Zapped (Regan Reilly Mysteries, No. 11) [Mass Market Paperback]

Carol Higgins Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 8, 2008

The Reillys return home from a summer weekend to the loft in Tribeca they are in the agonizing process of renovating and expanding. They are looking forward to a quiet supper on their newly acquired rooftop terrace. But it's not meant to be. While Jack goes to pick up Chinese food, Regan enters their apartment, unaware that a nervous thief, who preceded her by minutes, is hiding in the front closet. A thief who knows about a hidden safe that Regan and Jack have yet to discover. Minutes later, the blackout strikes New York City, and both Reillys are called into action. In Zapped, Clark takes readers on a tour of the city they won't forget and introduces them to a wonderful cast of colorful, eccentric characters whose stories intersect in precarious and often humorous ways during one very dark and hot summer night.

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Three separate investigations, conducted during a blackout, propel Clark's diverting 11th mystery to feature PI Regan Reilly (after 2007's Laced). Soon after Regan and her husband, Jack, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, return home to Manhattan from a weekend on the Cape, the lights go out across the city. In the darkness, Regan is dismayed to discover an intruder has left behind a stun gun in their apartment, which is undergoing renovations. Hours later, Jack looks into the theft of some unusual glass sculptures from a SoHo art gallery. In addition, the pair become involved in the frantic search for Georgina Mathieson, a psychotic with a track record for branding blond men, before she can claim her next victim. The number of coincidences, including one that allows the heroes to save the day in the nick of time, may be on the high side, but fans of lighter crime fare will be satisfied. (Apr.)
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About the Author

Carol Higgins Clark is the author of fourteen previous bestselling Regan Reilly mysteries. She is coauthor, along with her mother, Mary Higgins Clark, of a bestselling holiday mystery series. Also an actress, Carol Higgins Clark studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and has recorded several of her mother's works as well as her own novels. She received AudioFile's Earphones Award of Excellence for her reading of Jinxed. She lives in New York City.

Her website is www.carolhigginsclark.com.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (April 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416576827
• ISBN-13: 978-1416576822
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,499,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Carol Higgins Clark is the author of nine previous bestselling Regan Reilly mysteries. She is coauthor, along with her mother, Mary Higgins Clark, of a bestselling holiday mystery series. Also an actress, Carol Higgins Clark studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and has recorded several of her mother's works as well as her own novels. She received AudioFile's Earphones Award of Excellence for her reading of Jinxed. She lives in New York City.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointment, June 10, 2008

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luvsmusicndance (MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zapped (Regan Reilly Mysteries, No. 11) (Hardcover)

I'm a fan of this series and look forward to a nice cozy when the newest Regan books come out. They're usually funny whodunits; this one wasn't either. I felt like it spent more time on all of the different "bad guy" plots than on the main characters. It just didn't live up to the other Regan books at all.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars O stars, May 23, 2008

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This review is from: Zapped (Regan Reilly Mysteries, No. 11) (Hardcover)

This is bad writing. Being a New yorker myself, I had to walk home that day, so I was pretty disappointed about the inaccuracies in the plot. There was no way to call anyone on the phone that day. The only cell phone up was Verizon.

Anyway, the book is a complete waste of time; I was sick, so I had plenty of time to kill, otherwise I wouldn't have waisted a single minute on it. I hope that this 'writer' gets a different job.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars My first and last, September 9, 2008

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This review is from: Zapped (Regan Reilly Mysteries, No. 11) (Hardcover)

This was the first Carol Higgins Clark book that I have read and I'm afraid that it will be my last. Admittedly this book is a quick read so you don't waste too much time on it, but I suspect that it was very quickly written too.

The tone of the writing suggest a mildy talented teenager is writing the book. There are far too many characters who all seem to 'coincidentaly' wind up involved in the same farce. New York comes across as a small town, not a huge city!

The character names sometimes stretch the powers of belief - Mr Blankbucks and Huckleberry Darling??

Do yourself a favour and find something else to spend a couple of hours reading - even a local newspaper will have more entertainment value.