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Just finished No Second Chance by Harlan Coben. In this novel, a doctor is nearly killed when he and his wife are shot in their home, and their six month old daughter is missing. His wife dies, but he barely survives. The leads to his daughter start going cold until a ransom demand is finally received. When the police get involved, the suspected kidnappers disappear with the money and no trace of the daughter is found. The police start suspecting that the doctor might just be involved in all this activity, and he has to prove his innocence at the same time he's trying to find out if his daughter is still alive.
If I go much further, I'll start to give things away. I can say that it's a good read and worth the time.
Next up... A trip into the supernatural world of Dean Koontz with his latest... The Face
Just finished No Second Chance by Harlan Coben. In this novel, a doctor is nearly killed when he and his wife are shot in their home, and their six month old daughter is missing. His wife dies, but he barely survives. The leads to his daughter start going cold until a ransom demand is finally received. When the police get involved, the suspected kidnappers disappear with the money and no trace of the daughter is found. The police start suspecting that the doctor might just be involved in all this activity, and he has to prove his innocence at the same time he's trying to find out if his daughter is still alive.
If I go much further, I'll start to give things away. I can say that it's a good read and worth the time.
Next up... A trip into the supernatural world of Dean Koontz with his latest... The Face
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Posted by Tom Duff At 09:52:05 On 20/06/2003 | - Website - |
For example, I remember a "scene" if you will from The Regulators (written under his pen name Richard Bachman) where he describes how a demon takes over a women and makes her drink an entire jar of sue-bee honey.
... the way he described it, you'd wonder how he did the "research".
Posted by Chris Toohey At 09:56:09 On 20/06/2003 | - Website - |
That has to be one of my biggest pet peeves in literature and cinema - when a plot has been established, but the writers almost fail to "go the distance".
A perfect example of this, for me, is the movie Event Horizon. Excellent idea, bad execution.
Posted by Chris Toohey At 09:33:51 On 20/06/2003 | - Website - |