I'm trying out a new author (new to me, that is), Lisa Jackson, who's apparently been on the bestseller lists multiple times with her thrillers. This one is called "Fatal Burn" and deals with the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl and a series of fires and murders surrounding the woman who gave her up for adoption at birth. She and the adoptive father are trying to find her, a task made more difficult by no demands (or any communication at all) from the kidnapper. It's okay; the story's interesting enough but the pace is dragged down my the constant time spent on the birth mother trying not to fall for the handsome adoptive father (he's a widower, she's a widow, so it's okay), but he's just so rugged, so masculine, so sensitive, so caring, etc. I imagine it's a bunch of female fans who have elevated her novels to the bestsellers list; I'm more like, "Okay, I get it, you're having feelings for him, I don't need to be reminded about it every damn chapter! Let's get on with the 'thriller' part of this thriller already!"
I'm about halfway through it and hoping the pace picks up. She has left a few clues about the identity of the kidnapper and I do want to see if I pegged it correctly. And I have another book of hers in my "to be read" pile, so I hope she turns out decent enough. But at this point she's not on my list of authors whose works I'd specifically seek out, nor on my list of authors I'd try to avoid in future.
Johnathan
I'm about halfway through it and hoping the pace picks up. She has left a few clues about the identity of the kidnapper and I do want to see if I pegged it correctly. And I have another book of hers in my "to be read" pile, so I hope she turns out decent enough. But at this point she's not on my list of authors whose works I'd specifically seek out, nor on my list of authors I'd try to avoid in future.
Johnathan
