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LaPlante's television scripts--Widows and Prime Suspect--satisfactorily combine thriller plots with some intelligent brooding on the problems of women in middle age; her private eye trilogy is to that extent pretty much what one would expect from her. In the third installment, Los Angeles detective Lorraine Page has entirely recovered from the alcoholism that forced her out of the police department, and even finds love. She is hired to investigate the death of porn mogul Harry for his third wife, the most likely suspect, and finds a trail of blackmail and art fraud.
Following the money will only get her so far--Lorraine has also to understand the emotional maelstrom which Harry created around him; there are less rational motives than money. LaPlante sets herself a difficult problem of balance--Lorraine's struggle with her demons and with chickens that persist in coming home to roost, is only tangentially relevant to her work. Indeed, as Lorraine becomes less driven, she gradually loses interest in detection altogether--which may be sane, but is not what we want to hear. LaPlante's stretching of the thriller form may not be always successful--the digressions meander too far-- but it is always interesting. --Roz Kaveney -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Lorraine Page, heroine of Cold Shoulder and Cold Blood, returns with a new face, new wardrobe, new office, new assistant, new dog, and new love--all but the last, L.A. police lieutenant Jake Burton, courtesy of a big bonus earned on her previous case. Lynda La Plante, creator of the PBS series Prime Suspect, puts Lorraine right in the middle of a murderous art swindle scheme. When Harry Nathan, a charismatic producer, director, and collector, is murdered in his Brentwood swimming pool, Lorraine's hired to find out who killed him and then to track the missing art or the millions it's been turned into. Which of Harry's wives had the most to gain from his death? Why is faded ex-movie star Raymond Vallance, Harry's closest friend, still hanging around? Is it something to do with the porno tapes Harry's been blackmailing him over, or was he involved in the swindle, too? It would take a miniseries to unravel all the mcguffins and red herrings La Plante puts in Lorraine's--and the reader's--way. There's the accidental death of her new assistant, Decker--but Lorraine's too busy with her new lover to connect it to the Harry Nathan case. And the attacks on her own life--is there someone from her past seeking vengeance for something she did when she was a cop? Fans of her two previous Lorraine Page suspense novels won't want to miss this one. --Jane Adams
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Linda LaPlante had a good thing going and blew it. Lorraine Page was a real and fascinating character, leaving the reader happily, although impatiently, waiting for the next book. In Cold Heart, the third in the Page series, as soon as Lorraine meets Jake Burton you know things are moving too fast and the plot begins to really ring false. Linda LaPlante clearly wanted to move the story along as quickly as possible and bring the series to an end. And what an end! Trite, awkwardly written, almost painfully unbelievable and a slap in the face to her dedicated fans.
If you care about Lorraine Page, DO NOT READ Cold Heart...she deserves a better ending. A thoroughly disappointing book.
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My book club president sent me all 3 "Cold" books - I was hooked, I greedily read them all in 2 weeks time. The excellent characters and plot and plot twists had me going - I love, really love the way La Plante keeps a story going after the case has been "solved". I loved this book - I liked the Beverly Hills life as a background and I fell in love with Lorraine's love interest too!I cannot write anymore because I don't want to give away the plot - it was very good. I cannot say a negative thing about this or the other "Cold" books.
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I read the first two books in the series and throughly enjoyed them. Naturally I was looking forward to the third, but was very disappointed in the story (which was boring) and the way the novel ended. Why the author apparently hated this character so much that she had to devise this ending for her is unknown, but it was a real downer. She should have stopped with the second novel.
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Accelerates to a suspenseful, riveting, and eerie conclusion
Cold Heart, the third Lynda La Plante crime story centering on beleaguered anti-heroine Lorraine Page, starts off somewhat leisurely but accelerates to a breakneck pace, hurtling... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
I'd like to have a -0- star rating.
If you liked LaPlante's courageous heroine, Lorraine Page, this is NOT the book for you.
If you need a "Lorraine" fix, re-read the first two stories in this series... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Juni 1999 von Terry Mathews
A waste of writing talent.
Next time that I want to read a thin plot with one dimentional characters, I'll read Jackie Collins! At least Jackie can do it better.
Veröffentlicht am 30. Mai 1999 von Mikjos
A superb climax to an excellent series
What a spectacular finish to an excellent series. LaPlante's Lorraine Page series made me search out used bookstores for her Out of Print titles such as BELLA MAFIA and THE LEGACY... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
this book is very weak.
This book is the weakest of the three. Characters are not well fleshed out, this book just wraps up loose ends so that the author can justify the ending. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
best book in the sensational series
LaPlante's COLD series is dazzling because not only are the mysteries intricatly plotted but the emotional pull of the character development are far stronger than you usually find... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Mai 1999 von Pageturner in NYC
Just doesn't compare to La Plante's previous work
This book was a real disappointment because all the real story-telling and scene-building was overtaken by melodramatic descriptions of unbelievable and unappealling characters. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. November 1998 veröffentlicht
Cold Heart not up to the LaPlante excellence found in series
What a disappointment! Cold Blood and Cold Shoulder were such good reads. Then Cold Heart left me cold. What a stinker. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Oktober 1998 veröffentlicht
If you loved the others you will love this
Cold Shoulder and Cold Blood were great books now with Cold Heart you can read more about Lorraine Page, her loves and losses. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Oktober 1998 veröffentlicht
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