New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with a tale of corruption and betrayal, revenge and reversal - where friends becom...
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Oct 20, 2008
Christa
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Smoke Screen was the best Sandra Brown book that I have read in quite some time. It is a terrific romantic suspense novel that focuses more on the suspense, but still manages to have a quite satisfying romance. The romance isn't given a lot of time in the book, but the hero and heroine spend most of the story in the company of one another, and there is plenty of tension and interaction between them. I found both the hero and heroine to be very likeable characters, although the actions of the
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Feb 16, 2009
ElaineY
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I'm surprised I finished this. The plot didn't justify the length (560 pages!) but I have to hand it to SB's talent and experience that kept me turning the pages.
I liked both the protagonists even though Raley isn't portrayed as the typical romance hero. Much of the attributes I'd read in other romantic suspenses or erotic ones are downplayed here. I don't know if he's good-looking, how tall he is exactly but I did get to know that Britt found him attractive at some point though at s More...
I liked both the protagonists even though Raley isn't portrayed as the typical romance hero. Much of the attributes I'd read in other romantic suspenses or erotic ones are downplayed here. I don't know if he's good-looking, how tall he is exactly but I did get to know that Britt found him attractive at some point though at s More...
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Aug 05, 2010
DarienMoya
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^^PISSED ME OFF IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS!^^
Jesu, never had a book pissed me of so much, and it’s not because it sucked, but because it was totally awesome. The characters are so vile I wanted to roast them over my fire pit of hatred. Sandra Brown has true talent when it comes to writing and it is no wonder I have been a fan of hers for over 12 years. I am talking reading them at the age of thirteen, I blame her books for creating my perve personality, high praise I More...
Jesu, never had a book pissed me of so much, and it’s not because it sucked, but because it was totally awesome. The characters are so vile I wanted to roast them over my fire pit of hatred. Sandra Brown has true talent when it comes to writing and it is no wonder I have been a fan of hers for over 12 years. I am talking reading them at the age of thirteen, I blame her books for creating my perve personality, high praise I More...
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Jul 28, 2011
Swera83
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I can never get bored from any of Sandra Brown’s novels, NEVER! It’s always captivating! Now this one caught me by surprise! You always develope a certain relation to the characters in each novel and each character seduces you to its characteristics so you kinda build up an attitude to each one! And sometimes you start speculating who’s guilty and who’s not! sometimes, I was smart enough to dig in deep into the character’s characteristics but Oh No! I didn’t see that coming! It’s either Sandra w
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Sep 08, 2010
Jaime
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Another pretty good one from Sandra Brown, though I made the mistake of reading this too closely to the poorly done Standoff, which also featured a reporter and the man she (inadvertently?) harmed. There’s generally not a lot to be surprised about in these sorts of books — you know the male and female leads (Raley and Britt, in this case) are going to eventually join together both for their crusade and for their libidos — but I still enjoy the journey we’re taken on. Though I had some suspicion
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Aug 18, 2009
Michael
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TV newswoman Britt Shelly wakes up in bed with heroic detective Jay Burgess. She doesn't remember going to bed with him and when she tries to awaken him, he's dead.
Britt got her first big break in a story of a fire at the Charleston P.D. and the heroic rescue that occurred there. Jay Burgess and three other city employees resued others to safety.
Firefighter Raley Gannon kidnaps Britt and tries to make her tell him what went on at his friend Jay's apartment but Britt can't remember a More...
Britt got her first big break in a story of a fire at the Charleston P.D. and the heroic rescue that occurred there. Jay Burgess and three other city employees resued others to safety.
Firefighter Raley Gannon kidnaps Britt and tries to make her tell him what went on at his friend Jay's apartment but Britt can't remember a More...
Sep 06, 2008
Becky
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When I was asked to join GoodReads by my sister, I told her I don't tend to read 'lofty' material, nor do I like to get a 'brain strain' while I'm reading for fun. So...
Smoke Screen isn't intellectually challenging. However, I have always loved Brown. (My favorite is still Chill Factor.)
This book has everything I enjoy reading - a murder, a mystery, a cast of characters, great protagonists and a little romance all wrapped together.
Smoke Screen isn't intellectually challenging. However, I have always loved Brown. (My favorite is still Chill Factor.)
This book has everything I enjoy reading - a murder, a mystery, a cast of characters, great protagonists and a little romance all wrapped together.
Sep 01, 2010
Sidran
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Feb 24, 2010
Maria
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It was a real nail biter in the beginning. The start with Britt waking up to a very different world view was so good! And the way Britt and Reily meet, fantastic. And I liked the character building, the budding relationship, though as an avid romance reader I wouldn´t have minded a bit more romance, and I liked the secondary characters.
But I can´t give the book more than three stars because of the story and the villains. I didn´t find it believable that persons working in the law en More...
