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America's #1 bestselling thriller writer, James Patterson presents his most suspenseful, explosive tale ever. Only an hour out of port, the Dunne family's summer getaway to paradise is already turning into the trip from hell. The three children are miserable-and not shy about showing it. Katherine Dunne had hoped this vacation would bring back the togetherness they'd lost when her husband died four years earlier. Maybe if her new husband had joined them it would all have been okay.
Suddenly, a disaster hits-and it's perfect. Faced with this real threat, the Dunnes rediscover the meaning of family. But this catastrophe is just a tiny taste of the true danger that lurks ahead-somewhere out there, someone wants to make sure that the Dunne family never leaves paradise alive. |
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 Anyone for a sail? |
| Review Date: July 4, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Ann M. Macpherson, Newcastle, WA |
I loved this story. I couldn't put the book down. In fact, I read it all in less than 24 hours. It was exciting, a real page turner. I loved what I thought as the very real dysfunctional family related to the death of their father, being raised with lots of money and privilege and teens who were typically rebellious and a mother who was too busy with her career to care. I do believe a lot of these families do exist. And to see them struggle but grow and mature with near disasters is heart warming. We can only hope that it could actually happen to families such as these.
The story was action packed--never a boring minute. The "new" husband was exactly the kind of guy known as a "gold digger". I was very happy that he turned out to be behind a lot of the chaos----happy to see him go down.
This kind of read is perfect for the beach or hot tub---pure entertainment, fast reading and exciting all the way to the end.
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Snakes, Sharks and an Exploding Boat
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| Review Date: September 6, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Vesta Irene, the Pacific Northwest |
Katherine Dunne lost her husband four years earlier to a scuba diving accident. Eleven months ago she married a shark of man, Attorney Peter Caryle. Carlyle is after Kathy's dough and he doesn't want to wait for it. To that end he employs Gerard Devoux, a sailboat savvy hitman to smooth his way to all that cash.
Katherine feels she's going bonkers, her oldest, eighteen-year-old Yalie freshman Carrie is a bulimic on the verge of suicide, next in line is sixteen-year-old, pot-smoking, spoiled Mark and lastly there's ten-year-old quiet and troubled Ernie. These people are about as dysfunctional as you can get and to bind them together, heal them maybe, Katherine decides to set sail in the Caribbean on the family boat. Of course they need an experienced captain and who better than an ex-lover, brother in law named Jake.
Needless to say a lot of bad stuff goes wrong on this three hour tour (well it was more than tree hours). Carrie tries to kill herself, Mark gets caught smoking dope, they almost sink, the boat blows up, they're lost on an island, where they fend off sharks and a really big snake and their epirb (emergency position indicating radio beacon) has been rigged by Devoux to tell the world that the castaways Dunne are they aren't.
Meanwhile hitman Devoux's got himself a seaplane and guess who he's coming after?
Okay, did I like it. Yeah, I did, though one has to wonder these days if Mr. Patterson is really writing these stories. The characters were quickly sketched, not really fleshed out, but that's okay in this kind of story. There were too many sharks, but that's okay too. That snake was a bit much, but it'll give you goose bumps. And as one who has actually been on a boat in the Caribbean when it's sinking, I can tell you I was right there with these people. This is good entertainment
Reviewed by Vesta Irene |
very good thriller
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| Review Date: January 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: MalPal, |
| i am a thirteen year old and i just love this book. there is alot of action and suspense. i have read all of his books and so far this is one of my favorites. |
Good mystery book
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| Review Date: November 16, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Jan Crowder, |
| Haven't finished it yet, but it has kept my interest just like most of his others |
WOW!!!
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| Review Date: December 3, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Screech, Illinois, USA |
| All I want to say is "spectacular" kept me on the edge of my coach : ) I recommend this book to people who hate to read because this will change thier mind forever! Please read this book!!!!! |
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