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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Quality time with the family has never seemed as frightening as it does in this satisfying and highly unsettling suspense thriller from the author of The Trophy Wife. Sisters Catherine and Jennifer Pegan are heirs to a communications empire about to introduce its biggest project ever, a satellite system that promises to further inflate their already overstuffed bank accounts. Reticent techno-genius Jennifer is the brains of the operation, while glamorous Catherine uses marketing savvy and low-cut cocktail gowns to lure backers for the project. When handsome actor-cum-playboy Padraig O'Connell falls for Jennifer, the company's manager, Peter Barnes, is suspicious of Padraig's motives and becomes even more suspicious when someone makes attempts on both sisters' lives. Although the sisters are publicly the best of friends, a violent rivalry sizzles between them. The novel is punctuated by the murderous, sociopathic rants of one of the sisters, convinced that the other is trying to kill her and determined to pull the trigger first. Which sister is the psychopath, which the intended victim? Diamond keeps readers guessing until the very end, and her thrilling story is backed up by taut writing and snappy dialogue. Readers looking for a beach book this summer will be delighted by this bone-chilling saga and may start looking at their own siblings a bit more warily.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Diamond's latest lacks the luster of The Babysitter [BKL My 15 01], but it maintains the author's high standard for suspense. Italicized interchapters expressing the psychotic ramblings of the "bad" sister intrude more than enlighten, and the characters, usually among Diamond's strong points, come across mainly as caricatures. That said, the action is definitely Diamond caliber. After their father's death, siblings Jennifer and Catherine Pegan take over his multibillion-dollar communications firm. The wealthy sisters are quite different: Jennifer is a plain-Jane athletic type, in contrast to Catherine, a glamorous celebrity. When handsome, down-on-his-luck Irish movie actor Padraig O'Connell falls for Jennifer, Catherine and Peter Barnes, a partner in the company, are instantly suspicious of his motives. After Jennifer is nearly killed in a car crash, their suspicions grow. Then Catherine is attacked, and it soon becomes obvious that one sister is out to get the other. Finding out which one will keep fans of Danielle Steele and Mary Higgins Clark turning pages. Jenny McLarin
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Quality time with the family has never seemed as frightening as it does in this satisfying and highly unsettling suspense thriller from the author of The Trophy Wife. Sisters Catherine and Jennifer Pegan are heirs to a communications empire about to introduce its biggest project ever, a satellite system that promises to further inflate their already overstuffed bank accounts. Reticent techno-genius Jennifer is the brains of the operation, while glamorous Catherine uses marketing savvy and low-cut cocktail gowns to lure backers for the project. When handsome actor-cum-playboy Padraig O'Connell falls for Jennifer, the company's manager, Peter Barnes, is suspicious of Padraig's motives and becomes even more suspicious when someone makes attempts on both sisters' lives. Although the sisters are publicly the best of friends, a violent rivalry sizzles between them. The novel is punctuated by the murderous, sociopathic rants of one of the sisters, convinced that the other is trying to kill her and determined to pull the trigger first. Which sister is the psychopath, which the intended victim? Diamond keeps readers guessing until the very end, and her thrilling story is backed up by taut writing and snappy dialogue. Readers looking for a beach book this summer will be delighted by this bone-chilling saga and may start looking at their own siblings a bit more warily.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Diamond's latest lacks the luster of The Babysitter [BKL My 15 01], but it maintains the author's high standard for suspense. Italicized interchapters expressing the psychotic ramblings of the "bad" sister intrude more than enlighten, and the characters, usually among Diamond's strong points, come across mainly as caricatures. That said, the action is definitely Diamond caliber. After their father's death, siblings Jennifer and Catherine Pegan take over his multibillion-dollar communications firm. The wealthy sisters are quite different: Jennifer is a plain-Jane athletic type, in contrast to Catherine, a glamorous celebrity. When handsome, down-on-his-luck Irish movie actor Padraig O'Connell falls for Jennifer, Catherine and Peter Barnes, a partner in the company, are instantly suspicious of his motives. After Jennifer is nearly killed in a car crash, their suspicions grow. Then Catherine is attacked, and it soon becomes obvious that one sister is out to get the other. Finding out which one will keep fans of Danielle Steele and Mary Higgins Clark turning pages. Jenny McLarin
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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