But I can´t give the book more than three stars because of the story and the villains. I didn´t find it believable that persons working in the law en More...
Oct 22, 2009
Andrea
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Thank goodness I read this book! I had accidentally picked up one of Sandra Brown's earlier romance novels and nearly gagged to death. I couldn't finish it. My sister loaned me Smoke Screen, so I was reminded again how much I love the way Brown puts together a good thriller.
The mystery surrounds a fire in a Charleston Police Station five years earlier. Four citizens are honored for their bravery in saving so many people, but one is shamed and loses his job as a fire inspector. Anothe More...
The mystery surrounds a fire in a Charleston Police Station five years earlier. Four citizens are honored for their bravery in saving so many people, but one is shamed and loses his job as a fire inspector. Anothe More...
May 09, 2011
Rachel
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Sandra Brown's Smoke Screen is a romance thriller that starts out with a reporter, Britt Shelley, waking up in the bed of a dead police officer. Before she can prove her innocence, she is kidnapped by Raley Cannon who claims he was framed for a crime in a similar manner. Together, they unravel clues to solve both crimes by keeping a step ahead of several people who seem to want them both dead.
The sensory details were great. I especially liked the line about the "hot, musky smell More...
The sensory details were great. I especially liked the line about the "hot, musky smell More...
Mar 22, 2011
Anica
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4,5 stars
What an incredible book!!! I have to say, after I read "Chill Factor" I was a bit disappointed because that was such a let down. But this book? I feel like Sandra Brown recovered herself with it. Awesomeness on every level.
Even though I have to say I needed a few pages to get into the book. It wasn't boring and all but you need time to get to know the characters and the story behind it. But after like 50 pages, you are so into this romantic-suspense book yo More...
What an incredible book!!! I have to say, after I read "Chill Factor" I was a bit disappointed because that was such a let down. But this book? I feel like Sandra Brown recovered herself with it. Awesomeness on every level.
Even though I have to say I needed a few pages to get into the book. It wasn't boring and all but you need time to get to know the characters and the story behind it. But after like 50 pages, you are so into this romantic-suspense book yo More...
Sep 05, 2009
Nikki
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"Smoke Screen" was an excellent read. Real page turner. Newswoman Britt Shelley woke up to find herself in bed with Charleston PD detective Jay Burgess, though she remembers nothing of how she got there or how he wound up dead. Burgess was one of four heroic city officials who risked their lives five years earlier leading others safely from a catastrophic fire. Raley Gannon, a lifelong friend of Burgess, was later assigned to investigate but never finished his inquiry because in one ni
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Apr 11, 2010
Darcy
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I finally finished this one. I had loaded it on my i-pod and it was the book I listened to while walking and only walking. It really did the trick of hooking me in because many days I walked the longer route because the book was getting so good and I was slightly disappointed when friends would call me to walk and I would have to talk to them instead of finding the latest happenings in the book.
Set in Charleston, this book is the story of Britt and Raley and their last 5 years, of More...
Set in Charleston, this book is the story of Britt and Raley and their last 5 years, of More...
Sep 13, 2009
Sherri
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This book takes off from the prologue and Britt Shelley is in trouble. Awaking to find herself with a former one-night-stand turned friend, not remembering much of anything, the day spins as out of control as her head feels. And Jay Burgess has played her, or has he?
Raley Gannon determines to get to the bottom of it, former firefighter who lost his job five years back. Jay Burgess was his lifelong best friend. Or was he? Sidekick Delno is such a character, you really can 'see' h More...
Raley Gannon determines to get to the bottom of it, former firefighter who lost his job five years back. Jay Burgess was his lifelong best friend. Or was he? Sidekick Delno is such a character, you really can 'see' h More...
Aug 10, 2011
this book wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst I've read. the story line was good and moved right along at a good pace but i wasn't getting that I need to keep reading to see what happens next feeling until the last 50 pages of it or so and then it ended unexpectedly. the good part was never knowing who the "bad guys" were until the very end I thought I had it figured out a few times but ended up being wrong each time and I liked that about this book . It is a very adult book if it
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Nov 03, 2009
Suzanne
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I hadn't read a book from Sandra Brown in awhile. This one is good. Not great though. I thought it was too word-y but it got my attention from the beginning. Britt Shelley who is a TV commentator, found herself in bed next to a dead man. How did this happen? She remembers nothing from the night before. Then she is kidnapped by a person who had the same thing to happen to him only with a woman. His experience was 5 yrs. before her. Strange bedfellows?? They discuss their experiences & try to figu
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Apr 04, 2011
Alidy
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I remember when I first discovered Sandra Brown. My friend introduced me to the book Envy, and we obsessed about it together. It made me read more of her books. The more I read, however, the more I became aware of the Sandra Brown Formula. You know what I’m talking about. Those elements that are always present (well, at least in all the ones I’ve read).
