Random Acts: Does It Take A Killer To Catch A Killer? - Softcover

Smith, Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551664313 ISBN 13: 9781551664316

Publisher: Mira, 1998

Synopsis

A brilliant and beautiful criminal profiler, Laurel Madden possesses her own dark secrets, which reporter Claire Gillespie is determined to reveal, but not without the interference of FBI agent Dan Sprague, who dangerously becomes caught between the two women. Original.

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From AudioFile:

At times, Barbara Rosenblat reads Taylor Smith's new mystery like a children's librarian sharing Dr. Seuss on a Saturday morning. Random Acts involves, in part, the kidnap and murder of small children, and such grisly subject matter calls for a hard-nosed narrative tone instead of the breathless intensity that is Rosenblat's style. But Rosenblat does well with accents, from Russian to Cajun, and her husky vocality gives the book's big love scene more steam than a lunch-buffet special. The mood she manages to create is almost enough to cover up Smith's too obvious plot line. D.A.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Publishers Weekly:

Smith (Guilt by Silence) proves herself one of Mira's strongest authors, though the plot of her latest woman-in-jeopardy suspense thriller plot involving psycho baby-killers may put off some readers. The murdered Michael Kazarian, enigmatic husband of Laurel Madden, and former lover of Claire Gillespie, looms large in this excellent page-turner. Laurel, a top FBI profiler, and Claire, a star news magazine reporter, are unexpectedly brought together because of the headline-grabbing "Totnap" case. Four infants have been kidnapped in Los Angeles, and two bodies recovered. The grisly circumstances make romance difficult, if not quite impossible, but love has a way, and strong, handsome FBI men Dan Sprague and Gar Doucet are hard to resist. Doucet's dark allure does a number on Claire, and the sexual tension there is deliciously palpable. But sexual tension isn't all. Taylor manages to keep the suspense taut as well, as she keeps readers guessing whether ice-queen Laurel murdered her husband with Doucet's help. The publisher compares Smith to John Grisham and in fact, it's a perfectly plausible comparison?though Smith's a better prose stylist.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Mira
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1551664313
• ISBN 13: 9781551664316
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 442