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New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Joy Fielding tells the story of an ambitious journalist whose foray into the mind of a killer puts her own family in jeopardy.Charley Webb is a beautiful single mother who writes a successful and controversial column for the Palm Beach Post. She's spent years building an emotional wall against scathing critics, snooty neighbors, and her disapproving family. But when she receives a letter from Jill Rohmer, a young woman serving time on death row for the murders of three small children, her boundaries slowly begin to fade. Jill wants Charley to write her biography so that she can share the many hidden truths about the case that failed to surface during her trial. Seeing this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Charley begins her jour-ney into the mind of this deeply troubled woman.Her path takes a twisted turn, however, when the anonymous letters she's recently received from an angry reader evolve into threats, targeting her son and daughter. As Charley races against time to save her family, she begins to understand the value of her seemingly intru-sive neighbors, friends, and relatives. As she discovers, this network of flawed but loving people might just be her only hope of getting out alive.Filled with complex characters and a plot rich with intrigue, Charley's Web is Joy Fielding at her heart-skipping, mesmerizing best.

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I read a lot of mysteries, and this kept me engrossed and guessing up until the last moment.

The main character is a reporter with the Palm Beach Post, and the emails she receives from the readers of her column are interspersed throughout the book, a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 23:21:17 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 23:49:38 -0700 2009
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From dust jacket:

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Joy Fielding tells the story of...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 08 09:52:40 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 22 07:49:36 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 13:27:28 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 13:32:05 -0700 2009 Charley Webb is a reporter; she is loved by some and hated by others. She gets threatening email often, and this often leaves her worried about her 2 young kids, Franny & James.

However, one day she gets a letter from a serial killer. This woman, Jill, killed 3 kids, and she wants...more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:12:42 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:19:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 23:55:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 04:10:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 04:06:09 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 04:39:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 03:57:04 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 03:32:23 -0700 2008 TITLE/AUTHOR: CHARLEY'S WEB by Joy Fielding
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Suspense/2008/437 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: Stand-Alone
TIME/PLACE: Present/Palm Beach County, FL
CHARACTERS: Charlotte Webb/newspaper columnist
FIRST LINES: Hey, Char...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 19:40:46 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 19:45:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 10:31:59 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 10:33:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 25 03:03:27 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 03:05:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 21:45:59 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 21:50:13 -0700 2009 To call it "meh", is to be generous.

Glad that I read this after I read Midnight's Children - because I really needed something light, and easy.

The writing is as disturbing as...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 05:46:28 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 05:48:43 -0700 2009
I loved that the ending totally shocked me! ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 12:26:06 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 13:42:55 -0700 2009
Throughout the first half of the book, I was unsympathetic to the main character and thought sh...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 16:43:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 20:01:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 16:36:01 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 09:53:24 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1688926