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Taylor Smith Best Of Enemies
Mira 1997 1551662779 / 9781551662770 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
1551662779 1551662779 Product Description When a young college girl is linked to a terrible crime and then mysteriously vanishes, one woman, who firmly believes in the girl's innocence, joins forces with a man tormented by his tortured past to unravel dark secrets that will rock a tranquil New England town. Original." From AudioFile Here's a good example of an audio production being superior in every way to its print source. Smith's novel about a student accused of an act of terrorism is clumsily written, with many dead spots and some truly awkward dialogue. Luckily, the abridgment smooths out most of the story's rough spots, and Rosenblat's excellent performance breathes life into this lifeless story. Although it does sound, at times, as though Rosenblat is struggling with the material (especially the dialogue), she turns many scenes that were dull in the book into riveting drama. D.P.
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Taylor Smith Deadly Grace
Mira 2003 1551669455 / 9781551669458 MM Very Good
1551669455 1551669455 From Publishers Weekly Structural problems and unconvincing characterizations undermine Smith's overlong thriller (after The Innocent's Club; Random Acts; etc.), despite an intriguing premise. At the core of the novel are the disjointed notebooks and musings of young Jillian Meade; the mysterious past of Jillian's mother, Grace Meade; and the investigation by veteran homicide investigator (and rookie FBI agent) Alex Cruz. Washington-based Cruz, in his capacity as a liaison to foreign investigative services, has been asked to interview Jillian, who visited two British women shortly before they were murdered. When Cruz discovers that Jillian's mother has died in a suspicious fire in Havenwood, Minn., and that Jillian has been hospitalized there, he decides an on-site visit is indicated. British-born Grace had always been reluctant to talk about her romantic and heroic past as an undercover operative in Nazi-occupied France. It was there that she met and married an American pilot, Joe Meade, who didn't survive the war, and conceived Jillian. Now, in 1979, an adult Jillian trained as a historical researcher seeks to learn more about her mother's past. Her research reveals that Grace was not the community pillar of Havenwood she seemed, and it also sets loose murderous forces beyond Jillian's control. With Jillian hospitalized and uncooperative, and Grace dead, Cruz must try to discover if Jillian is killer or victim. His investigations, interspersed with pages from Jillian's notebook, provide a complex answer. The novel's suspenseful, somewhat surprising ending is not enough to overcome the unconvincing portrait of Grace Meade that the story depends on. National advertising. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal A former international diplomat and intelligence analyst, Smith (Guilt by Silence) uses her experience to good effect in her latest thriller. This intriguing novel delves into the 1979 murder of Grace Meade, who lived quietly in Havenwood, MN, but was a member of the resistance in Nazi Germany. Grace's daughter, Jillian, is seemingly the only living link between her mother's past and her life in Havenwood. FBI Special Agent Alex Cruz, who is investigating Jillian in connection with two murders in England, arrives in Havenwood to find Jillian unresponsive in a psychiatric ward. The narrative alternates between Alex's investigation and Jillian's journal of the events leading to her hospitalization. Though danger lurks and the identity of the killers is uncertain, the true suspense is wrung from Jillian's research into her mother's past and the way that Alex is being drawn into those events. Though some sections are repetitive, the pacing of both investigations effectively echoes the protagonists' own driving needs. Recommended for all public libraries. Jane Jorgenson, Madison P.L., WI Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Taylor Smith Innocents Club
Mira 2001 1551668181 / 9781551668185 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
1551668181 1551668181 Amazon Review Heavily touted as a would-be bestseller, The Innocents Club has a lot going for it. There's a smart, sexy heroine, Mariah Bolt, whose unhappy childhood as the abandoned daughter of a famous writer revered by millions (including the Russian people) hasn't stopped her from moving right along in her career as a CIA analyst. There's Los Angeles society matron Renata Hunter, who stole Ben Bolt away from his family and then left him to die in penury. She now guards the legacy of her own father, a multimillionaire industrialist whose ties to the Soviet Union are legendary (think Armand Hammer). There's Paul Chaney, a slick, ambitious newscaster (think Peter Jennings) who has designs on Mariah, as well as a secret connection with Renata. And there's Frank Tucker, a CIA agent who's been buried in the dead document basement since Jack Geist, his nemesis in the agency, clawed his way to the top of the intelligence bureaucracy. Finally, there's a famous, revered, conveniently dead Russian literary lion (think Chekhov) who may have smuggled a manuscript to the late Ben Bolt, pages the Soviet bureaucracy couldn't afford to have published, then or now. It all comes together in Southern California, where a world conference featuring a Russian prime minister desperately trying to retain his power is the setting for a clever novel about revenge, betrayal, and intrigue. Readers of Taylor Smith's first novel, Guilt by Silence, will be delighted to encounter Mariah Bolt again. New readers are in for a well-plotted, fast-paced thriller that provides a nice twist on international intrigue. Mariah's efforts to come to terms with the father she barely knew provide a window into her interior life, and her growing realization about her feelings for Frank Tucker add just enough romance to season the mix. This may be one of those instances where the advance hype for a book is merited. --Jane Adams --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly Picking up where 1995's Guilt by Silence left off, Smith's latest is a graceful, compellingly written thriller about how Cold War secretsAand great literary figuresAnever really die. At the center of the plot is Mariah Bolt, a senior CIA analyst who reluctantly agrees to travel to Los Angeles to convince a Russian diplomat to become a double agent. Mariah, daughter of the late great American author Benjamin Bolt, figures she'll combine the work trip with a visit to her father's literary agent, who's been analyzing an unpublished manuscript that Mariah discovered some months earlier after her home was flooded, and that appears to be her father's work. Less than 24 hours after her arrival in L.A., however, Mariah's life gets much more complicated. The diplomat is found dead in his hot tub, shortly after he informs Mariah that rumors have surfaced that her father didn't succumb to hepatitis 30 years ago in Paris, as was believed, but was murdered. Worse, the manuscript that bears Bolt's name may actually be a samizdat novel by a Russian author who died about the same time as Mariah's father. The past keeps coming back to haunt Mariah, as the death count rises and old ghosts emerge. Fortunately, Mariah's old friend and CIA mentor, Frank Tucker, is protecting her flank as she battles former KGB operatives, Russian mobsters and their American allies. Smith's gloriously intricate plot is top-notch, and her writing, though breathy in spots, is that of a gifted storyteller. Mariah may be a familiar heroineAsingle mom, conflicted over professional and family issuesAbut she's also a sly operator with a sharp tongue, a keen wit and a well-honed sense of how to swim with the sharks. Author tour. (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Taylor Smith Liar's Market
Mira 20041201 0778321053 / 9780778321057 MM Very Good
0778321053 0778321053 Review "Smith keeps the action going in a way that will remind readers of Robert Ludlum." -- Booklist Product Description In Hong Kong a beautiful woman is pushed off a balcony to her death. In London a young American is gunned down outside the U.S. embassy. In Washington a senior CIA official vanishes into thin air. Random, unrelated events? Or pieces of the same puzzle? These events are no accidents, in seems, when it is discovered that the woman in Hong Kong had a CIA lover. That the London murder was a case of mistaken identity, and the intended target was the wife of CIA senior deputy Drum MacNeil, who has since gone missing. To find MacNeil, investigators are taking a close look at his past actions, public and private. And at this restless wife, Carrie, who is doing her best to play the part of an innocent victim, even though it's increasingly clear that Drum's life has been a carefully constructed lie. Carrie MacNeil is about to learn firsthand about the evil of treachery. And in this business there are no fair-trade rules. It's always a liar's market.
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