This Hardcover Book item from Warner Books was reviewed on 30-Jul-2008.
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1) Hardcover Book Double Homicide: Boston / Sante Fe (2 in 1) by Warner Books. This is actually two books in one. A collection (if 2 is a collection?) of mystery stories by a husband and wife.
The first story by Faye Kellerman, dealing with the slaying of a college basketball star in Boston, is the stronger of the two. Detective Dorothy Parker and her family are a compelling portrait of a working class Black family in Boston. Of the two, this is a 3&1/2 star story.
The second story, by husband Jonathan, is set in Santa Fe, dealing with the murder of a local gallery owner. The portrait of ex NYPD detective Katz and his Native American partner isn´t as interesting, but the story is at least adequate.
Overall the book(s) won´t be disappointing.¤ 2) Hardcover Book Double Homicide: Boston / Sante Fe (2 in 1) by Warner Books. This is a two for one book..you turn it upside down and begin book 2 from the other end. Both stories are quick reads and both are murder mysteries, one set in Santa Fe and the other in Boston. In the Santa Fe book, Detectives Darrel Two Moons and Steve Katz investigate the murder of man about town and gallery owner Larry Olafson, who was found, in his gallery, with his head bashed in. In the second story, Detectives Dorothy Breton and Michael McCain are presented with the case of the basketball star who is shot dead after a match where a flagrant foul leads to massive ill feeling between the teams. Neither story is a masterpiece, both ending abruptly, leaving the reader to sort out the clues for themselves. These short stories are not my preferred reading.¤ 3) Hardcover Book Double Homicide: Boston / Sante Fe (2 in 1) by Warner Books. I, too am a fan of Faye Kellerman´s. I like that she can form and tell a story without the excessive use of profanity. Her writing is such that I often will read, and then at a later time, re-read/re-listen to her books. I liked the story revolving around the basketball college star. However, I was caught off guard by the second story. I listened to the unabridged audiobook. The second Santa Fe location story is not as captivating. I was immediately captivated by just an excerpt of the basketball themed story. However, disappointed with the Santa Fe location story. I hope the Kellermans do not continue with this type of twin novel approach.¤ 4) Hardcover Book Double Homicide: Boston / Sante Fe (2 in 1) by Warner Books. But definitely not the best either. I have been a fan of the Faye Kellerman mysteries since the beginning, and recently learned that I enjoy her husbands stories as well. I thought this would be a good audio book to listen to driving to and from work this week. I have to say that I was disappointed. The characters are likeable, in both stories. The characters are a bit one-dimensional, but if the stories were longer, I would say that I would like to see more of the Santa Fe detectives than the Boston ones. The mysteries were not as difficult to unravel, and the stories just tended to leave me with a feeling that there was something missing. Whoever directed the performances on the audio book needs to be told that you either use music ambiently through the entire book or not, but you don´t just go along in silence and all of a sudden have music rip out of the speakers...it is disconcerting and annoying.
I will definitely be reading more by these authors, but I think in the future I will get any collaborations they do from the library.¤ 5) Hardcover Book Double Homicide: Boston / Sante Fe (2 in 1) by Warner Books. I really don´t know, but I´d say that Jonathan wrote the Boston side and that Faye wrote the Sante Fe half. The Boston story is interesting. I didn´t make it past the first few pages of the Sante Fe story. Here´s why:
In the first two pages - "Darrell Two Moons", "Cafe Karma", "Eden-Yield Oraganic Lamb Plus Eclectic Veggie Burrito", "Quilted black ski jacket", "X-harnessed cowhide shoulder holster", "Custom stitched elephant-hide Tony Lama", "Fuzzy brown and white plaid Pendleton shirt", "Green Tead Chai Latte"...honestly, that is really in the first two pages.
Is this product placement or just really, really bad prose?¤ 6) Hardcover Book Double Homicide: Boston / Sante Fe (2 in 1) by Warner Books. For the first time ever, bestselling novelists Jonathan Kellerman and Faye Kellerman team up to deliver the launch book in a thrilling new series of short crime novels! It´s a reader´s dream come true: a new series co-written by the royal couple of crime fiction--Jonathan and Faye Kellerman! Each book contains two novels jointly written by the duo, featuring different detectives solving crimes in different cities. In the Land of the Giants has Boston homicide detectives Michael MacCain and Doris Sylvestor investigating the suspicious death of a college basketball star. And in Still Life, the co-worker of a Santa Fe art gallery is murdered, forcing detectives Darryl Two Moons and Steve Katz to put aside holiday celebrations and set things right. Jonathan and Faye Kellerman live with their children in Southern California.¤ 7) Hardcover Book Double Homicide: Boston / Sante Fe (2 in 1) by Warner Books. Two short novels by a couple who´ve each gone it alone very successfully in their previous literary efforts make for a double treat for fans of both authors--Faye, whose mysteries feature a similarly uxorious couple in Rina and Peter Decker, and Jonathan, whose Alex Delaware novels starring a thoughtful child psychologist who´s luckier in crime-busting than in love are even more popular. Not as satisfying as each author´s full-length efforts, Double Homicide nonetheless offers a tasty side dish for their fans, and their protagonists venture beyond Los Angeles to tread new geographical territory, too. In Boston, a popular college athlete is slain in a busy nightclub, but what seems like an open-and-shut case turns out to hinge on forensic evidence that points to a very different conclusion. Detectives Michael McCain and Doris Breton unravel the mystery in Beantown, while two other new characters, Darryl Two Moons and his partner Steve Katz, discover that gallery owner Larry Olafson´s brutal slaying has repercussions that resonate far beyond Santa Fe´s trendy Canyon Road. Neither of these novellas makes the most of either author´s gifts at character development, which lend themselves to a longer format, but that won´t stop their dedicated readers from snapping them up and savoring them until the Deckers or Dr. Delaware turn up in their next adventures. --Jane Adams¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 27-Aug-2008, 04465329679780446532969, 070-4X0-610-9X0-670-UAB-8 
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