Charley's Web [Paperback]

Joy Fielding (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847370438
• ISBN-13: 978-1847370433
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Joy Fielding is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Still Life, Charley's Web, Heartstopper, See Jane Run, and other acclaimed novels. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida.

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT FRIGHTENS CHARLEY, BUT....., March 23, 2008

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charley's Web (Audio CD)

Charley Webb is a successful single mom with what many might consider a dream job - she writes a column for the Palm Beach Post. What those who may envy her position may not realize is that along with the column comes not only kudos but also a lot of criticism. To date Charley has handled this well.

After unhappy, almost traumatic experiences, with those who are supposed to be near and dear she has isolated herself emotionally. So, when she hears from Jill Rohmer, a woman on Death Row convicted of murdering three young children, Charley thinks she can handle talking to her plus the idea of penning Jill's biography is pretty appealing. It would be the first literary effort for Charley and maybe a bestseller.

In all probability she didn't realize just how tricky dealing with a sick criminal mind can be because she soon discovers that Jill had an accomplice in the killings, a man equally deluded and dangerous. He is referred to as Jack but where he is or who he actually is Charley does not know.

What she does know and what terrifies her are the anonymous letters she begins to receive and the threats to her son.

Another can't-stop-listening-to thriller from Joy Fielding, and one more award worthy voice performance by the always remarkable Susan Ericksen.

- Gail Cooke

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fielding has done it again, March 20, 2008

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Mary K. Colucci (Manasquan, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charley's Web: A Novel (Hardcover)

And now I have to wait another whole year for her "latest." I finished CHARLEY'S WEB earlier this afternoon, and my heart is still beating fast. The author is a master at creating credible psychological suspense. Fielding's characters are flawed -- I didn't particularly admire Charley, certainly did not like her long-lost/recently found mother, etc., but as usual I could not put the book down. Fielding's characters STAY with you, and even if the mystery wanes, one is drawn to the characters. Suspense is the name of her game, and no one can build it, and certainly end it, like Joy Fielding.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Joy Fielding Always Delivers, May 4, 2009

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Kathy-Diane Leveille - See all my reviews

This review is from: Charley's Web: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

Joy Fielding has done it again. This book, as with her previous novels, has just the right combination of suspense, romance, pathos and humor to keep you hooked from page one through to the end. A warning to the faint hearted: The details of a child murder committed by the prisoner that the protagonist interviews are grisly. It's a tough subject to tackle in fiction and I admire Fielding's courage in trying.