Thursday, June 23, 2005
The Long Search by Isabelle Holland
The Long Search by Isabelle Holland is another sort of mystery. It was a little gimmicky and pretty much unbelievable except for the difficulties of leaving an abusive relationship with an alchoholic, that rang true.
Janet has a good position at a prime NY publishing house. When an editor leaves and one of her authors is assigned to Janet things begin to tremble. Janet's life is built on a foundation of secrecy and lies. Her name isn't really Janet and she has been hiding from the police for at least a decade. Her new author is an ex-FBI agent with a history of tracking down stories. Janet is scared by what he may reveal about her and also sexually drawn to him.
The secrets come out, Janet tries to end her relationship with her abusive boyfriend, and someone is stalking Janet. Of course (eye roll) she assumes it is her new sexy writer and not the shady man in her past.
There were just too many threads to this story; they cluttered the plot. There is the abusive father, the teenage pregnancy, drugs and alchohol, subversive politics, a newly discovered genetic link to hemophilia, abusive boyfriend, weird friends, a convenient therapist introduced, attempted murder, murder, flashbacks, drug runners...you get the picture.
Janet has a good position at a prime NY publishing house. When an editor leaves and one of her authors is assigned to Janet things begin to tremble. Janet's life is built on a foundation of secrecy and lies. Her name isn't really Janet and she has been hiding from the police for at least a decade. Her new author is an ex-FBI agent with a history of tracking down stories. Janet is scared by what he may reveal about her and also sexually drawn to him.
The secrets come out, Janet tries to end her relationship with her abusive boyfriend, and someone is stalking Janet. Of course (eye roll) she assumes it is her new sexy writer and not the shady man in her past.
There were just too many threads to this story; they cluttered the plot. There is the abusive father, the teenage pregnancy, drugs and alchohol, subversive politics, a newly discovered genetic link to hemophilia, abusive boyfriend, weird friends, a convenient therapist introduced, attempted murder, murder, flashbacks, drug runners...you get the picture.
# posted by JJ @ 6:07 AM 
