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With Friends Like These

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I thoroughly enjoyed Nicholas Coleridge's literate thriller. It's beautifully written, with rarely a slack section. Coleridge displays awesome insider's knowledge of the publishing and fashion industries, and his action scenes similarly reveal detailed familiarity with locales in Europe, New York and Hong Kong. No wonder. The author is a well-traveled writer whose previous books dealt with the fashion industry, and international publishing tycoons. "With Friends Like These" is an immensely enjoyable book, with enough action and romance, and suspense, to make it a page-turner.

... who needs books? A complete waste of a novel that stretches the credulity of even the lowliest reader (which I consider myself). Would you believe ... that you can see into the back seats of limos? that the cops would not check the answering machine? ... that the secretary just HAPPENS to be the goddaughter of a suspect? that the hero progressively falls more and more in love with the victim after her death (from afternoon rollerblading dates to "the love of my life)? There's more that left me shaking my head in disbelief, but it's integral for what passes for a a plot in this ego-driven mess. The name-dropping and product-dropping isn't even interesting, effective or even accurate. I only kept reading to see how bad it would get.

Nicholas Coleridge is ex editor and it shows, he knows how to spin a yard and his recipes usually include a delightful mix of sex, sin, class and believable characters. A great beach read, be entertained, not educated!