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The Pied Piper (Boldt & Matthews #5)
In Seattle, they're calling him The Pied Piper - someone who comes in the night and takes children away. To newly promoted police lieutenant Lou Boldt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews, it's clear this isn't about a single lunatic or random kidnappings: these crimes are well orchestrated, well executed, and, most chilling of all, occurring in cities across the countr...more
Paperback, 550 pages
Published
January 15th 2004
by Orion mass market paperback
(first published 1998)
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A serial kidnapper, dubbed the Pied Piper because of the tin whistle he leaves as his signature, has been snatching young children to sell them on the adoption black market. Lou Boldt, now a lieutenant, is called in to stop him. With two small kids of his own, this crime is particularly loathsome to Lou, whose wife is hospitalized for cancer. Little does he know how desperate fate will make him before all is said and done. Collaborating with forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews, and former part...more
I really enjoy Bolt/Matthews books, and this was one of the better books. I tend to read these out of order, and the one thing I can say about Ridley Pearson is his books while the characters overlap, and the characters storyline also do, the main story does not. Making it very easy to read the books out of order, leaving you hunger for the other books. (I have finally found book #4, and I am thrilled to read it soon!) This story had more of an emotional tie between the main story and one of the...more
This was quite a thriller. Infants are disappearing--why? Ransom--makes sense. To kill them--doesn't make sense. Set mainly in Seattle, it features Detective Lou Boldt and forensic pathologist, Daphne Matthews. Lou's wife is dealing with cancer--his finances are in the toilet. Quite a few members of several teams are involved--and Lou's own baby daughter Sarah is snatched. Mr. Pearson had two editors working on this particular book, but they let a rather garbled sentence get by them: "Carlie, we...more
I wasn't prepared to like this book since I remembered not liking Pearson's other books - but I was pleasantly surprised. It may have helped that I read this while I was sick, so I made it through the first 400 pages in one day. I feel like Pearson's narrative is unique and takes a little time to adjust so I made it through the book quickly since I didn't have to pick up where I last ended.
The mystery was good - I liked the twists and turns and this makes me want to read more Pearson - which is...more
The mystery was good - I liked the twists and turns and this makes me want to read more Pearson - which is...more
Okay, but not one of my favorite Pearson books because of the silly premise. Kidnappers remain free because they kidnap the babies of police personnel to keep them quiet. Not likely! A quick one-way ticket to hell in real life. When you have a bad premise even the best writer will have a difficult time. Recommended only to die-hard Pearson fans.
I like the characters of Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews, but my favorite is LaMoia--the typical bad boy good guy. The story has so many twists and turns, you have to finish and the ending is wholly satisfying, all the loose ends tied up well.
This is the latest in the Lou Boldt series. This book is about children as victims which is a major plot factor recently and one that I find tiresome and cheap. And, this book has several really stupid errors as the plot revolves around computers which really annoys me. I wish novelist would either learn computers or just leave them out of their books until they do. Now having done that bitching , I have to say that even so, this book is great. I was sucked in from the first word. New born babie...more
A good detective story.Gift from my sister, the only other Ridley books I have read have been "teen" books will explore more from this author in the future
Too short, but an interesting read.....a quicky-mystery novel for a short flight. I like the unexpected ending.....an easy day-read.
A serial kidnapper story which re-introduces us to Lou Boldt, a
Seattle police detective. A fairly slow, convoluted yarn.
Seattle police detective. A fairly slow, convoluted yarn.
Good mystery, but there was too much explicit, random sex that did nothing to move the story along.
It took me 2 days to finish the last 50 pages because I didn't want it to end. Not the book for insomnia. Twists and turns galore!
This was our e-book for our return trip from SD. Another good book that made the miles go by.
A real page-turner and a good twist at the end! Didn't see that one coming!
Mar 18, 2010
Mary
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
suspense-thriller,
mystery-detective
Another cannot put down book out of rainy, moody Seattle.
Fun thriller about kidnapped babies, although I probably shouldn't have read it so soon after my newborn!
Oh, satisfaction.
Another 5/5 Stars
Another 5/5 Stars
Yucky!! too much language. Couldn't get past the first six pages because of the "F" bomb.
Ridley Pearson is a great character writer in the mystery murder genre. Love his books and this one is another twister with missing babies.
Good
Good book. hope all of you are enjoying it. I did find the beginning a little confusing and feel I need to reread it.
One of Pearsons best! Fast paced.
A good Whodunit.
May 14, 2013
Peg Middleton
marked it as to-read
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Nicole
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Ridley Pearson is the author of more than twenty novels, including the New York Times bestseller KILLER WEEKEND; the Lou Boldt crime series; and many books for young readers, including the award-winning children's novels PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS, PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES, and PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON, which he cowrote with Dave Barry. Pearson lives with his wife and two daughters, div...more
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