Location: Home > Art, Architecture & Photography > General > Don't Tell

Don't Tell

Author: Karen Rose
Publisher: Warner Forever
Category: Book

List Price: ~~Ł2.45~~
Buy New: Ł0.56
You Save: Ł1.89 (77%)

New (23) Used (8) from Ł0.56

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 380

Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 3.9 x 1.3

ISBN: 0446618969
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780446618960
ASIN: 0446618969

Publication Date: December 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.

Similar Items:

•	The Kill
•	The Hunt
•	See No Evil
•	The Prey
•	Speak No Evil

Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Great read May 12, 2008
I can't believe some of the reviews I've just read. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The romance is a good counterfoil to the suspense - means I can read it before bed without nightmares!

4 out of 5 stars

mysterylover February 29, 2008
I bought this book thinking it was only a murder mystery but found out that it was also classed as murder/romance
I found the story and characters very good and i really enjoyed it and at times couldn't put it down but must admit that i found the romance part appeared far too often and went into far too much detail and also the main characters thinking about each other was a bit repetitive
Sticking to the main story would have made it a better read but since the story line was really good i give it 4 stars

2 out of 5 stars

Romance dressed up as a thriller. Okay plot, poorly written February 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The first thing anyone thinking about buying this book should be aware of is that it is published by "Warner Forever", and is marketed as "Romantic Suspense". In my ignorance, I thought I was buying a mystery/thriller novel so was bitterly disappointed.

The plot is basically an okay one: abused wife flees her husband and, together with her young son, starts a new life. The narrative kicks off about ten years later, when the husband discovers his wife is still alive and sets out to track her down.

However, the idea is let down by the painfully cliched dialogue, characterization and descriptions. It reads like something out of a cheap airport romance. I am aware this is the author's first novel, so perhaps her later books are better written. I recently had the misfortune to read one of Tess Gerritson's earliest efforts and it was of much the same calibre as this - and yet she has now matured into a gripping crime writer.

If you are looking for a Mills & Boony type thing, I imagine you might enjoy this. It has a strong, feisty female lead with a dark, brooding male love interest, both recovering from painful pasts.

If you are looking for a new crime writer, please do not touch this book. Within the first 50 pages I was already having to skip whole chunks of schmaltzy "romance" sections and by about two-thirds through, I basically just skimmed to the end to find out what happened.

1 out of 5 stars

Dreadful February 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is quite possibly the most badly written book I have ever attempted to read. It is full of stock characters, the attractive but crippled university professor who, of course falls at "first sight" for the plucky but formerly battered wife who has started a new life with her protective son. The writing itself is of the most cliched type: "This was serious electricity", "The need to kiss her lips was overwhelming", "the leggy redhead". All this in half a page and so it goes on, presumably throughout the novel, although I had to give up after the first 150 pages. I gave the book one star because of the plot, although even that is not original concerning, as it does, a brutal husband who surprise, surprise is a police officer, searching for the wife and child who have now made a new life after faking their disappearance. If you want to read a romantic thriller, stick to Mary Higgins Clark. She may be fairly predictable but at least she can write a bit.

5 out of 5 stars

Tell Everyone! January 11, 2008
9 out of 11 found this review helpful

Mary Grace Winters was nearly ki11ed by her husband more than once. Since he was cop, the only way out was to disappear and start a new life with her son far away from North Carolina. With new names and a new look, they lived in relative safety in Chicago for several years, but when the car she ditched is found, her husband realizes she isn't dead YET.

Max Hunter is her new boss, and he is YUMMY! It was love/lust at first sight for him and Caroline (formerly Mary Grace). Although the sparks are flying everywhere, both have many issues they need to resolve before they can think of a future together. Also, her son is terrified his mother will end up in another abusve relationship.

I like romantic suspense/thriller, and this is one of the best I've read. The pace was relentless, and once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. Who needs sleep, right? :) This novel is vilent, s3xy, sweet, and haunting. If you like Tino Georgiou's-The Fates, you will like this book.