You Only Die Twice [Import] [Hardcover]

Edna Buchanan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 242 pages
• Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd (September 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0709071337
• ISBN-13: 978-0709071334
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buchanan's Best, April 29, 2001

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Kent Braithwaite (Palm Desert, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Only Die Twice: A Novel (Britt Montero Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Being a southern California based mystery writer, I am constantly amazed by the output of those mystery writers based in southern Florida. They deal with a territory similar to ours in many ways, yet their works have twists that distinguish the Florida works from our California mysteries.

Edna Buchanan is among the best of the southern Florida mystery writers, and YOU ONLY DIE TWICE is among her best works. I love this book. The body of a woman washes up dead, and Britt Montero, ace crime reporter, is off on her latest adventure. The woman was supposedly murdered ten years before by her wealthy husband. That man was convicted of the crime and is awaiting execution when his supposed victim rides the tide ashore.

All of the usual atypical elements of Buchanan's works are featured here. The plot moves swiftly and veers in odd directions. The dialog is crisp, and Miami continues in its spectacular supporting role. New light is cast on Britt's romantic and family relationships. This book is perfect! Bring on the next!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REJOICE - BRITT'S BACK!, March 25, 2001

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Only Die Twice: A Novel (Britt Montero Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Rejoice thriller fans, Britt's back - ace crime reporter Britt Montero, that is, creation of Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter/author Edna Buchanan. The scene is, of course, Miami, where the sun always shines and crime stats. pile high.

Britt hears that the body of a once beautiful young woman has just washed up on the beach. Through fingerprints the woman is identified as Kaithlin Jordan, a member of an important department store family. Evidently, Kaithlin once held sway at the family's flagship store, calling the shots and rasing the revenue.

There are conundrums, as always - a major one being that Kaithlin has been dead for ten years. In fact, her killer is scheduled to be executed for her murder in one week. Where has the woman been for a decade, what has she been doing and who killed her - twice?

Britt needs all her resources to solves this crime that has more twists than a corkscrew.

Edna Buchanan is a pro at devising plots that reel readers in. With "You Only Die Twice" she's hooked us once again.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Suspense From a Maven, May 16, 2001

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Sherrie Martin "sherchez" (Roanoke, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Only Die Twice: A Novel (Britt Montero Mysteries) (Hardcover)

The death warrant has been signed and R. J. Jordan is days away from execution by the State of Florida for the 10-year-old murder of his beautiful young wife, Kaithlin. Kaithlin's body was never found, but the circumstantial evidence of her demise was so overwhelming that R. J.'s protestations of innocence fell on deaf ears.

Miami crime reporter Britt Montero is on the beach when the freshly murdered body of a young woman washes ashore. Imagine the chagrin of law enforcement officials when the body is finally identified as that of ... Kaithlin Jordan. After an emergency hearing, an understandably surly R. J. Jordan is released from prison and Britt begins her investigation into where Kaithlin Jordan has been for the past ten years and why she suddenly showed up dead in Miami, to say nothing of who killed her.

The answers to these questions and more will shock you and, chillingly, this scenario could so easily actually happen. The pace of this absolutely fabulous thriller is so frantic that I finished it in one evening. Nobody writes 'em like Edna Buchanan, who's been there and done that.