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The Harbor (Mass Market Paperback)

de Carla Neggers (Author)
4.1étoiles sur 5  Voir tous les commentaires (8 évaluations de client)

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Small New England towns full of romance and intrigue are Neggers's specialty, and here she revisits characters first introduced in her previous book, Stonebrook Cottage. Patrick West, chief of police in Goose Harbor, Maine, is murdered following a visit to his 101-year-old aunt, Olivia. Olivia passes away after hearing of her nephew's death but not before trying to say she knows who murdered him. The murder remains unsolved, and in the year following Patrick's death, his daughter Zoe virtually self-destructs, abandoning her police career and secluding herself in Connecticut. Zoe returns to Goose Harbor after her sister Chistina calls to say that someone has broken into Olivia's house. Around the same time, burnt-out FBI agent J.B. McGrath rolls into town claiming to be on vacation. Inevitably, Zoe and J.B. team up to solve a string of inexplicable crimes that are somehow related to her father's murder. The relationship between Zoe and J.B. is well paced and believable, and a secondary thread concerning J.B.'s connection to Olivia is a nice twist. However, Neggers's supporting characters are less convincing, and her "bad guys" are little more than cardboard cutouts. Still, readers looking for a light escape will find this mildly diverting.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 liked the book alot, Juil 6 2004
Par Linda Vogel "kokome73" (Byron, GA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: The Harbor (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the first novel that I have read by Carla Neggers. While I do not find her prose to be a sophisticated as say Iris Johansen, I am a big fan of mystery romance, and Carla Neggers can spin a tale. I have a six month old daughter so my choices in literature have run to books that are not that difficult to read and keep up with, but still hold the reader in suspense (and a little bit of romance doesn't hurt when your at home alone all day with a baby!). I was pleasantly surprised by this book and intend to read more of Ms. Neggars works.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Good Read, Good Fun,, Avril 13 2004
Par "hermeneut" (White River Jct., VT United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: The Harbor (Mass Market Paperback)
This book engrossed me from the beginning, both the characters and the locale were intriguing. The combination of family tensions and the mystery gives it depth and poignancy. The writing is crisp, the descpritions vivid, the page turning unavoidable. You find yourself intrigued and engaged until the very end.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Very average - the town is the star here, Oct. 8 2003
Par Patricia Walker (Lisbon, MD USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: The Harbor (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the first book I have read by Carla Neggers and it may be my last. The story has been pretty well summarized by previous reviewers so I won't repeat that here.

I found Ms Neggers creation of the little harbor town in Maine (not Vermont) to be very compelling. It was almost like being there on a terrific visit. This and the fairly fast paced mystery kept me reading to the end.

Unfortunately, I found the characters sort of static. Both the hero, JB and the heroine, Zoe were drawn very well - with lots of unresolved personal issues that had tons of potential for development; alas, that's all it was: "potential", very little character development took place.

I also enjoyed watching the mystery unfold, although I twigged the probable villan early on - due to lack of believable alternatives. There were lots of potential suspects, but most - to me at least - were too sterotyped to be the real bad guy.

What really turned me off - and why I probably won't read any more books by this author - is that the motive for the crime came out of "left field". Unless I missed something pretty subtle, there were no clues to be followed. Which is pretty ironic, when Zoe muses on why she enjoys her deceased Great Aunt Olivia's books so much: the "basic premise" behind them is that "Jan Periwinkle" - Great Aunt Olivia's fictional detective - solved her mysteries "by following clues"!

Ah well - at least I finished it; I have no desire whatsoever to re-read it though and for me that's what makes a keeper.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 FAST PACE, SUSPENSEFUL, GREAT READ
Carla Neggers has once again given us a story with great characters, fast pace dialogue,an intriguing, suspenseful plot, and as always a hero to sigh over. Read more
Publié le Janv. 29 2003

5.0étoiles sur 5 This one sizzles.
Once again Vermont is the setting for one of Carla Negger's suspense filled romances. J.B. McGrath turns his forced vacation into work when he is drawn into investigating the... Read more
Publié le Janv. 28 2003 par Huntress Reviews

3.0étoiles sur 5 An average story
I gave this thre stars because it is average. There's nothing terrible about the story of an ex cop determined to find her father's killer and to get her life back on track. Read more
Publié le Janv. 25 2003 par S. Gould

4.0étoiles sur 5 exciting police procedural romantic suspense
In Goose Harbor, Maine, Police Chief Patrick West stops at the home of his centenarian Aunt Olivia, the author of the Periwinkle cozies, before completing his pre-work jog. Read more
Publié le Janv. 18 2003 par Harriet Klausner

5.0étoiles sur 5 Great read...
I really like this book the last couple of books of CN have been a 3 stars but this one you can tell she's back to the older books she has. It was worth the money...
Publié le Janv. 7 2003

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