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Ransom Beach (2008)

by Lawrence Kelter(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1591332680 (ISBN13: 9781591332688)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Hilliard & Harris Publishers

series

Stephanie Chalice Mystery

review 1: I wanted to like this book, I did. I don't even write reviews often but feel I need to in the case of Ransom Beach. It was VERY hard to take Stephanie, the main character, seriously, as she was painted as a 15 year old horny boy with nothing but sex on her mind. Ok, we get it, she's got a great libido and a sexy boyfriend to use it on, but come on--she's in a life or death situation that could make or break her career--and her life--and she's noticing how 'cute' the young man sitting next to her is? It kind of felt like this was the author's dream girl, who thought of nothing but sex all the time, and it made it very hard for me to take her seriously as the good detective she is--all that totally overshadowed the plot of the book. I normally like to read thriller/myst... moreery series if I like a character--I just have to wait for a new book to come out so I can "meet up" with the character again. But this is one I don't think I'll be reading any more of; and believe me, I'm no prude….that part of her character was just very distracting and really took away from the rest of the book.
review 2: This book was a quick and easy read. I gave it 3 stars instead of 4 only because I think the author spends too much time talking about what a sex fiend the lead character, Detective Stephanie Chalice is. I believe it insults the readers' intelligence, especially considering the author is a male. I get it..she's a nympho we get it. The story moves quite fast and revolves around the kidnapping of Manny, who is considered by a Gnostic faith to be a descendant of Nostradamus. Manny is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer named Moira Ryan, who holds out on the Faith and demands a 5 million ransom from Celia Thorne, a cosmetics queen who is Manny's guardian after adopting him from her deceased sister in France. The plot twist at the end was quite interesting and the author paces the story very well, so much so that I was able to read this in 3 or 4 days quite fast. For the 99 cents I spent on the Nook it is a decent read, although Nelson DeMille's assertion that Mr Kelter is a young Robert Ludlum is a tad over the top and not even close. Worth a read if you enjoy a good crime drama, not exceptional in my opinion but solid less

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