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Random Acts (Mass Market Paperback)

by Taylor Smith (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 442 pages
  • Publisher: Mira Books (22 Jan 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1551664313
  • ISBN-13: 978-1551664316
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.7 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,350,447 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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From the author of THE BEST OF ENEMIES, COMMON PASSIONS and GUILT BY SILENCE, a thriller in which a profiler of criminals, herself with a dark and secret past, is working on the case of a predator at large in California, but she in turn is the focus of a news correspondent determined to expose her shocking past.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Random choice - but a good one, 24 Jul 2003
By Julie Smart (Hook, Hampshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Random Acts (Paperback)
This is a gripping story with so many twists and turns that every time you think you've worked it out another twist proves you wrong. The main character, Claire Gillespie, is likeable and developped well throughout the book. Sometimes the side storylines detract from the main story, the random kidnapping of young children, and the momentum slips a little. I couldn't put it down though as I had to know what happened and that is the best measure of a great book. I shall now be reading Smith's other books as she has a great style - this one comes highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good., 3 Sep 1999
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Claire Gillespie was a top reporter on an overseas assignment when whe fell in love with an FBI agent, Michael Kazarian. When Claire accidentally broke his cover, Michael was murdered. During her next news assignment in California, she found out that Michael had been married! If just so happens that Michael's widow, Laurel Madden, was heading the case Claire was to cover about a serial killer targeting infants.

Claire was like a dog with a bone! She was out to prove Laurel a murderer. However, Michael's ex-partner, Dan Sprague, kept getting in the way.

***EXCITING! No John Grisham or Patricia Cornwell here, but well worth your time and money to read. Some stores have put this under Fiction, others Thriller, and still others as Romance. Well, the first two make sense. The last does not. Romance is such a small portion of this story. It is all Thriller!***

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2.0 out of 5 stars Was expecting fabulous, got mediocre, 22 Oct 1998
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What was it about Random Acts that just didn't click? I saw it recommended on a website or reviewed in a magazine as "Tight, exciting, romantic..." Well, it wasn't. It just didn't come together. The book pulled me in quickly enough (even though I hate plots that harm or exploit children), but then an equally intricate plot was introduced and there didn't seem to be any connection. When the plots and characters did finally come together in the end, the result was totally implausible. I wanted to feel sympathetic towards the characters but found them to be poorly developed and 2 dimensional. And there were WAY too many of them. This is Taylor Smith's 3rd or 4th book. I'm in no great hurry to read her others. Too bad - this proved to be quite a disappointment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down!
RANDOM ACTS is sometimes categorized as a romance novel, but there is no whiny heroine waiting to fall into the arms of her sinewy love interest here. Read more
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