Storm Warning [Hardcover]

Dinah McCall (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 378 pages
• Publisher: Mira (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739417487
• ISBN-13: 978-0739417485
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #657,582 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It'll keep you guessing..., July 4, 2003

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iheartjackbauer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Storm Warning (Mass Market Paperback)

Ginny Shapiro gets the shock of her life when she realizes that six out of the seven girls that were in the gifted class at age six are dead of suicide after receiving mysterious phone calls. Most of the women were happy, most especially her close friend Georgia who embraced God and became Sister Mary Theresa. When she finds out how Georgia died, and receives a package from her after she died, Ginny knew that she couldn't stay put. On the run from an unknown assaliant, Ginny has no one, until Sullivan Dean comes to her rescue.

Agent Sully Dean is dealing with his own guilt. Knowing Georgia since she was in pigtails, he was more than happy for her when she made her decision to become a nun. When he got her package too late to help, he knew that the one thing that he could do to honor her memory was to protect her friend, Ginny. What he doesn't expect is the complexity of the case, nor his feelings for Ginny.

Storm Warning has a very interesting story line, but the romance between the two seemed to fall flat. There was a little too much drama involved with an incident that happened half way through the book, which I think the book could have done with out. It was after days that they fell in love, but they just didn't seem to click as most authors make their characters click. I enjoyed the suspense and the ending was very surprising and a lot disturbing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Highly Disappointed, June 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Storm Warning (Mass Market Paperback)

I was looking forward to this book. The plot sounded interesting, and I am a great fan of Dinah McCall. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. Is this the same women who wrote Jackson Rule and Dreamcatcher??? The romance was forced, and almost like an afterthought. The part of the book about the fishing camp had nothing to do with the main plot, and was distracting to the story line. This book, in my opinion, was poorly written. I expected much better from an author with Ms. McCall's experience. If you want to read this book, wait until it comes to your library.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't Answer The Phone!, June 6, 2005

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Susie Morris "Book Junkie" (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Storm Warning (Mass Market Paperback)

Dinah McCall serves up a thriller with a little different beat. STORM WARNING has the reader wondering if this could really happen and lets your imagination take over from there, similar to John Saul's GUARDIAN.

Seven girls who attended a gifted class when they were very young in 1979 are suddenly committing suicide with no warning and under very bizarre circumstances - each receive a phone call and become entranced and kill themselves. When Ginny Shapirio, an investigative reporter, realizes she's the only one left from this class, she begins to wonder. She receives a letter of warning from Sister Mary Theresa (her best friend) warning her not to answer the phone. Sister Mary Theresa has linked their classmates' deaths to a phone call right before their demise. However, Sister Mary Theresa dies before the letter is received and Ginny flees to try to save herself - but from what or whom she's not certain.

FBI agent Sullivan Dean, finds Ginny, and tries to help. It's a convoluted chain of friendships that gets Dean involved, but once you figure that out, you understand his drive. Ginny and Dean strive to figure out why these suicides happened, and what can be done to stop the "trigger" from setting off Ginny.

Character development is excellent. McCall creates a vibrant victim in Ginny - she's smart, attractive, and a strong female. Dean is also robust and the perfect match to compliment Ginny. Thrown in is a Nobel-winning doctor (Emile Karnoff) who is a bit eccentric but believes in his theory of using hypnosis to heal. Emile comes with his crazy son and doting wife (she thrives on keeping everything tidy).

The plot line is a bit farfetched, but fun. To spice up the thriller side of the story, a good dose of romance is tossed in for good measure. STORM WARNING is a perfect blend of thriller and romance. Dinah McCall (AKA Sharon Sala) is definitely an author to peruse. I've enjoyed all of her books that I've read to date and STORM WARNING is at the top of that list!