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by: Taylor Smith
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781551664316
ISBN: 1551664313
Label: Mira
Manufacturer: Mira
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 442
Publication Date: September 01, 1998
Publisher: Mira
Sales Rank: 711514
Studio: Mira
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Product Description:
A random predator is terrorizing Southern California. After children start disappearing, it's up to the FBI's finest to stop a killer. Criminal profiler Laurel Madden is at the top of her field. But being the best has its price which is why she understands the criminal mind so well. Reporter Claire Gillespie intends to rip away the veil of secrecy that surrounds and protects Madden. Claire has evidence that the FBI agent committed murder and got away with it--until now.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Completely forced plot & underdeveloped characters
I got this book based on the four and a half stars at the time and how reviewers raved about it, but I was sorely disappointed. Random Acts begins with two completely seperate story plots that do not converge with one another until 170 pages into the book. The author simply does not develop the characters well, and seems to force both emotional issues to try and get the reader to connect, as well as a completely implausible love scenario that just does not mesh with the rest of the story line. Which ... Read More
Rating:  - A Suspenseful Read
I had never read anything by Taylor Smith before, however after having read this one, I know it won't be long before I read another.
While the first 50 pages or so are bogged down in backstory invoving Claire Gillespie and the mysterious death of her lover FBI agent Micheal Kazarian, the information is necesarry information.
After Claire Gillespie, journalist for a popular newsmagazine, heads out to California to cover the Southland Snatcher case, where infants are kidnapped in public places ... Read More
Rating: - NOT OF HUMAN KINDNESS
Taylor Smith's "Random Acts" plays out like one of those made for USA-TV Movies. Here's some of the ingredients:
*A feisty determined female reporter who has recently divorced her no-good husband who has subsequently married her sister.
*A gorgeous but icy cold FBI criminal profiler who may have had something to do with her husband's (also an FBI undercover agent) murder. Her husband, COINCIDENTALLY, was having an affair with above mentioned reporter.
*A rough and rugged FBI agent, a former ... Read More
Rating: - Great!
I think that this book was really great. Once I started it I was not able to put the book down, because I was in suspense and always wanted to know what was going to happen next. I didn't expect the ending to happen the way that it did so that came to be a big suprise but that made the book all the more interesting to read. I would suggest this book to anyone who wants to read a great suspenseful book.
Rating: - Very good.
Claire Gillespie was a top reporter on an overseas assignment when whe fell in love with an FBI agent, Michael Kazarian. When Claire accidentally broke his cover, Michael was murdered. During her next news assignment in California, she found out that Michael had been married! If just so happens that Michael's widow, Laurel Madden, was heading the case Claire was to cover about a serial killer targeting infants.
Claire was like a dog with a bone! She was out to prove Laurel a murderer. However, ... Read More
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