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Cover-up
by Michele Martinez
Product Group: Book
Publisher: William Morrow (2007-03-01)
ISBN: 006089900X
EAN: 9780060899004
Dewey Decimal #: 813.6
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 352 pages
Edition: 1
Release Date: 2007-03-13
SKU: IT-4DCC-HARD
Condition: As New
Comments: Unread - black remainder mark on bottom edge of book. Pages and dust cover clean and attractive.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Beautiful and ruthless television reporter Suzanne Shepard made her name by airing brutal celebrity gossip and earned a roster of high-profile enemies in the process. But her own murder was more than a scandal . . . it was a horror show. At first glance, the mutilated corpse lying still in the Manhattan rain bears all the earmarks of a random sex slaying. But federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas knows that too many people wanted Suzanne Shepard dead for her murder to have been a coincidence. Sifting through the scandals that fueled the dead reporter's career keeps Melanie from obsessing about her own intense affair with sexy FBI agent Dan O'Reilly. But Melanie's own murder may be the next one to make headlines, now that blood-chilling e-mails are arriving from an anonymous "admirer" who knows far too much about the Shepard slaying . . . and about Melanie's every move.
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Customer Reviews
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After A Quick Start Things Never Quite Pick Back Up...
Rating  (3)
Date: 2010-01-20
I would consider myself an "appreciator" of Michele Martinez because I have read 3 of her 4 books sequentially. "Most Wanted" had promise and "Finishing School" picked up from there. I would consider this book to be a step in the wrong direction. The book gets off to a quick start, but chapter after chapter you find yourself introduced to more characters who obviously are not "The Butcher" and after awhile it becomes a bit annoying to read page after page of "situations" without feeling that any real progress is being made.
I also sensed that in the attempt to make it more interesting and to add some twist and turns we are now being introduced to more characters than a John Grisham novel. There are US Marshalls, judges, DEA agents, FBI agents, etc. who are thrown in one after the other and it never really advances the story. The tension/suspense that was created in the first 4 chapters never really builds and I was actually let off the "tension" hook and never quite got back on.
I would give the book 3-stars for anyone who is following the "Melanie Vargas" series, but I couldn't recommend it to anyone who wasn't familiar with the story as I would recommend "Finishing School" which was a tighter package than "Cover-Up." I also agree with other reviewers that the conventional slang and terms that Ms. Martinez uses for her ethnic characters is still very contrived and many times stereotypical and outdated. However, it is MUCH better than it was in "Most Wanted."
For readers of the series check it out, for people who have are not familiar with the Melanie Vargas character, this wouldn't be the best intro for you.
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Good character
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-11-30
I have now read three of the Melanie Vargas mysteries. The characters are strong and command interest and the plots have been clever as well. I was introduced to the first book by my daughter and found another series that we can enjoy together. Worth the time.
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Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-11-22
michelle martinez is a great reader this book was great the only thing was that the person who sold this book stole this book from the new york library which is sad
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Excellent legal thriller
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-10-12
Bottom line: If you enjoy legal thrillers, I think you will love this book. It is definitely more of a legal thriller than a courtroom drama; little time in the book is spent in court and it is full of suspense as federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas works with the police and FBI to track a twisted and vicious killer.
This is the first of Michele Martinez's books I read, though it is the third one in her Melanie Vargas series. It is always better to start at the beginning of a series, but I didn't feel I was at a disadvantage because I had not read the first two before I started this one.
The author makes Melanie Vargas into a real 3-dimensional character. Like many working women in a demanding job, she has issues: She worries about career advancement and job burn-out, is frustrated about lack of time to spend with her daughter, and is trying to get a handle on her love affair with the FBI agent with whom she's working the case.
In this book, she also has to worry about investigating the father of one of her friends and co-workers.
The pacing is intense; I didn't want to stop reading until I got to the end. And when I did get to the end, I wanted to read another of the author's books. I was glad I had picked up her second book at the same time so I could start it right after I finished this one.
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VERY poor plotting
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-04-14
The author did not play fair with her readers! There was no way one could have figured out who the killer was because Martinez threw him in within the last 30 pages! How in the HELL did this book get published???? It started out very strong then deteriorated into babble until she decided to throw in a killer. Part of the reason I like reading mysteries is so I can try and figure out whodunit. In this book it was impossible! It's the first and LAST book of Martinez I'll ever read.
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