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Requiem For a Glass Heart

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Just the ticket to fill my yearning for a good spy novel after seeing the movie Bourne Identity last week. I did not want this book by David Lindsey to end! It was so interesting, exciting, but in just the right amount to keep you intellectually stimulated. It was believable and so well-written I just loved reading it so much. The end was fine, I was a little confused about it, but I liked the book so much I would read something by Mr. Lindsey again in a minute. I could hardly put this book down. Irina, Krupatin, Cate, and Leo were really interesting characters as were Bontate and Wei.

I always thought that Mercy was one of the better thrillers I had ever read. I waited with baited breath for another Lindsey book up to this standard.Well, it is here in Requiem for a Glass Heart. David Lindsey has developed two leading characters, Irina and Cate, who are vibrant, intellegent, sexy and very complex. I don't usually go out of my way to read thrillers with women lead figures (sorry about this bit of sexism)but I was enthralled by international assasin Irina and FBI agent Cate and how their lives came together. The worlwide settings added to intrigue of the story as well. The worst thing that happed to me while reading Requiem for a Glass Heart was my airplane landing home on Friday night with just over thirty pages to go. I had to sit in the terminal and finish the story of Irina and Cate before driving home after a long week on the road. That is true testiment to the writing skills of Mr. Lindsey.

I have just finished reading this book in one sitting. Such was its interest that I just could not put it down. Like a good Humphrey Bogart movie once started it just kept going. I consider Mercy by same author a masterpiece of its gendre. THe only comparable author is John La Carre but I find Lindsey a far more interesting writer who tells a much better story. The aspect of the book that I liked most is Lindsey's ability to paint a large canvas; his villains are that bad and stride over continents. He always impresses me with his scolarship in both crime and art history. At his best he can develop beleivable charecters; Cate has my sympathy and interest as does her Russian counterpart Irene. Without getting into detail which is covered by other reviews this was a really good read.

In MY honest opinion David L. Lindsey has outdone himself writing this novel. Remember to read this little beauty of suspence. And while you're at it, don't forget to read MERCY as well...

David Lindsay created an extremely complex book that jumps from here to there in a way the reader can follow even at 2 in the morning. Wonderful character development, a little too much effort on the plot, and even thought-provoking.

So far of what I have read this is going to a great book. I like the author, David Lindsey. I rather like when he has his Dect. Stuart Hayden in it seems to add more thrill to his books.

I really liked this book. I admit I was able to see how it would all play out but enjoyed the ride anyway. Irina is the likeable lady killer and Cate the undercover FBI agent/ friend. I thought the story was fun and I enjoyed the character of Wei the chinese mafia don. There are no real surprises in this book and the ending was obvious but the writing is swift and entertaining and the players memorable. Not for brain surgeons but not for the challenged either. Fun summer reading.

This was the first David Lindsey book that I have read so far. Definetly a must read for anyone that likes suspense.

I just wanted to say that this is one of favorite books and that it will keep you on the edge of your seat 'till the end.

Without giving away one bit of this well-written thriller, I can safely say it's the first one I've ever read that has a wonderfully silky poetic texture coupled with astonishingly wise understandings of the characters. I could hardly put the book down, except of course, when the beauty of a description would make me stop to savor it. I have read no other works by this author, but wouldn't hesitate to read another.