Customer Reviews

The Cove (FBI Thriller)

5 star:		(34)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(11)
1 star:		(33)

 

 

I bought this book in an airport because the back sounded good. It was such an enthralling read I didn't put it down once - thank goodness it was an overseas flight so that I didn't have to wait to end the suspense!

I kept trying to guess what was going on but couldn't. I knew something was up with those old people, but I never suspected what was really going down until the end. It was quite shocking. And the bits in the insane asylum scared the ... out of me.

As for the hero, I adored John Quinlan. Catherine loves Savitch and puts him in every single book, but John Quinlan is MY first love, and I wish he were in more of them!

On the strength of this book, I went out and bought The Maze. It was so good I bought all of her other books! ... If you don't read anything else by Catherine Coulter, though, read this. It's worth your time!

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The Cove is a little town made up only of old folk who sell the World's Greatest Ice Cream. Everything is picture perfect. No potholes, no peeling paint, and flowers everywhere. Sally's Aunt Amabel lived in The Cove. It was to Amabel she ran when she escaped the mental institute. Everyone believed she had murdered her father and was insane.
FBI Special Agent James Quinlan comes into town to find Sally. His cover is as a private investigator sent to check out the death of a couple of elderly tourist who had disappeared near The Cove three years before. He asked questions never knowing what he would uncover and how it indirectly linked to Sally. James soon realized that Sally was not crazy at all. But she IS the key to everything.
***The suspense, mysteries, and close calls are nonstop in this one! Catherine Coulter has turned me into a big fan! The Maze takes a subcharacter from this book and gives him his own story. I can hardly wait to read it. Ms Coulter, in my humble opinion, could very well be the Queen Of Romantic Suspense.***

If you are looking for a mystery, with a little romance thrown in, pick up The Cove. It is the story of Sally Brainerd and FBI Special Agent James Quinlan. Get involved in the twists and turns of the mystery of who killed Amory St. John, Sally's dear papa. Learn about the history and the present as Sally knows it. Be ready for the many cases of the FBI that all connect at the end in a very unique way. I have read this book three times, I like to think of it as once for each mystery. I enjoyed it throughly. It is the first of Coulter's comtemporary books I have read, and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the "FBI" series, as I call them.

I am sorry I have to give this book a star. I have to put it into the category of the worst I have ever read. A friend (I now question the friendship!) recommended Catherine Coulter and lent me her copy of The Cove. The book began in a fairly intersting tone, but I found I was always waiting for something to really happen! The characters have absolutely no depth and as for Sally St. John, she is an insult to the world of fictional characters! The dialogue amazed me in this book; I had the feeling that a 12 year old had written it, although if that were true, it probably would have been more sophisticated. Anyone who enjoyed this novel must not have much reading experience. It was written on a 3rd grade level, full of bad grammar, cliches and poorly connected dialogue. I felt like the characters were very uneducated, even though a special agent would not be and Sally supposedly worked on Capitol Hill. What a joke! This is my first and last Coulter.

THE COVE was the first Coulter book I read. I was visiting a family member recently, and she thought I might be interested in this book. She knew me too well! I finished the book on the return flight, and couldn't wait to get to a bookstore to pick up the next two (The Maze and The Target). The Cove was full of suspense, twists and turns and even though I suspicioned that the ending would be different, it still through me for a loop!

This book really grabbed my attention, and now Catherine Coulter has become one of my favorite authors.

I ordered this book from a book club back in high school, and I'm still not sick of it! (I read it at least twice a year) It was the first Catherine Coulter book I read, and I was immediately hooked! I recently read the rest of the series from the library, and while they were also awesome, this is still my favorite. I loved Sally and Quinlan; they were two of the best fiction characters I've ever read. The ending really creeped me out-who would have imagined?? But enough about that-if I say anymore I'll give it away... if you haven't read this book, it's a MUST-HAVE!!

Whenever I am off from school and have nothing better to do, I either go to the bookstore or the library and get a pile of Catherine Coulter books. Unfortunately, this time I got my hands on "The Cove". I was a bit taken aback from the very beginning, because the hero was not given any depth. Random thoughts and descriptions of other peoples' perception of the man were the only clue given to the reader about his personality. It would have been funny had it not been so painfully annoying and boring. The heroine was a very odd character. She had no depth and all I could discern about her was that she was confused and acted pretty stupid, despite Coulter's attempts at infusing some intelligence into the woman. I would recommend that no one read this book, because it will probably only result in a headache and a lot of wasted time. Read the "Bride" series by Coulter. Those books actually seem like romance novels.

and had to read the others in this series. Very much enjoyed the charachters of Dillon, Quinlan and Sally. I am giving this book 4 stars because I find the violence disturbing at times. I couldn't even get through "Beyond Eden".

I know some people don't like these books. Maybe they should stick to kids books. I have read 5 of them. I can't wait for another one to come out. I think Catherine has done a great job with research. That takes a lot of time. I work in law enforcement and everything in those books is an eye opener. Because any of it can come true.

I read The Cove when it first came out but did not know I could write a review. I was fasinated with the book because I couldn't second guess what was going to happen next. I read ALL Catherine Coulter's "The" books in the order they came out and The Cove and The Maze are my favorites.

Also, I've read all your posted reviews and must stress to your readers that Catherine Coulter is a romance writer, not a Steven King. I like romance for the "romance/sex" hoping for a good story line and this one has it.

Happy reading.