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Heartstopper [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Joy Fielding (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Atria Books; Lrg edition (8 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0739480553
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743296380
  • ASIN: 0743296389
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 15.7 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,200,985 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars STARTLING TWISTS AND TURNS THEN A SURPRISE ENDING, 17 April 2007
By Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heartstopper (Hardcover)





Joy Fielding is masterful at crafting suspense driven novels (Mad River Road, Puppet, etc). With her latest, Heartstopper, she skillfully alternates narrative voices between the chilling journal entries of an unknown killer and the daily doings in Torrance, Florida (population: 4,160) as seen through the eyes of high school English teacher Sandy Crosbie.

First, we hear the voice of a brutal murderer, "The girl is waking up.......That her life is in danger will hit her all at once, with the sudden force of a giant, renegade wave, knocking her back on the small cot I've so thoughtfully provided, even as she struggles gamely to her feet. This is my favorite part. Even more than what comes later."

He's watching his victim, Liana Martin, through a tiny peephole in the wall of a bare basement room where she is imprisoned. She is pretty, very pretty, "a real heartstopper" as his grandfather used to say. As he smiles and watches he remembers his first victim, Candy, a runaway. After all, he had to practice on someone and he knew that she would not be missed. After killing Candy and dumping her body in a swamp he was ready for Liana.

As it happens, Liana was one of 25 students in Sandy's twelfth-grade English class. Although Sandy had suspected her doctor husband, Ian, of being unfaithful, she had no real proof. His suggestion that she and their two teenagers, Megan and Tim, move from their home in Rochester, New York, to Torrance, Florida, had come as a surprise. Torrance was the middle of nowhere, Alligator Alley. Nonetheless, she acquiesced little knowing that Ian had fallen for a woman he met on an Internet chat room, and was going there to continue the affair in person.

Continue it he did. Not too long after their arrival in Torrance he'd packed his suitcase and moved into an apartment across town from Sandy and close to the new love of his life, Kerri Franklin, "Barbie clone and Internet paramour extraordinaire." His desertion isn't missed by any of the wise-cracking kids in Sandy's class who don't hesitate to embarrass her. Even worse, Kerri's overweight daughter, Delilah, sits in the front row, a constant reminder of Ian's infidelity.

The disappearance of Liana is a bit more than taciturn sheriff John Weber can handle. He's preoccupied with his ranting wife and anorexic daughter.

Things heat up when Liana's body is found and before long eyes and accusations fall on Cal Hamilton, a wife beater and a lecherous science teacher.

Both are far too obvious suspects for this inventive author who startles us with twists and turns until the murderer is revealed.

Enjoy!

- Gail Cooke
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a true blue Joy Fielding fan, 8 Dec 2007
By Karina Bieniek - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heartstopper (Paperback)
having read, (& loved), everything she has written, this being no exception... I thought I knew who the culprit was fairly early, & I was right, which is the first time Joy has failed to completly surprise me in the end, but I still loved the book, Joy just has a way of writing that makes even a boring story interesting. she is most definatly one of, if not THE best mystery/suspense authors to date. I am very much looking forward to her next book! I would also recommend reading Tino Georgiou's masterful novel--The Fates. Highly enjoyable.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not so sure on the ending?, 6 July 2009
By N. M. Mcdonald "nmcdonald03" (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heartstopper (Paperback)
This book really held my attention from the start and I thought it was excellently written and, unlike other reviews, I had no idea of the murderer. However I felt the whole ending rather a rush and was left a bit deflated by it all. I certainly am going to read other Joy Fielding books and hope that the ending to those are a bit better.
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