Bleeding Heart [Import] [Unbound]

Martha Powers (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: Pocket Books (November 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0743211413
• ISBN-13: 978-0743211413
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Writing has always been a part of my life. In college I worked on the class musicals. My first job was in an advertising agency and I and a band of loonies wrote the twisted ads for the Christmas party. Then I worked on musical comedies for a theater group in Chicago and had a humor column in the local paper. I started writing romances but my heart belonged to the mystery genre and eventually I sold a suspense thriller to Simon & Schuster. I miss the humor writing so occasionally I write a column for the senior women's web online.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic plot & Characters, July 29, 2000

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bleeding Heart (Hardcover)

He carries an Everest load of guilt deep inside his gut. Grant Holbrook was too bored to watch his two and half-year-old nephew Tyler while his sister Beverly McKenzie went to the mall. Beverly took her son with her, but in the blink of an eye, the child was gone. Two and a half years later, Tyler remains missing.

At the Renaissance Fair in Delbrook, Wisconsin, Maggie Collier and her son Jake take plenty of pictures. Jake's grampa George had the film developed. He recognizes Tyler in the pictures and calls Grant, who immediately travels to Delbrook. However, before Grant arrives, someone kills George and steals the photos. Grant and Maggie exchange stories and begin to work close together to uncover the identity of a killer-kidnapper before someone else is hurt.

Martha Powers tells a grand story that brings fresh life through her deep characters to the lurking monster in human clothing thriller. BLEEDING HEART is a realistic, grim tale that could happen to any small child in any state when an organized, intelligent, but amoral warrior seeks its prey. Once started, there is no helper to stop every mother's worse nightmare from coming true as Martha Power's plot powerfully paints.

Harriet Klausner

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like Mary Higgins Clark--you'll love Martha Powers!, March 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bleeding Heart (Hardcover)

Martha Powers writes clean, powerful prose. She'll have you flicking on the lights and locking your doors as you rip through the final pages. A suspense novel is only as good as the build up, both of plot and characters, and Powers delivers.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT READ!, August 17, 2000

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Stony (Port Townsend, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bleeding Heart (Hardcover)

Martha Powers' book grips you from beginning to end. You instantly relate to Maggie's fears, vulnerabilities and inner strength. Tyler captures your heart from the start and you root for his little broken spirit throughout the entire book. A highly entertaining read that makes you wonder who is lurking in your own neighborhood.