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4.0 out of 5 stars
Meet Jack Donne
Deadly Vintage introduces the reader to Jack Donne, former treasury agent, now a partner in the family wine business. He is pulled back into investigation (with some fatherly urging)in order to find out who is counterfeiting wine. Once on the trail, he becomes involved in a nasty family rivalry and some even nastier deaths. A good introduction to a new series. The...
Published on July 10, 2000 by Bonnie E. Powell
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Couldn't finish it
The setting was great but the arrogance of the main character, a former BATF agent, was too much to overcome. The plot and dialogue pause too often for paragraphs of telling us how fabulous this guy is and how people dote on him. I kept waiting to be shown why -- and it never happened. I abandoned this book 40 pages before it ended and put it in a free lending...
Published on December 4, 1999
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Couldn't finish it, December 4, 1999
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This review is from: Deadly Vintage (A Jack Donne Mystery) (Paperback)
The setting was great but the arrogance of the main character, a former BATF agent, was too much to overcome. The plot and dialogue pause too often for paragraphs of telling us how fabulous this guy is and how people dote on him. I kept waiting to be shown why -- and it never happened. I abandoned this book 40 pages before it ended and put it in a free lending library!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Meet Jack Donne, July 10, 2000
This review is from: Deadly Vintage (A Jack Donne Mystery) (Paperback)
Deadly Vintage introduces the reader to Jack Donne, former treasury agent, now a partner in the family wine business. He is pulled back into investigation (with some fatherly urging)in order to find out who is counterfeiting wine. Once on the trail, he becomes involved in a nasty family rivalry and some even nastier deaths. A good introduction to a new series. The reader meets Jack Donne and moves to the crime solution at a steady pace. I intend to keep reading this series!!
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