Distant Blood (Mass Market Paperback)

by Jeff Abbott (Author) "MORTAL FEAR IS KNOWING YOU'VE BEEN POIsoned..." (more)
Key Phrases: Bob Don, Uncle Jake, Matagorda Bay (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Imagine Jordan Poteet's surprise when Bob Don Goertz?not the man he called "Daddy" for 30 years?turns out to be his father. In this fourth in the series that began with Do Unto Others, Jordy finds a passel of supremely dysfunctional new relatives disinclined to welcome their long-lost progeny. At the initial family dinner on aptly named Sangre Island off the Texas coast the patriarch's announcement that he is dying of brain cancer is followed by murders attempted and realized. After a strong start the story bogs down with Jordy's incessant soliloquies. Occasional zingers, a fine understanding of how relationships can suddenly change from godawful to wonderful, two exciting fights and some evocative descriptions barely hold their own against the heavy melodrama.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description
Thanks to a newfound connection with his natural father, librarian Jordan Poteet is suddenly a member of a rich Texas dynasty. But his new kinfolk are hiding secrets deep and dark enough to taint an entire bloodline. And an unexpected death makes it chillingly clear that the anonymous warnings telling Jordan to stay away from his family reunion are dead serious.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 334 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine (September 30, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345394704
• ISBN-13: 978-0345394705
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #354,804 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DO WE GET A 5TH BOOK IN THIS SERIES???, October 27, 1998

By A Customer

I just couldn't get enough of this Jordan Poteet series, and even though I was dissapointed that it seems to have ended with "Distant Blood"; I look forward to the next closet sleuth I'm sure Abbott will create. All four of his novels left me wanting MORE MORE MORE!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as the first three!, December 31, 1998

By A Customer

Every Jordy Poteet novel leaves me wanting more. I come from a Oklahoma/Arkansas family, and the speech patterns and family relationships are very familiar and comfortable to me. Why hasn't there been another book? Come on, I want to know what happens next! I'm getting homesick for Mirabeau, Texas.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful finale to an excellent series!, November 14, 2001

By	Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Jordy Poteet's newly-discovered father, Bob Don Goertz, invites him to a family reunion on an island off the Texas coast. Jordy does not want to acknowledge Bob Don, let alone the rest of his extended family. However, his girlfriend Candace convinces him that he owes his father the respect of going and that he needs to get to know his biological family. Jordy goes grudgingly, and begins to think he made a mistake, when his new family begins to argue and snipe at one another and at him. One of his relatives shows up dead under suspicious circumstances and Jordy notices how eager some of them are to blame it on natural causes or suicide. As time passes, Jordy begins to learn family secrets which have been kept quiet for years. He feels certain that one of the family is the murderer, but the family lies and deceptions seem to have created a number of people who had motive and opportunity. This is the most powerful book yet, in the wonderful Jordan Poteet Series. Abbott paints wonderful word pictures and creates totally believable, if malevolent, characters. This book is highly recommended!