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Solitude Creek

Fear Kills in Agent Kathryn Dance Book 4

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Solitude Creek

By: Jeffery Deaver
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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 The fourth electrifying thriller in the Kathryn Dance series from master of suspense Jeffery Deaver.

One mistake is all it takes.

Busted back to rookie after losing her gun in an interrogation gone bad, California Bureau of Investigation Agent Kathryn Dance finds herself making routine insurance checks after a roadhouse fire.

But Dance is a highly trained expert in body language: her most deadly weapon is her instinct, and they can't take that away from her.

And when the evidence at the club points to something more than a tragic accident, she isn't going to let protocol stop her doing everything in her power to take down the perp.

Someone out there is using the panic of crowds to kill, and Dance must find out who, before he strikes again . . .

(P)2015 Hachette Audio©2015 Gunner Publications LLC Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Mystery

Critic reviews

Deaver is a master of manipulation himself; his skillfully constructed plots are devilishly tricky to track and impossible to solve, just the way we like them.
SOLITUDE CREEK displays a key element in Deaver's work: ironclad plotting
Everything we've come to expect from a man at the top of his game . . . the killings, the suspense, the twisted motives and the way the hunters become the hunted make this a great read. Well done, Jeffery Devious.
The plotting here is endlessly surprising
Sometimes the purest escapism can only be found in a knuckle-bleaching thriller that messes with your blood pressure. This is a job for Jeffery Deaver, on top form with another case for special agent Kathryn Dance . . . a classically twisty slice of Deaver suspense
A masterclass in the art of misdirection
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This was a great page turner with a surprise twist or two at the end!

Another great read!

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Thin story, looks like a Troy Mclure TV movie plot, main character motivations are "just because I have to". Twists too facile and neat, daft love interest and annoying reveals of earlier conversations to progress plot.

Would you ever listen to anything by Jeffery Deaver again?

Nope

What aspect of January LaVoy’s performance might you have changed?

Too much gushing about the Dance Character and family

Did Solitude Creek inspire you to do anything?

Play Grant Theft Auto

Meandering, cliched, TV movie script

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Real fan of Jeffrey Deaver, and Katherine Dance. Really enjoyed the whole thing, plot, twists and narration.

Solitude Creek

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A cracking page turner, beautifully written as always by Jeffery Deaver. Clear and sensitive narration is an added bonus.

Gripping

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I found this a strange thriller. It is technically accomplished and polished - I'd prefer to give a 3.5 score. Jeffery Deaver is a master wordsmith and employs plot twists and diversions with the slight of hand of a magician. The empathy with which he relates the inner and family life of his female protagonist is sensitive and insightful. I felt that I'd slipped into a Patricia Cornwell novel at times, what with the Vuitton shoes and hair accessories.

It's a matter of my personal taste. The emotional life of Kathryn Dance is centre stage in this story. The resolution of crime scenes and situations felt a little anti-climatic at times, like pulling a tangle of thread and it all comes to nothing. I preferred the detective work of the last Lincoln Rhyme thriller (The Skin Collector) and the previous Dance novel (XO). I wonder where Jeffery Deaver is taking the character of Kathryn Dance, and I missed her having Lincoln Rhyme as a cantankerous foil - but I've been enjoying Stuart McBride so I'm preferring my detectives a little more hard-boiled!

It is such a well written book and the performance is solid. I do feel daft giving it a low score but it's more to do with my preferences. This just hasn't caught my imagination, moved or excited me as much as some of the other excellent audio books I've listened to recently.

A Subtle Dance with Adversity

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