The CoveCatherine Coulter |
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  3/25/2011 |
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Catherine Coulter's The Cove is an enjoyable book and a satisfying introduction to her FBI Thriller series. If you already know this series but haven't read this one yet, Dillon Savich is a minor character and Lacey Sherlock has not entered the story line yet. She was a prisoner in a sanitorium for six months. Now Sally Brainerd has escaped and run from Washington D.C. to the west coast. Her Aunt Amabel lives in a small, picture perfect community on the coast, the Cove. Sally believes that no one knows about her mother's sister. She needs to clear her mind and try to remember what happened the night her father was killed. Aunt Amabel is not a secret. James Quinlan is with the FBI. He follows her to the Cove. His cover story is that he is looking for an older couple that disappeared about three years earlier. He really wants to find Sally and make her remember what happened the night her father was shot. Then he wants to take her back to Washington and her family. It's not that simple. First, Sally is certain she hears a woman scream in the middle of the night. Then she receives a phone call from her dead father. She was in a private mental institution but was drugged into passivity. Her family had her placed there. That's why she ran from all of them, including her husband. She knows she's not crazy. And yet... James believes her. He is careful with her, not letting her know he is a special FBI agent. He wants her to regain her memories. Then he gets drawn into her mysteries. Plus there seems to be another one. There's something hidden about that missing couple that are is cover story. Catherine Coulter builds two mysteries together in The Cove and adds in a romance for James and Sally. It gets disjointed at times because of it. Sally's East Coast mystery is suspenseful. It has some twists that catch the reader in. James' West Coast mystery is strange and slightly absurd. The worse part is, it could happen. While not a great book, The Cove is a good escape that will give the reader a mystery to enjoy. Notice: Suggestive dialogue or situations |
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