Scream in Silence [Paperback]

Eleanor Taylor Bland (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur (2000)
• ASIN: B000OTK90S
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marti and Vic, the dynamic duo, April 21, 2000

By 

Reecia Thompson Stoglin "Re'" (Arlington, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scream in Silence (Hardcover)

I read this book in a day. It was superb. I enjoyed it as well as her previous books. I kept waiting for Isaac the wino, one of her previous characters to turn up and give some clues as to something he had witnessed by accident. I can hardly wait for the next book to be written!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book...but., March 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Scream in Silence (Hardcover)

This was a good book with an decent plot and interesting characters. I've been reading this series since the beginning and my only criticism is that Marti is kind of dry. After reading several of these books, I still don't really feel like I know her or her likes and dislikes, what motivates her. I know she loves her family but beyond that Marti is a mystery. I liked the last book a lot better.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MOTHERS AND SONS, March 27, 2001

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Bonita L. Davis - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scream in Silence (Hardcover)

It is hard being a mother especially if you are old and helpless. Your only child, a son, becomes your keeper. At times he appears mean, just like his father, but that's okay. You do wonder what he does as he leaves you in your home alone, tired and frightened.

Detectives Marti and Vik find themselves on the trail of an arsonist and bomber whose unleashed anger begins to terrorize their community. A dead body found at one of his fires unfolds a mystery involving Vik's past loves and a series of corrupt land deals. As the detectives methodically unravel the evidence they encounter mothers and sons whose relationships set off a time bomb of abuse, deceit and dependency.

Eleanor Bland once again does a great job in exploring the psychological and emotional forces that lead sons to commit acts that only a mother would forgive. Through the investigation Marti begins to examin the relationship with her own son while Vik explores a teenage relationship long dead. Join with these two detectives as they attempt to make sense out of incidents that hit to close to home in their personal lives.