Riptide (FBI Series) by Catherine Coulter Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Riptide (FBI Series)
Book Review: Riptide (FBI Series)
Summary: 5 Stars
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Summary: 4 Stars
Riptide, fifth of the FBI series, is good contemporary suspense with an original plot full of vivid characters, unexpected twists, and satisfyingly unpredictable denouements. The riptide currents of Coulter's plot keep the reader off balance, engrossed, and breathless until the end. Becca Matlock receives increasingly intimidating phone calls from a menacing stalker who identifies himself as "your boyfriend" and threatens to kill her boss, the governor of New York. The police don't believe her, even after the stalker kills a homeless woman. When her mother dies of cancer and the governor is actually shot, Becca flees New York City and her job as a senior speechwriter for the governor. Disguising her appearance, she escaping to Riptide, a small town in Maine, for sanctuary, but soon finds herself at even greater risk when a skeleton falls from her basement wall during a storm and brings the unwanted attention of the local authorities. In Riptide, she is reunited with Tyler McBride, her old college friend, and confides in him.
Then Adam Carruthers, a mysterious, handsome man, appears to be her "guardian angel" protector. As Becca and Adam work to puzzle out the stalker's motives, secrets about Becca's past, like a father she has long believed dead, are revealed. When Becca and Adam realize who their enemy is, Dillon, Sherlock, and her husband Savich from Coulter's previous novels join forces with them to help stop the stalker's threats.
When Regency novelist Catherine Coulter moved to suspense a few years back, as a loyal fan I followed her. Riptide lacks deep romantic development between Adam and Becca, but the suspenseful twists made up for it. An enjoyable recreational read for anyone, Coulter fans or not!
Book Review: Riptide Ripoff
Summary: 1 Stars
Terrible character development, horrible writing/formatting/editing and repetitive, boring plots. This is my first and LAST Catherine Coulter book. The writing is elementary level and I find it very hard to believe this is a "New York Times Bestseller" author. Must not be hard to be on that list! Throughout the entire story, high level CIA and FBI agents are looking for the villain stalking our main character (Becca Matlock-for some unknown reason to her). Seems Becca could have done the job on her own for all the fumbling stooges they turned out to be! The story is very disjointed and the dialogue is hokey (the term "folk" is used over and over) and I found myself re-reading paragraphs to try to figure out what in fact they were making reference to. This book is very hard to follow and very predictable. The author is confident you won't guess the villain, because the villain is a character introduced at the end of the story. Lousy writing and lousy storyline - don't bother!Book Review: So Dissapointed
Summary: 2 Stars
I have steadly been disappointed by C.C.'s books. It's like she can't wait to end the story,and theres no build up, it's just there.To read some of her first books, it's hard to believe it's the same author.Book Review: TOO MUCH
Summary: 3 Stars
MS. Coulter has a wonderfully suspenseful style and the original plot seemed plausible and kept me reading. Her characters were interesting and the reason for the melee seemed probable. BUT THEN, when you think the book should conclude and everyone should live happily ever after, she throws in another plotline....two for the price of one, but in this case not a bargain. A whole other book should have been written about the the added incident in the book. It made the story totally ridiculous, and lost all credibility that it had maintained throughout. So sad to see a good book go bad!!!