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Rebecca Matlock is in the thick of politics, enjoying her work as a speechwriter for the governor of New York, who's facing a reelection campaign. What she's not enjoying are the menacing phone calls from a stranger who refers to himself as "your boyfriend" and warns her that he will kill the governor if she doesn't stop sleeping with him. Although Becca has never had a sexual relationship with her boss, she is increasingly frightened by the phone calls. The police, who were initially sympathetic to her plight, make it clear that they regard her as a hysteric, even after the stalker murders an innocent bystander to convince her that he means business. Becca seeks refuge in Riptide, an isolated community on the Maine coast, but terror continues to dog her. The skeleton of a woman who may be the missing wife of a college friend is unearthed in the basement of her new house; the stalker tracks her to her chosen refuge; and she is sought by the police and the FBI following an assassination attempt on the governor.

With the appearance of Adam Carruthers, a stranger who says he's her guardian angel but doesn't tell her who sent him, the plot makes a dramatic right turn that requires a willing suspension of disbelief. It seems that Becca's father, a high-ranking intelligence officer, went underground when she was a baby in order to protect his family from reprisals by a Soviet agent whose wife he had accidentally killed. Now it's payback time, as Thomas Matlock calls in his own intelligence community to neutralize the threat on his daughter's life. All the attendant testosterone speeds up the action and propels it toward a shoot-'em-up conclusion, but it also sacrifices a clearer portrayal of Becca's feelings about her father's deception and abandonment. At the same time, the switch from a damsel-in-distress story to a high-velocity espionage thriller relegates the skeleton in Becca's basement to a secondary plot point that is resolved a bit too tidily. Catherine Coulter is short on character development and explication, but she weaves a suspenseful web of danger and intrigue, and for her many admirers, the fact that there seem to be two novels trying to coexist in one book may not be too much of a good thing. --Jane Adams --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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Trouble, in the form of psychopathic madmen, seems to follow political speechwriter Becca Matlock around like a personal storm cloud in bestselling historical romance (False Pretenses) and thriller (The Edge) author Coulter's newest suspense novel. When a stalker who calls himself Becca's "boyfriend" accuses her of sleeping with the governor and threatens to kill his perceived rival if she doesn't stop, Becca turns to New York's finest, but the cops repeatedly dismiss her. Worse, when the governor is shot, they assume she's responsible. With nowhere to turn, Becca retreats to coastal Riptide, Maine, a sleepy community that is also home to her college friend Tyler. But all is not peaceful there either. Tyler's wife apparently disappeared a while back, the locals think he killed her, and a skeleton falls out of the basement wall of Becca's rented house. Things get really out of hand when it looks as though Becca's problems can be traced to an axe-grinding former KGB agent. Although the book's setting shifts from New York City streets to rural New England, there is little atmospheric detail. The unsettling tone moves from NYPD Blue to Murder, She Wrote with creepy Cold War inflections. But convolution doesn't camouflage the fact that the heroine has more guts than brains, and the villains are ultimately silly rather than menacing. When Dillon and Sherlock Savich, FBI computer specialists from Coulter's The Maze, enter the plot, one gets the feeling that the gang's all here, but the hijinks remain untethered. Only diehard Coulter fans will want to tread water with this one. Doubleday Book Club main selection; 20-city author tour. (July)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD; MP3 Una edition (October 25, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1596005831
  • ISBN-13: 978-1596005839
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (128 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,555,783 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Page-turner of a plot!, July 11, 2000
By Michelle (Smyrna, GA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Riptide (Hardcover)
Well, this was a great read. I was a bit uncertain after the last hard cover release by Coulter (The Edge). I was glad to see Coulter return to her 3rd person style of writing. I also enjoyed the plot twists. It was a bit of a challenge to pull the different plot strings together from time to time. It was almost as if there were two books in one. I really did enjoy the primary characters of Becca and Adam. The only missing element in this great suspense was the deeper development of the romance between Adam and Becca. It was almost an afterthought in the story. However, I truly was engrossed and couldn't put it down until I finished it. So, overall it was very enjoyable.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Riptide, September 8, 2001
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This review is from: Riptide (Hardcover)
This was a ridiculous book that made me want to throw it after I was finished. I won't bore you with the details since other reviews have them. The main problem with the book is that it involved both the FBI and CIA and they obviously don't know how to protect anyone. The author suggests that the protectors would allow the heroine to wander about freely and call all the shots when obviously that wouldn't be the case. During one part of the book, the government agencies neglected to think that someone could enter a house from a tree onto the roof to enter via an Unlocked HATCH which just happened to be on the roof of a house. The CIA and FBI certainly wouldn't be looking for something so obvious that one of the Little Rascals could do it. Another scene has them hoodwinked by a bad guy shooting a gun at a house. During the search for him, all those guarding a house abandon it. When they return to find an empty house, of course, they don't search the house. The pitiful story is filled with these type of plot twists. Everything in the book is very predictable as far as the major two plots concerning a murder and a stalker. DON'T BUY THIS PIECE OF TRASH!!
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars This got published?? One star is too much., February 4, 2002
By M. Winter (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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I have always found it difficult to part with a book once read, so I keep building bookcases. However, Riptide is the second book in my many years of reading that I cannot wait to get out of my house. I bought the paperback because the name Catherine Coulter was familiar and she was a "best-selling" writer. Then there was all this critical praise in the front pages. Was I ever stupid to believe that. This book is so poorly written that I found myself underlining and cross-referencing all the stupid things that were written. (It reminded me of one of the two Danielle Steele books I read - I only read a second one to give her a chance, but she failed again - in which one of the female characters is descibed as having "endless legs" over and over again. Gag.) Where was the editor of Riptide?? Was this originally published unread?? Here's a couple examples from early on in the paperback edition of Riptide:

Chapter 5: Becca is in her rented house on the coast of Maine when she checks the weather report on TV and hears that the worst storm in years is approaching and everyone is being warned to go to shelters. The wind and rain hit. The lights flicker. She has bought candles and set them on her bedside table (perhaps in case the power goes out??). The thunder is deafening and the house is rattling. Get the picture? Then the last line of Chapter 5:

"Suddenly, with no warning, thunder boomed, lightning streaked through the sky, and the lights went out."


Suddenly?? No warning?? This was a surprise?? I should have thrown the book away right there.

Then there's page 45: "Had she come here just to be killed in a ferocious summer storm?" followed on p.48 by: ". . .making her wonder if she'd come to Maine only to be done in by a wretched storm." Did Coulter think we had forgotten she's already said that?

I could go on and on. My personal opinion is that anyone who thought this book - with it's convoluted plot(s) and inane, unrealistic dialogue and narrative - is a good read has NEVER read a really good book. Or they are 12 years old. This book stinks. I am not even giving Coulter the second chance I gave Steele. My review in a word, Yuck.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Won't be trying another one
I will preface this by saying Catherine Coulter is one of my all time favorite romance authors. I will continue to read and re-read her romance novels. Read more
Published 4 months ago by K. L. Morton

5.0 out of 5 stars Riptide (FBI Series)
REceived in excellent condition. The very short shipping time was phenominal. Be glad to do business with seller again.
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1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT READ THIS BOOK
This book was a huge disappointment - the ending left me feeling like I had just wasted hours of my life away. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Drown

2.0 out of 5 stars Mere pulp fiction
I went into this novel knowing little to nothing about Catherine Coulter and her FBI series. I do not know how this novel measures up to her previous works, but I can compare it... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Rose

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book in the FBI Series!!
This book absolutely had a hold of me just by reading the first chapter! it was filled with many twists and turns and had me guessing all the time!! Read more
Published 21 months ago by Kristen

5.0 out of 5 stars Who is he??
This will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page!!But, then they all do. She is such a great writer. I am absolutely hooked.
Published on July 13, 2007 by Teapotmomma

1.0 out of 5 stars Riptide Ripoff
Terrible character development, horrible writing/formatting/editing and repetitive, boring plots. This is my first and LAST Catherine Coulter book. Read more
Published on June 27, 2007 by Terry A. Benedict-Devine

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
I loved this book I have read and listened to it several times. The plot was thought out and just when you thought you figured out the ending you would be thrown for a loop... Read more
Published on May 3, 2007 by Alex

3.0 out of 5 stars Hard to follow
I had trouble following Riptide. It was a so so book.
Published on January 16, 2007 by Clyde Pigg Jr.

2.0 out of 5 stars Just skip it
At the book's beginning the plot is fairly good. As you keep reading it starts to get heavy and dull, but the last 100 pages or so are really boring. Read more
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