Monday, February 11, 2008

Patterson, James. Honeymoon.



Title: Honeymoon
Author: Patterson, James and Howard Roughan
Publication Date: 2005
Number of Pages: 400
Genre: Suspense
Geographical Setting: Connecticut, Boston
Time Period: Present day



Plot Summary: Nora Sinclair is a beautiful, successful interior designer with many secrets – least of which is the truth about her multiple husbands that she keeps stashed around the country, both dead and alive. When large amounts of money begin leaving her deceased husbands’ accounts, John OHara, FBI agent, is assigned to monitor her every move. Is Nora killing her husbands, or is it mere coincidence? Who tipped the FBI off to the transfer of the money, and named Nora as a suspect? With fast-paced intensity and page-turning necessity, James Patterson and Howard Roughan follow the case of Nora (alias “Olivia”) Sinclair as she ensnares new victims with her irresistible sensuality and poisonous games.


Similar Authors and Works (Fiction): Massey, Sujata -Girl in a Box (undercover cop, romance on the job, murder investigation); Stewart, Mariah – Dead End (death of fiancĂ©, murder investigation); Martinez, Michele – Most Wanted (marital infidelity, attraction to FBI agents).


Similar Authors and Works (Nonfiction): DeNevi, Don and John H. Campbell - Into the Minds of Madmen: How the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit Revolutionized Crime Investigation (a real-life look at the work of FBI agents); Trestrail, John H. - Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys (discussion of poison used in murder); Emsley, John – The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison (historical look at the use of poison).

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