Review: Lethal

Lethal by Sandra Brown

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Book Blurb

When her four-year-old daughter informs her a sick man is in their yard, Honor Gillette rushes out to help him. But that "sick" man turns out to be Lee Coburn, the man accused of murdering seven people the night before. Dangerous, desperate, and armed, he promises Honor that she and her daughter won't be hurt as long as she does everything he asks. She has no choice but to accept him at his word.

But Honor soon discovers that even those close to her can't be trusted. Coburn claims that her beloved late husband possessed something extremely valuable that places Honor and her daughter in grave danger. Coburn is there to retrieve it - at any cost.

From FBI offices in Washington, D.C., to a rundown shrimp boat in coastal Louisiana, Coburn and Honor run for their lives from the very people sworn to protect them, and unravel a web of corruption and depravity that threatens not only them, but the fabric of our society.

My Thoughts

Honor Gillette is spending a normal day at home with her four year old daughter Emily when Emily notices a man laying in their yard. The man turns out to be Lee Coburn who is accused of murdering seven men the previous night. Coburn is desperate and needs a place to hide, he informs Honor that if she does everything he says he wont hurt her and Emily. Honor finds out shortly that Coburn searched her out specifically, Coburn believes that her late husband Eddie left information behind that would help him. Honor's world is turned upside down and she must put all her trust in this man that everyone says is dangerous and a murderer.

This book pulled me in from the beginning. I didn't want to put the book down, I wanted to find out what happened next. It has plenty of twists and I for one could never figure out who done it. The characters were well developed and I found myself pulling for Coburn and Honor.

Overall a story I would read again, although I felt it was cut off very abruptly at the end. It would have been nice to have some kinda epilogue to see where they went from there.

Review: Audiobook Eloquent Silence

Eloquent Silence by Sandra Brown

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Book Blurb

Lauri is a dedicated young teacher for the deaf. Her past conceals a wound still unhealed, her present is a facade, and she uses her career to hide her loneliness. Drake, daytime TV's most popular star, has two secrets -- the daughter he believes may never have a normal life and the dead wife he can't forget. Jennifer is the beautiful hearing-impaired child who may become a pawn between the man and the woman she needs most. Now, in a chic New Mexico arts community, the three are given a chance to be a family...but first each must find a voice to express the deepest fears and greatest needs of the heart.

My Thoughts

In the book Drake is an actor on a Soap Opera and his daughter (Jennifer) is deaf and living in a school. Drake wants to move Jennifer to New Mexico and asks the school who they would recommend as a live in tutor. The Director of the school recommends Lauri. When the Director asked Lauri to meet Drake and sent her to where he worked she wasn't told what his job was.. haha. So Lauri was shocked and of course already had an opinion of Drake before meeting him (Typical huh). Drake's character to me seemed like it had the popularity equivalent to The Greys Anatomy guys. Anyways, I loved that Lauri wasn't afraid to speak her mind to Drake even though he was a popular TV star. When Lauri met him he didn't know much sign language and as a result couldn't communicate with Jennifer very much.

In the beginning I really didn't like Drake, but came to love him after a while. He was very willing to learn ASL (American Sign Language) to be able to talk to Jennifer and he really loved his daughter. Jennifer was just so adorable, I loved her from the beginning.

It was cool to listen to this story. The narrator was great. I enjoyed the storyline and the characters.