Fatal Burn [Mass Market Paperback]

Lisa Jackson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 2006

He's been waiting for this moment. With every kill, he can feel her getting closer. Very soon - just a few more victims to go. All he needed was the girl, Dani, and now that he has her, his plan is in motion, and no one can stop it. The police don't believe Shannon Flannery when she says someone is out there, watching her, trying to kill her. The only person on her side is Travis Settler. The former Special Forces agent is convinced Shannon's dark past has something to do with the disappearance of his daughter, Dani - a child whose connection to Shannon is just the beginning of a nightmare...Secrets have been kept from Shannon. Dark, dangerous, and very fatal secrets. Now, with no one to trust but a man who has every reason to doubt her, Shannon's determined to discover the shocking truth, even if it brings her face to face with a serial killer whose slow burn for vengeance will not be denied...

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Although branded a "romantic suspense" novelist, Jackson keeps the sex to a minimum—for the better—in his latest. Featuring two secondary characters from 2005's Deep Freeze (Travis Settler and his teenage daughter, Dani), the detailed plot revolves around Shannon Flannery, a woman with four overprotective older brothers and a troubled past that includes being falsely accused of murdering her husband and giving up her only child, Dani, for adoption. When Dani is kidnapped from her hometown of Falls Creek, Ore., Travis sets out to find Shannon in Santa Lucia, Calif., thinking she may know the girl's whereabouts. The two eventually realize that Dani's disappearance, as well as several unsolved local murders and a series of arsons, are inextricably linked to Shannon's family history—including dark secrets her brothers have harbored for years. Naturally, in the midst of all the danger, Travis and Shannon fall in love; though Jackson indulges in only one major obligatory sex scene, she injects nearly every other scene with plenty of dread and drama, keeping seasoned suspense lovers reading. A tight, twisty plot catapulting toward a fiery conclusion will please fans and should earn Jackson new ones. (Mar.)
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Review

"Graphic, terrifying suspense and gripping emotion are what makes all of Lisa Jackson's thrillers so unforgettable. The Morning After just adds to her growing inventory of page-turners."

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (February 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821775774
• ISBN-13: 978-0821775776
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > ( J ) > Jackson, Lisa

More About the Author

#1 NYT and USA TODAY bestselling author Lisa Jackson started writing after her sister read an article in TIME Magazine in 1981 about how young mothers were making money writing romance novels. Both Lisa and her sister, Nancy Bush, began their writing careers right then, and lo, these many years later Lisa has published seventy-five plus novels and has no plans to slow down anytime soon.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hideously bad writing, March 25, 2006

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Mick Jones (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fatal Burn (Mass Market Paperback)

Examples:
* A pillow "crashes" against a wall.
* A woman is taking a bath "wearing nothing but a necklace".
* One person pours Champagne and 5 paragraphs later later the other opens the Champagne!
* A murder is being discussed. There is talk of blood.
"Whose?" asks a character. "Blanche Johnson's." is the answer. Ten paragraphs later the first character asks if the blood is Dani's. The detective says: "We don't know. We won't know for awhile yet." (Not necessarily exact quotations.)

Did this book get proofread? Was there an editor?
The author beats us over the head with descriptions of "the pervert does this" and "the pervert did that". DON'T FREAKING TELL US THE BAD GUY IS A PERVERT: JUST DESCRIBE HIS ACTIONS! We'll get it.

For the life of me I have no idea how this wound up on a best-selling list. I bought it primarily because it was 500 pages long. I had never heard of the author before and decided to give it a shot. Bad mistake. I cannot recall ever being this angry at the shoddy writing of a novel before.

Editors take note: DO YOUR JOB! Writers take note: Have some more respect for your audience.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough character in the Characters, March 30, 2006

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MomOf4Boys "Avid Reader" (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fatal Burn (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book in two days, not because I was loving the book, but with objectve being to finish it. There were characters introduced into the book that weren't even need, point in case,the elusive Santana.

Edit out about 200 pages and you may very well have a good book. The character development was poor and information, pertinent to the story or not, often came from left field.

This was my first book from Lisa Jackson and definitely my last.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars interesting, March 27, 2006

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rgolden "rgolden" (colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fatal Burn (Mass Market Paperback)

This is my first Lisa Jackson book. I read this book in two days. It was entertaining. It kept me interested wanting to find out "who done it". Some things were confusing to me, and I found myself saying HU? alot. I cant mention them or it would ruin the ending.. I think the charector development could have been richer. I didnt feel emotionally conected to the main charectors. The teenager, Dani, I did feel a connection to. I thought her scenes were realistic and the inner dialog was good, I was rooting for her and cheering her on. I gave it three stars because I have read way worse. The twists and the intrigue was good, not great but good, as I said it left me with some unresolved questions. I am going to try another book by this same author that had a better rating. The potential is there for something great.