant witnesses, dirty cops, coveups, its all packed into 289 pages of high energy, running out of time detective work.
And the story line ends with the promise of another book to follow. We have to know how this one ends, eventually.
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