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Title: The Devil's Bed by William Kent Krueger ISBN: 0-7434-4585-6 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A fast and furious thriller
Comment: Harlan Coben, Robert Crais, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane and Don
Winslow were all well established mystery authors with successful highly acclaimed series when they wrote their first stand alone. The result was that they all hit the big time and the national bestseller lists. William Kent Krueger has been a favorite for years with his Cork O'Connor mystery series. Now he joins this August crowd by writing a stand alone and it is every bit as good and entertaining as the others.
Secret Service agent Bo Thorsen is assigned to protect the First Lady, Kate Dixon, when she heads back to her home in Minnesota after her father is injured in a farming accident. Unbeknownst to Bo, she is targeted by a mysterious killer who bears a grudge against her. At the same time, her husband, President Clay Dixon, is up for reelection and needs Kate's help with the campaign. Due to his apparent lack of moral fortitude, Kate has left her husband. This can fatally damage his campaign. One of the President's advisors look upon her as a liability and want to do something about it without the President's knowledge. Bo is up against, not only the battle of his career, but, of his life.
William Kent Krueger's fast and furious debut thriller appears headed for bestseller stardom. Impressive characterizations and a tricky plot with may twists and turns make this another winner. The plot, although it occasionally loses focus, is always entertaining. Highly recommended.
Rating: 2
Summary: cheese-a-rama
Comment: I cannot believe this book was written by the same author who wrote Iron Lake and Purg. Ridge. I have to admit, I tried very very hard to like this because I was very impressed with the Cork series. In the end however this was bad on so many levels. The dialog was terrible...completely unrealistic. The characters empty. I still don't have a true sense of Bo. Also a love affair between the first lady and a minnesota secret service agent doesn't strike me as either interesting or believable.
And the ending? I won't ruin it for those who haven't read it, but the climax occurred.....well it never did. It was like a decent football game that completely fell apart by the 3rd quarter. You keep waiting to get back to the excitement of the 1st quarter, but people keep getting injured and the game drags on. It's the game you turn off before the 2 minute warning.
The book is also loaded with cheesy moments and cliches by the truckload. I was a little worried when I finished Purgatory Ridge that Krueger was going down the cheese road (Cork was a little too perfect for me in that one). I hope he got the sap out of his head in this book and abandons it on the next. Krueger can write an excellent suspense story with great character development. this wasn't an example of that however.
Rating: 5
Summary: KRUEGER'S KILLERS
Comment: I have been delighted by Krueger's first three novels involving Cork O'Connor and his adventures; this first "standalone" is equally gripping and could turn into a series for Secret Service guy Bo. The plot is labyrinthine, opening with a gruesome murder by David Moses, who also turns out to be Nightmare, a deranged psychotic who is seeking to kill the First Lady because of a scorned love affair years ago.
Add some vicious government agents, an almost romance with the First Lady and Bo, and some tense suspense scenes, you've got a rip roaring conspiracy novel. Sometimes Bo seems a little less than what you'd expect in a hero (he's always getting beat up), but he is human and that makes him engaging. Krueger's President Clay Dixon evolves from a rather self-centered ass to a really good president during the course of the novel, so that's unusual...if a little incredible. But, hey, fiction is fiction, right?
A good book and I am anxiously awaiting more from Mr. Krueger, maybe both Cork and Bo?
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Title: Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger ISBN: 0743445864 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger ISBN: 067104754X Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger ISBN: 0671016997 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger ISBN: 0671016970 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Blood Is the Sky: An Alex McKnight Mystery by Steve Hamilton ISBN: 0312301154 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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