Hotshots [Paperback]

Judith Van Gieson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (1996)
• ASIN: B000OEPORQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. Spellbinding., April 27, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Hotshots: A Neil Hamel Mystery (Hardcover)

Neil does it again. This is her trial by fire. Great blending of story telling and consciousness elevating. As always Neil is a fascinating character. All of Van Gieson's books are exceptionally well written. Jim Tanzola

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She paints pictures with her words, March 17, 2002

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Beverly J. Scott "Author and avid reader" (Ankeny, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hotshots (Neil Hamel Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)

Judith Van Gieson has that rare talent with words allowing the reader to feel as if you were sitting on her shoulder experiencing the story through her eyes. She brings her scenes to life with action and dialogue. I look forward eagerly to opening the pages of her next book and spending time with the gutsy full of life lawyer Neil Hamel. Keep up the good work. Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too PC, August 6, 2001

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Jason Williams (Nixa, Missouri United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hotshots (Neil Hamel Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)

Ok so this is the plot. A young, beautiful, firefighter, belonging to a "hotshot" elite unit dies due to cutbacks, and bad policy stemming from protocols designed to protect rich people's property. So the flat girl character died on the job. Everyyear firefighters risk their lives in similar situations and yes some do die. So we are led to sympathy because she's a woman. Its just as tragic if a man dies. Bad ploy. I think that Joni should have entered the corporate scene and stayed away from high risk employment. She might not have made as big a statement as by tereading on traditional "man's ground", but she would have lived and spared her family all that grief. I just found it hard to have sympathy for her.