Decent, But Predictable
595138
The book has a promising beginning. The main female character, Amelia, suffers injuries consistent in an auto accident. She's hospitalized, dropped off by an unknown good samaritan. She's wearing a black designer gown and sports a 10 carat, $200,000 diamond ring. She has amnesia and the only thing she knows is her name and someone wishes her harm. Learning her identity, the hospital notifies her husband. Before he can get there, Amelia manages to escape and goes on the lam.

Who's tracking her? Her husband, her husband's law firm partner, her husband's mistress, a PI? All have one reason or another to see her dead.

The plot really has the ingredients for a good suspense thriller. But, not too far into the novel it just seems to fall flat. The characters aren't too well developed and several of their actions aren't all that tangible . I began to become weary towards Amelia, and the antagonists just seemed not to live up to their villanous roles. Don't look for many good twists; ones which PJ Parrish usually peppers a novel with. There is a minor twist. The reader is left with quite a predictable story. I didn't find anything very climactic in the ending, either.

The book is not terrible by any means. It moves along at a steady pace. There's just not much of a punch to it. I found it mediocre and certainly the sisters' weakest novel.
815023
Nice start to a mystery series, filled with serviceable characters (some downright likable and fairly complex, others hewing fairly closely to typecasting), and some genuine emotion.  The eventual resolution of the underlying mystery was a tad pat, but had some excitement and only required the reader to suspend disbelief a bit, and some of the romance was incredibly predictable (if still mildly satisfying).  A pleasant way to spend some reading time, but nothing that transcends and elevates the genre.
1725272
Predictable lots of action sort of make up for the not much depth
2338365
Very predictable plot but a decent and quick read.
2788858
This book was good, but not great; outside of a couple of surprises, it was fairly predictable.  this was my first time reading this author.
1446510
This book was pretty predictable, though it did hold my interest. I liked it enough to buy the second bookk of the trilogy.
3300080
Decent story with a fairly predictable twist at the end. Writing was ok, though it felt a bit amateurish at times. Not sure how realistic the premise is (i.e. the main character's self-imposed solitude) but I enjoyed it well enough.
2196312
It was a good story but predictable.  There are no big surprises or really any suspense, but the characters are likeable.
1689915
Plot is predictible and  characters undeveloped to the point of being almost boring.
Still,a decent read except for a few obvious plot blunders .
4662319
I enjoyed the book, but it was very predictable, and didn't really have much to do with the holidays (which is what I was interested in).  I also noticed a couple of times when the character names appeared to be switched.
3856493
Not much to say here, whole story is getting predictable and is what you see many times before in this genre, main characters are still hanging in there, dialogue is still good and the storyline continues at a fairly decent pace. This whole SHORT book involves around a new threat to the homestead and how it's handled. Pretty standard fare and not all that exciting. Spelling and grammar continues to irritate, please have someone at least proofread before publishing; especially when 'he' and 'she' gets used interchangeably. Yet this book has its moments and isn't terrible. At this price point it is worth a read and is better than some selling for two or three times for what the asking price is on this one. Give it a shot, you may like it.
1493760
Three and one half stars.  A good read, but predictable.  Yes I will read it again at a later time.
4762354
The story is fairly engaging with a reasonably well-structured plot.  The problem I had with this novel was the sometimes clichd and predictable turns of phrase.  In other words, the prose is not especially original, creative or engaging.  But the story carries the reader along well enough.
4322172
Nice concept, but very predictable. The dialogue always felt very contrived, and the characters were mostly one-dimensional. It was okay for a quick read, but I am glad I borrowed it rather than buying it.
166214
Not bad, but not amazing either. The book did keep me guessing with a few unexpected twists, as should any good mystery. It had an intriguing premise as well, but there were just too many convenient connections, and never a shortage of people willing to reveal what they knew despite being complete strangers. It's not necessarily a page-turner, but does boast a colorful cast of characters.
709970
Nice set-up about an interpreter in the UN overhearing African
coup attempt and inclusion of awareness about genocide, but a fairly predictable script.  Some intelligent moments and twists,
but also a fairly predictable parallel relation between Kidman
and Penn, and a bit too many sad eyed scenes.  The audience
could guess a lot of what is to happen, and Penn's opening scene where he drops his wedding band into an empty booze glass
is nice symbolism, but really gives away easily everything about this character.  Ending a bit melodramatic.  Take a pass unless you're bored.
4324102
As a fan for Dan Brown's more famous titles, I found this one a bit lacking. It was a decent read, but I found it predictable. It was an easy read, as even though it wasn't the best book I ever read I was still able to finish it in less than a week. I'm glad to have read it, but my life isn't any different in doing so.