I listened to the Audio CD version of this book and it was abridged. Therefore, I did not know about the "sex scene" between Tom and Sally until I read one of the reviews here. Nor do I now know what happened with respect to the pharmaceutical CEO who was hoping to buy the Codex from Hauser. The CD version never discussed it after the scene between Hauser and the CEO when the CEO agreed to buy the Codex. Can someone fill me in on what I missed? Thanks.

I agree with the other reviewers who enjoyed this book but were disappointed by the ending. It was quite a let-down, actually. This is the first book I have ever read by Jason Starr, but I will definitely read his next one. He is a talented writer who wrote a very suspenseful, engaging book. Hopefully he will do better on the ending next time.

I started to read this book only because my reading group chose it as its next selection. I thought I would hate it - I have no interest whatsoever in horses or horse racing. And I have very little patience with books. If they don't grab me in the first 50 pages or so, I usually don't have the tenacity to hold on. (There are so many wonderful books to read, why waste time with one you don't like!) But Seabiscuit captured my interest from the very first page. I cannot explain why I liked it so much - I just know that I thoroughly enjoyed it. The writing was superb. I was sorry when the book ended. Highly recommended.

I agree 100% with the reviewer who said that this book had a good premise, but turned out to be unbearably stupid. Several times during the course of reading this book I was ready to throw it across the room in frustration. I mean, it was just so SILLY. The two main characters, Barry and Maureen, have more than enough evidence that some MAJOR EVIL is going on here, yet they still talk about it as though it is a normal situation with normal solutions possible. For example, if you knew that people were breaking into your house in the middle of the night while you were in the other room sleeping, if you knew that they poisoned your pet (and also some children), if you knew that they secretly videotaped you in the bedroom and in the bathroom, if your friends suddenly disappeared without a trace, if there was a "Stumpy" or two writhing around in the woods, would your reaction be to say, "Hey, let's attend the next homeowners' association meeting and see if we can vote against the board"????

I mean, the book is just too silly for words. So many situations were totally implausible. Why in the world would Maureen have agreed to spend the night alone in that house with all the weird and scary things that had been happening? Why in the world did no one try to bring in police from outside the town of Corban? And, incidentally, what was the deal with that FBI agent? He said that he "wouldn't live anywhere else" but a community that had a homeowners' association, with the implication being what? That Bonita Vista was only one of several of these types of wacky communities? Reminded me a bit of the movie "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" for some reason!

Finally, I too was annoyed by the reference to "that jackass William Rehnquist." Bentley, keep your political views to yourself, please. They didn't belong in here. I get enough of that reading the New York Post.

I was surprised to read so many bad reviews of this novel!! I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I laughed out loud many times, and actually felt kind of sad when the book came to an end. It reminded me just a bit of that book I read about a million years ago- "Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York." (Anyone remember that one?) I will certainly look for Alex Witchel's next novel.

I found the first chapter or two interesting, although very unrealistic. I am an attorney with a large law firm and that scene with the big document review was not at all told "like it is". No large law firm would leave boxes and boxes of documents to be reviewed by one person overnight before being produced to the adversary the next morning. There are also things to be done to the documents, like Bates-stamping - well, I won't bore the non-lawyers reading this - but trust me when I say it was unrealistic. (Also, just by the way, if one document out of many thousands was produced by accident when it was legitimately attorney/client privileged, then the party who produced the document could move to have it "unproduced." Well, I said I would say no more, so ....)

After reading about 3/4s of the book, I could take it no longer and just skimmed the end. I think if I were not a lawyer I probably would have given the book 3 stars. But that still is a pretty poor review, huh?

I found the first chapter or two interesting, although very unrealistic. I am an attorney with a large law firm and that scene with the big document review was not at all told "like it is". No large law firm would leave boxes and boxes of documents to be reviewed by one person overnight before being produced to the adversary the next morning. There are also things to be done to the documents, like Bates-stamping - well, I won't bore the non-lawyers reading this - but trust me when I say it was unrealistic. (Also, just by the way, if one document out of many thousands was produced by accident when it was legitimately attorney/client privileged, then the party who produced the document could move to have it "unproduced." Well, I said I would say no more, so ....)

After reading about 3/4s of the book, I could take it no longer and just skimmed the end. I think if I were not a lawyer I probably would have given the book 3 stars. But that still is a pretty poor review, huh?

I really loved this book! It was well-written, funny, and very entertaining. I couldn't stop reading it! As soon as I put it down, I wanted to pick it up again! I was not surprised to read that they are going to make a movie out of this book. It should be a great one. I am really looking forward to this author's next novel! Keep on writing, Howard!

I somehow managed to get through this book - only because I hate not finishing something I have started. But the book, which started out to be mildly entertaining, turned silly and dull rather quickly. The romance between Daisy and Jack was a little improbable, but it didn't bother me. I just found that there wasn't much plot to hold my interest.

The ending too was unbelievable and senseless. Without revealing too much, the book seems to suggest that someone who had been a murderer throughout the book would somehow prove to be the "savior" of one of the other characters at the end! Outrageously ridiculous! And it actually made me angry.

I think this will be my first and last Linda Howard novel. (Actually, I vaguely remember starting Mr. Perfect and reading a little before stopping and getting bored. I guess she really isn't my cup of tea, is she?)

I finished this book last night and I must say that I am both speechless and scratching my head in wonder. This book made absolutely no sense, never answered any of the questions that it posed, and was completely unsatisfying. In the beginning of the book there is a woman who was apparently sexually abused by a group of boys. And this is on the same night that Marianne was raped? (Or, at least I think she was raped, the book was not 100% clear on that either). The girl who was sexually abused is never mentioned again. What was her point in the story? I read through the entire book thinking that at some point there would be a "pay off." An explanation, a glimmer of understanding. Nothing! I read this book for days longer than I wanted to because I wanted to find out what was going to happen at the end. Well, guess what. *Nothing* happens. I want those days back so I can spend them reading another book! A good book. LOL.

I don't want to give the ending of the book away so I will stop here. Not that there really is an "ending" in the true sense of the word. The author just got sick of writing (finally!) and gave up. Thank goodness, now I can move on to something enjoyable. This was my first book by this author, and also my last.