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4.0 out of 5 stars
Well done!, August 4, 2009
This review is from: Cold Midnight (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)
Ten years ago Kylie McKay was a young tennis-prodigy. Her competitive tennis career ended when two people brutally attacked her and shattered her knee with a baseball bat. Kylie left Kendall Falls, Florida, in an attempt to forget everyone and everything, including the young man she loved, Chase Manning.
Now Kylie has returned to Kendall Falls. She is building a tennis center for her old neighborhood. But a saboteur has been making things difficult. When a wrapped baseball bat is dug up at the construction site, Kylie recognizes it as the weapon used against her ten years ago. One of the two detectives that come to the construction site is Chase.
Kylie's assault is one of the main things that made Chase decide to become a cop. Events begin to escalate and Chase has no doubt that Kylie's life is in danger. Though the attraction between them still blazes, Chase is determined to keep her at arms length. That should not be too hard since Kylie seems to be just as determined to keep away from him. Besides, evidence is beginning to point at someone she cares for.
**** FOUR STARS! This story caught my interest quickly by starting out with Chase arriving at the construction site after the bat had been excavated. The tension runs high throughout the entire story and the drama is terrific. Most of the characters are well developed and I found them to be totally believable. Well crafted and intriguing. ****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Great mystery; failed romance, November 9, 2009
This review is from: Cold Midnight (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)
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I loved the suspense/thriller aspects of Joyce Lamb's Cold Midnight. The utter brutality of Kylie's attack immediately elicits the reader's sympathy, and the idea that after ten years her horror might not be over is exactly the kind of mystery that begs to be solved! Chase is absolutely determined to finally close this cold case. There are plenty of red herrings in this mess to keep you guessing until the end, and when you figure out whodunnit, it'll only add to the tension.
Unfortunately, the romance didn't measure up to the suspense, nor did some of the other character aspects of the book. There are a couple of side characters who show up early on and then vanish except for one or two tiny appearances later on. Kylie's tightly-controlled and closed-off emotions might have been realistic given her circumstances, but they were too drawn out. They also seemed to be used solely as an excuse to allow Chase to be sexually/romantically pushy and bruising, treating Kaylie's "no" as "yes" because he believed it was for her own good. Ugh.
As suspense and mystery stories go, I really enjoyed this one. But I just didn't find the romance particularly engrossing, believable, or enjoyable--if anything it detracted from the rest of the story.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Cold Midnight, April 25, 2010
This review is from: Cold Midnight (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)
An intriguing mystery,about a young women tennis player ,who retired after a brutal attack on her life ten years ago . Her former lover a detective reopens her case ten years on and the mystery keeps readers on their toes. Nice romentic mystery. Michael Tsapazis author of "Zion and the Magic Sword"
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