Don't Go Home [Paperback]

Janelle Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2003

Newly divorced school teacher Mia Anderson is looking forward to exploring her identity without her exhusband's criticism. But a frantic call from her much wilder twin Margo suddenly plunges Mia into her sister's life, which Margot has fled - leaving a dead man in her wake. Before Mia can unravel Margot's disappearance, she's faced with Matthew Gray, the dead man's distraught brother. Asking him for help is a long shot - but It's the only way to carry out a dangerous charade. Decelt is the last thing Matthew wants in his life - it ruined his parents' marriage, and it killed his cheating brother, who was seen flirting with Margot the night he was murdered. But Mia is sure that her sister is only a pawn in this deadly game, and he can't let her investigate on her own - not when she's determined to put her own life on the line. And as they sift through clues, talking long into each night to unravel the mystery, he begins to realize that what matters most is making sure Mia isn't the next victim.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

When Matthew confronts his married brother, Robert, who's trying to pick up a woman at a bar, he has no idea that his sibling will be murdered later that night. Mia's identical twin sister, Margot, is the woman Robert was hitting on. Now Margot has disappeared, and Mia finds out that her sister has hired herself out as a professional decoy for married men, each of whom has been murdered. Knowing that the flamboyant Margot holds the key to the killings, Matt and Mia join forces to find her. As the weeks go by, they give in to their mutual attraction, but never really trust each other. Matt and Mia have major issues to deal with, and neither seems able to get past them. As with In Too Deep (2001) and Night Moves (2002), Taylor has once again crafted a fresh, twisty, and surprising plot. Readers who enjoy a spine tingling read will love this suspenseful tale of secretive siblings. Shelley Mosley
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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821775049
• ISBN-13: 978-0821775042
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,739,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Time, March 29, 2007

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Romance Reader (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don't Go Home (Paperback)

This book might be up there with the worst I have read. I finished the book to find out who did it but, I can assure you that it was a difficult task to get to the end. The two main characters were hard to like and if Mia threw up, cried, stared at the floor, paled or had her knees buckle one more time I was going to scream. Matthew was just annoying! Their little italiczed conversations to themselves were so irritating. These two were perfect together - both equally annoying.

The plot was rushed and ridiculous. Why the heck Mia would walk into a hotel with a suspected killer was just laughable.

Oh well, better luck next time.

3.0 out of 5 stars Home, Where is Home?, September 4, 2005

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bookworm (Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don't Go Home (Paperback)

It was tough to keep up on which place the 2 accidental lovers were spending the night. They did do a fair job of investigation and figuring things out, but their plan had a lot of holes in it too. And after it was all over and the dust settled, Margot comes back and just kinda shrugs off her part in causing the deaths of not so innocent men. What was she thinking? Cheaters should all be snuffed out?

Well I wish them all many nightmares ahead.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very Corny, November 19, 2004

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Gossy (NB, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don't Go Home (Paperback)

Mia is a teacher who has just gotten over a divorce with a guy who made her change her entire identity. Naturally, the guy was just treating her HORRIBLY by calling her names, cheating on her, never giving her any good comments... (Why did they get married in the first place?)

One day, conveniently occurring during the summer so the author doesn't have to deal with the heroine's job, she receives a call from her twin sister announcing, "I didn't do it! I'm leaving town! I'm calling you for no apparent reason. Oh, by the way, you're always on my mind even though I've been avoiding you my entire life." It turns out the crime is that a man who constantly cheats on his wife has been murdered. He's the fourth victim of similiar murders.

The dead man's brother and the heroine quickly team up to find the murderer. They both think, "SCREW THE POLICE, WE CAN SOLVE MYSTERIES BY OURSELVES JUST LIKE THOSE PEOPLE ON TV! ALONG THE WAY, WE CAN DISCOVER OUR TRUE, MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP WHICH WILL HEAL OUR DAMAGED SOULS!"

They couldn't figure out simple connections. For example, the murderer left the rings and wallets with the victim. The murder also made sure the rings were being worn by the cheating husbands. What does this signify? Hmmm... By trying to figure this out, the heroine actually states, "My brain is turning to mush again." How hard is it to figure out that it reinforces the idea that marriage=no cheating?

Mia cried most of the time, the hero always manages to rescue and find her in the nick of time (about 3 times), and the bad guys are really crazy-sounding. But hey, this may be your type of book *shrugs*. I, for one, am not anxious to try another one of Janelle Taylor's books.