High Noon

High Noon
by Nora Roberts

High Noon
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Author: Nora Roberts
Edition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-07-10
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Putnam Adult

Book Reviews of High Noon

Book Review: Big disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars

I am a HUGE Nora Roberts fan, but this was my least favorite of her books. A majority of the book involves long, detailed, drawn-out descriptions of the main character in hostage negotiation sequences. Although I usually enjoy Roberts' detail and her ability to create a sharp image in my mind of the story's events, in this book I became bored and impatient with all of the detail. The story line was unusually predictable and tedious. I'm glad this wasn't the first Nora Roberts book I read as it probably would have been my last. I'll be re-reading some of my Roberts' favorites to get this one out of my head.

Summary of High Noon

Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at an early age when an unstable man broke into her family's home, trapping and terrorizing them for hours. Now she's Savannah's top hostage negotiator, defusing powderkeg situations with a talent for knowing when to give in-and when to jump in and take action. It's satisfying work-and sometimes those skills come in handy at home dealing with her agoraphobic mother, still traumatized by the break-in after all these years, and her precocious seven-year-old, Carly.

It's exactly that heady combination of steely courage and sensitivity that first attracts Duncan Swift to Phoebe. After observing her coax one of his employees down from a roof ledge, he is committed to keeping this intriguing, take-charge woman in his life. She's used to working solo, but Phoebe's discovering that no amount of negotiation can keep Duncan at arm's length.

And when she's grabbed by a man who throws a hood over her head and brutally assaults her-in her own precinct house-Phoebe can't help but be deeply shaken. Then threatening messages show up on her doorstep, and she's not just alarmed but frustrated. How do you go face-to-face with an opponent who refuses to look you in the eye?

Now, with Duncan backing her up every step of the way, she must establish contact with the faceless tormentor who is determined to make her a hostage to fear . . . before she becomes the final showdown.

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