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Cruel intent / J.A. Jance.
Determined to prove Bryan's innocence, Ali unknowingly lands herself directly in the path of a calculating killer. In a world filled encrypted computer traps and life-threatening lies, will Ali be able to decode the actions of a ruthless man determined to destroy women - before he uses his wicked website to find her?.
On the SingleatHeart.com dating site, bored housewives can find romance with married men looking for sex without strings. But these “married singles” are flirting with more than just their vows—at the heart of this salacious service, a vengeful computer hacker is playing games with people’s lives...and deaths. Ex-television journalist Ali Reynolds just wants a break from excitement. In the midst of a remodel on her home, the last thing she expects is a murder investigation that will stop the construction. But when the savagely murdered body of stay-at-home mom Morgan Forester is found, Ali’s contractor Bryan is the prime suspect. Bryan swears he has nothing to do with his wife’s murder—but as the investigation progresses, Ali seems to be the only resident of Sedona who believes him. Determined to prove Bryan’s innocence, Ali unknowingly lands herself directly in the path of a calculating killer. In a world filled with encrypted computer traps and life-threatening lies, will Ali be able to decode the actions of a ruthless man determined to destroy women—before he uses his wicked website to find her?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781416563792
- ISBN: 9781416566359 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 1416563792
- Physical Description: 375 p. ; 17 cm.
- Edition: 1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
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| General Note: | "A Touchstone book." |
| Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
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| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. Suspense fiction. Suspense fiction. Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Salmo Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Salmo Public Library | PBK FIC JAN (Text) | 35163000021316 | Paperback Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
More information
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2008 October #1
During a career that started in the mid-1980s, Jance has honed her talent for writing entertaining, accessible mysteries that readers can zip through in a weekend. That's certainly the case with her latest Ali Reynolds novel, a lightweight mystery about fortysomething Reynolds, a magnet for trouble, who apparently just wants to get on with ordinary life. The suspense part comes in the form of one Peter Winter, who introduces himself as the novel opens, quickly revealing that his favorite pastimes are identity theft and bludgeoning women who visit his Web site, Singleatheart.com. When Ali's contractor is suspected of murdering his wife, Ali's loyalty to him kicks in and, predictably, her support and her curiosity compromise her own safety as well as that of others she holds dear. Characters introduced previously are accorded a bit more definition here (especially Ali's mother, who proves that, as well as being pushy, she's just as resourceful and brave as her daughter). Consider this as mostly a pleasant diversion for backyard or beach rather than a thrilling page-turner. Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2008 October #1
Can an exâTV anchorwoman find happiness rehabbing her fixer-upper while a serial killer stalks the premises?In the aftermath of severe emotional traumaâthe loss of career, her husband and nearly her life (Web of Evil, 2007)âAli Reynolds has spent considerable time trying to put herself together again. Now she's tackling a similar reconstruction job on Arabella Ashcroft's beat-up old mansion. She sees the house as both a fixer-upper and a starter-over, "as her personal rehabilitation project." What with one thing and another, however, the job has been progressing at a Blandings-like pace. Suddenly it comes to a dead stop when Morgan Forester, the cheating wife of Ali's head contractor Bryan Forester, is brutally murdered, an unsettling development compounded by Bryan's arrest. Not only do the cops like Bryan in the role of homicidal husband, but apparently the entire population of Sedona, Ariz., does as wellâall except for Ali, that formidable majority of one. Where others see evidence, she sees a frame-up. That's fortunate for Bryan and just too bad for a certain brilliant but overmatched serial killer from out of left field.Jance's good guys can be maddeningly virtuous, her villains double-dyed, her prose no more polished than See Spot Run, but none of that matters to her fan base because this veteran of 37 novels has the knack. Copyright Kirkus 2008 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2008 September #5
As if remodeling an old mansion near picturesque Sedona, Ariz., isn't stress enough for Ali Reynolds, the plucky former TV newscaster must also deal with cybernetic lonely hearts, frustrated lust and murder in bestseller Jance's uneven fourth Ali Reynolds thriller (after Hand of Evil ). After serial killer Peter Winter claims his fifth victim, who happens to be the unfaithful wife of Ali's contractor, Bryan Forester, homicide detective Dave Holman suspects Bryan did it. At considerable personal risk, Ali has to clear Bryan in order to get her house ready for Thanksgiving dinner with her gossipy, meddling mother, Edie; her son, Chris; Chris's amputee fiance; sometime boyfriend Holman; and the rest of her cozily predictable entourage. A too conveniently noted license plate number and some unlikely Taser-wielding by Edie undermine credibility. Still, Jance's trademark breathless pace compensates for stale situations and shallow characterizations. Author tour. (Dec.)
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