On Thin Ice [Paperback]

Lynn Erickson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 5, 2000

Ellie Kramer wants payback for every moment her father languished on Death Row, wrongly convicted of murder. And she'll do whatever is necessary to expose the real killer. Even if it means sleeping with the enemy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

[Lynn Erickson] builds suspense by expertly weaving romance into multiple thrilling storylines. -- Publishers Weekly

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Jove (December 5, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515129712
• ISBN-13: 978-0515129717
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,730,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting romantic suspense, December 12, 2000

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Thin Ice (Paperback)

Ellen Kramer left law school on a leave of absence for the opportunity to work as a legal clerk in the Boulder County District Attorney's Office. However, her reason is different than most people. She wants an opportunity to look into the archives of the John Crandall case. John was Ellen's father who was set up to take the fall in the rape and attempted murder of Stephanie Morris. Although her father is dead, Ellen plans to prove his innocence.

During a nasty wintry storm, the office shuts down. Ellen stays late and manages to attain the file. She takes it home and over the weekend reviews the known facts. No question, the to rookie cops, Michael Calles and Finn Rassmussan did an impeccable job, but if her dad did not do it than only a cop could have committed the crime. Ellen uses the high profile Zimmerman case to meet Michael. However, to her chagrin, she begins to fall in love with the brooding detective who finds himself stunned by his attraction to the legal clerk.

ON THIN ICE is an exciting romantic suspense. Although the climax seems weak, the story line moves forward rather quickly. The lead characters are a wonderful duo struggling between their demons and love. Readers will enjoy Lynn Erickson's latest thriller and want to obtain some of her previous novels like THE ELEVENTH HOUR and NIGHT WHISPERS.

Harriet Klausner

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thin Ice Melts as the Story Heats Up!, December 11, 2000

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paula_k_98 "paula_k_98" (Muskogee, OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Thin Ice (Paperback)

On Thin Ice is a romantic suspense novel by Lynn Erickson and it is beyond me why I haven't read anything by this author before. Ms. Erickson takes an almost unbelievable plot and makes a terrific story out of it.

Ellie Kramer is a chameleon. On the surface she is a law student taking a year off from school and working as an upcoming law clerk in the district attorney's office. She is pretty, smart, and has the uncanny ability to make herself fit into whatever situation she finds herself in at the moment. Perhaps this comes from the years of practice. You see, Ellie has spent years concealing her identity and past. Ellie has spent the last twelve years working toward her goal in life--to find out who framed her father for a brutal crime that ultimately cost him his life in prison and made an old woman out of her mother before her time. Now it is all finally coming together. Ellie has crafted a plan that will allow her access to the records of her father's trial. She then sets out to ultimately find out everything she can about the two rookie cops that helped convict her father. Ellie is convinced that one of the two rookies is the man who actually committed the crime. Is it Michael Callas, a brooding detective who is so emotionally stunted that his coworkers call him "Robocop" or is it his former partner, Finn Rasmussen who is now a security expert who moves in the finest circles?

While I truly enjoyed this book, I found it hard to believe in some parts. For example, how could a law student set events into motion to find a killer when the police couldn't? At the same time, I found myself rooting for the heroine even while thinking "she is doing something so dangerous and stupid--why doesn't someone stop her"? All in all, this is a good book and I will be looking for Ms. Erickson's previous books.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What A Letdown!, January 1, 2001

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Mrs. M. F. Piggott (Enfield, Middlesex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Thin Ice (Paperback)

To be honest I am absolutely shocked by the rave reviews given to this
book by Amazon customers. I hated it, absolutely hated it!

Let me
say I am a great fan of the author, having read most of her books. I
loved The Eleventh Hour and Searching for Sarah, but this book did
absolutely nothing for me.

I found the plot unbelievable, the
dialogue stilted and the ending PATHETIC. There seemed to be no real
warmth betwenn Ellie and Michael, none that I could feel anyway. I
thought the author revealed far too quickly into the story, who was
the good and who was the bad guy, ruining the suspense of the
storyline - what suspense - I ask myself?

I was so disappointed with
this book, it's not true, and was truly amazed when I came online to
give my opinion of this awful book and saw all the five stars! Maybe
it's because I'm English -I truly don't know.