- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Onyx (MM); 1st Onyx mmpb printing edition (Nov 18 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451197054
- ISBN-13: 978-0451197054
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Audrey Goh kidnapped her boyfriend for a romantic weekend alone in her luxury high-rise apartment on Hawaii's scenic coast. The building's state-of-the-art security system would make sure that no one else got in--or out. But someone seems to have slipped through the empty building's cracks. Someone who has been watching--and waiting for--Audrey for years. Someone who has wanted her all to himself...
* Thom Racina is the bestselling author of Snow Angel (9/97) and Hidden Agenda (3/99)
Praise for Snow Angel:
"Chilling suspense." --Judith Gould
"A tale of obsessive love run nastily amok."--Kirkus Reviews
"Powerful, compelling....A highly charged thriller with a surprise ending." --Tulsa World
"Highly cinematic." --Publishers Weekly
"A chilling cliffhanger." --Booklist
Praise for Hidden Agenda:
"Fast-paced...a smart read."--San Francisco Examiner
"Colorful...fiendish...good entertainment...could be a heck of a movie." --Publishers Weekly
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5.0 out of 5 stars
MARRY ME OR ELSE,
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This review is from: Secret Weekend (Paperback)
Once in a while you come across a book that is so painstakingly bad it's like one of those cheesy old sci-fi movies---you can't help but like it. Racina is such a "cinematic" writer, in that his books feel like made for tv or straight to video movies. But, that's okay, as long as they're entertaining.This one is a hoot! Some of the dialogue and the descriptive narrative is a riot. I remember one section where one of the characters, Ben, is said to "chortle." Who in the world uses the word chortle? And the characters are some of the most shallow I've read in some time. Audrey Goh is supposed to be so beautiful she stops clocks..but she's also a tease, and rather a self-centered one at that. She kidnaps her boyfriend, Mark, and whisks him off for a secret weekend in a maximum security apartment complex she is building. And all, just to get him to propose. In addition, she is pregnant. Her best friend, Bobbie, your typical "dumb blonde" warns her that Mark is not worth it. Earlier in the book, we find that someone wants revenge on Audrey and her family for causing the suicide of his father and subsequent death of his mother, too. So he waits ten years and lo and behold, he's back to carry out his revenge. I was kind of surprised at the identity of the revenge-filled lover; the inclusion of a "Rear Window" peeping Tom is also misleading, but that's okay, cause it does keep you guessing. But then the plot really soars into mayhem. A Chinese couple wants to buy an apartment in the complex; turns out they aren't who they say they are; then an elderly Chinese couple gets mercilessly killed; and we find out that somehow (and I still haven't figured out yet how), a bomb is placed in the safe, set to go off at 1:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. An unlikely, but courageous, hero emerges and the race is on to save the damsel in distress. It's suspenseful, but still I found myself smiling at the predicaments our heroes get in during the big chase climax....and then the killer is taken care of, but you won't believe what happens, even though if you've seen any "Halloween" movies, you can guess. What a hoot! But it's fun, quizzical, and a good read. If you like to find another guilty pleasure, "Secret Weekend" is worth it!
4.0 out of 5 stars
I couldn't put the book down . . .,
By A Customer
This review is from: Secret Weekend (Paperback)
. . . for reading or content. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. The ending was a cop-out when the bad guy finally catches the protagonist. Still a great pool-side read though. I loved the descriptions of the building. I found myself thinking I would love to have a realtor's job and live the life of a millionaire by "borrowing" an incredible condo overlooking Hawaii for the weekend. Yeah, the book took me out of this world.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Plot is a Strange Blend of Stalking and Real Estate,
This review is from: Secret Weekend (Paperback)
This book looked good initially, but as I read, I started to wonder: Is Racina an author or an interior decorator? He spent way too much time describing the details of the expensive apartments Audrey is selling. Who cares? When he did move on to the action, the events were ridiculous. The characters are generally shallow and unlikable, so it's hard to care if they get killed or not.
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