- Paperback: 292 pages
- Publisher: Authorhouse (February 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1588209636
- ISBN-13: 978-1588209634
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 12.8 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 349 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,164,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A great read with a stunning finish... A good and recommended read." Advocate, Narayan. -- Picturing Justice, a web journal on Law and Popular Culture, published by the Faculty of Law, University of San Francisco, March 2001.
...a smart, believable suspense filled mystery. Military enthusiasts will find Norm Harris's penchant for accuracy refreshing. -- Cal Glomstad, formerly CBS News
...an outstanding story...dialogue is crisp and succinct. .story is fast-moving...believable and timely as today's news. -- Barbara Buhrer, retired librarian and reviewer for About.com/mystery and MySelf.com
...a smart, believable suspense filled mystery. Military enthusiasts will find Norm Harris's penchant for accuracy refreshing. -- Cal Glomstad, formerly CBS News
...an outstanding story...dialogue is crisp and succinct. .story is fast-moving...believable and timely as today's news. -- Barbara Buhrer, retired librarian and reviewer for About.com/mystery and MySelf.com
From the Publisher
Every now and again a unique story comes our way—a story unlike any we may have read before. Such a story could be Fruit of a Poisonous Tree author Norm Harris’s first critically acclaimed mystery/thriller.
Faydra is a dedicated Navy lawyer who has lived her life in the shadows of a great and powerful man, an ex-President of the United States, William Green. Though once one of the most powerful men in the world, Green is unable to heal the wound in his relationship with his daughter. His former power and influence are a curse for Faydra and cause her to wonder if any of her accomplishments were her own doing.
When the Navy assigns Faydra to her first homicide investigation, she accepts the assignment with both eagerness and apprehension. She reasons that a successful investigation will provide her the opportunity to validate her sense of self-worth.
As her investigation unfolds, she quickly realizes that the accused man, a Marine war hero, may be innocent and that the Navy might be using her as a pawn in an elaborate cover-up scheme.
A seasoned Navy sea captain, Egan Fletcher, whose wife had died eight years earlier, has struggled trying to balance his Navy career with raising his son. His life changes when the Navy purposely matches Faydra and him—a meeting that launches the two naval officers on a heart-pounding voyage that takes them halfway around the world in a desperate attempt to prevent a catastrophic biological war.
Author Norm Harris has crafted his story, Fruit of a Poisonous Tree, with a dose of John Grisham’s streetwise legal savy, a bit of Tom Clancy’s techno-gadgetry, and a hint of Nelson DeMille’s wonderful humor. And yet the writer’s style is his own. The story is simply written and told, but written in a quick and spirited pace.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Average story line, too many distractions,
By Pete Mitchell "suspense_thriller_lover" (Salt Lake City, Utah United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fruit of a Poisonous Tree (Paperback)
I hate to give a review like this. From his biography, Norm Harris seems like a nice guy. Unfortunately, for only maybe the third or fourth time in my life, I could not finish his book. Maybe the problem was my expectations were too high. Prior to purchasing the book online, I had read several glowing reviews. I couldnt't wait to begin reading. However, I was sorely disappointed. Hard as I tried, I could not relate to the characters. They seemed like cardboard cut-outs. Their actions were driven by the plot. The plot itself seemed contrived and simply wasn't very interesting (after a fairly compelling beginning). My main complaint was the typographical errors. I seemed to find one on every page. Words were misspelled. Grammatical errors were prevalent. A character known only as "Mr. Smith" (for example) would be referred to in the next paragraph as "Ralph". Reference was made to "Caspar the Friendly Ghost". I always thought it was "Casper". Sentences either contained too many commas or not enough. These errors were ultimately too distracting and prevented me from focusing on the story. **To Mr. Harris's credit, I learned after that the book was self-published; Mr. Harris did not have the assistance of a professional editor and/or publishing house.
1.0 out of 5 stars
bad writing, ok plot,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fruit of a Poisonous Tree (Paperback)
I bought this book because of its high ratings by readers and because it appeared in several top 10 lists that included other authors l like. It wasn't obvious to me until I got the book that it was self-published. I still read it with an open mind because of the positive reviews, but it was painful to get through. Although the plot is fun in the abstract, the way the book progresses, the scenes, the dialogue and the descriptions of the locale are banal at best but often awkward. I've never written a review for amazon before, but I felt completely duped by all the exhuberant praise for this book and had to put my two cents in. Read Lee Child or Vince Flynn instead.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't get through this one,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fruit of a Poisonous Tree (Paperback)
Easy writing style carried me half way through Fruit of A Poisonous Tree, but I found the plot laboring to find a conclusion. When they dived for the same items the second time in sequence, I lost my patience. I shouldn't have to work so hard to follow a plot. Sorry, but this one is not for me, and I love JAG on TV. Pick up the pace and keep the plot moving along at a faster pace and this author could be a best seller.I didn't care about the characters, lacked character development.
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