- You’ve got hints that the one of the main characters might be bad (but of course, we always know that they’ll be good. How can you More...
- You’ve got hints that the one of the main characters might be bad (but of course, we always know that they’ll be good. How can you More...
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May 22, 2009
Sammalpeura
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Olen lukenut melkein kaikki Sandra Brownin suomennetut teokset ja joukon suomentamattomiakin. En voi sille mitään, rakastan tätä kirjailijaa ja hänen kirjojaan.
Henkilöhahmoilla on aina paljon salaisuuksia, he valehtelevat, jättävät sanomatta, sumuttavat. Tarinoissa on paljon synkkiä intohimoja, murhia, menneisyyksiä, jotka halutaan unohtaa.
Ja huolimatta siitä, että melkein kaikista kirjoista löytyy samantyyppinen kaava, jolla Brown kirjoittaa, hän onnistuu yllättämään lukijans More...
Henkilöhahmoilla on aina paljon salaisuuksia, he valehtelevat, jättävät sanomatta, sumuttavat. Tarinoissa on paljon synkkiä intohimoja, murhia, menneisyyksiä, jotka halutaan unohtaa.
Ja huolimatta siitä, että melkein kaikista kirjoista löytyy samantyyppinen kaava, jolla Brown kirjoittaa, hän onnistuu yllättämään lukijans More...
Jul 04, 2011
Tal
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i guess that i forgot to update that i was reading this book. though it started off (well, in the middle of the beginning) as kind of slow, the slow is very interesting and intricately woven. there is the undeclared bad guy until the very end. there are the would be assassins. how many are there and who hired them? there is the conspiracy and trying to figure out who all was involved in it. then, there was the tension between the reporter and the subject of the life-shattering story. all those d
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Nov 27, 2010
Robin
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Britt Shelly, a news reporter, wakes up in bed with a guy from her past. It doesn't take her long to discover he's dead. She has no memory of the previous night and insists to the police that she must've been drugged. She's free to go, but is a person of interest once it is determined that he was murdered. She's not arrested, however, because she is kidnapped during the middle of the night by Raley Gannon. Something similar -- too similar -- happened to him five years ago. The murder at that tim
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Sep 05, 2010
Jane
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I admit I like Sandra Brown books. I liked Raley Gannon, the protagonist in this novel, but not too sure I care much for Britt Shelley, the reporter he kidnaps just so he can talk to her and verify her experience was similar to his. She does seem to mature as she gets involved deeper in a confusing situation. It gives nothing away to say that she woke to find she was sleeping next to a dead man and had no memory of how it came about.
Britt and Raley set out to unravel why they bot More...
Britt and Raley set out to unravel why they bot More...
Dec 09, 2011
Carolyn F.
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Audiobook - playaway - from library.
Britt meets with a friend for a story she might be interested in and wakes up the next morning not remembering anything with him lying dead beside her. They think she's the killer. She's kidnapped by Raley who 5 years earlier had a similar thing happen to him, which she reported on. Now they have to figure out who killed Jay and set both of them up.
I really didn't care for this book, they seemed to be constantly trying to shock the b More...
Britt meets with a friend for a story she might be interested in and wakes up the next morning not remembering anything with him lying dead beside her. They think she's the killer. She's kidnapped by Raley who 5 years earlier had a similar thing happen to him, which she reported on. Now they have to figure out who killed Jay and set both of them up.
I really didn't care for this book, they seemed to be constantly trying to shock the b More...
Jan 03, 2011
Fanda
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Smoke Screen (kabut asap) melambangkan sesuatu yang menutupi sesuatu yang lain. Dalam hal ini sebuah kebakaran yang (sengaja) terjadi untuk menutupi sebuah pembunuhan. Seperti biasa, kisah pembunuhan ala Sandra Brown termasuk beralur sedang. Dan mungkin karena aku terlalu sering membaca karyanya atau karena Sandra Brown yang selalu mempertahankan kekhasannya bercerita, aku bisa menduga ending kisah ini: penjahatnya pasti satu-satunya orang yang paling tak mungkin melakukannya. Orang yang selalu
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Mar 30, 2010
Jeff
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I really liked this book. Sandra Brown does some romance stuff that I'm not really into but I read one and it was a page turner too.
Go figure. This one is a classic who dunnit with wrongly acused main characters on the lamb from assasins and law inforcement alike. I look forward to many more of her works as the library has tons of them.
She kinda reminds me of Tess Gerritsen whose really good. There's those 2 and J.A Jance. I used to think that a man needed to write books like th More...
Go figure. This one is a classic who dunnit with wrongly acused main characters on the lamb from assasins and law inforcement alike. I look forward to many more of her works as the library has tons of them.
She kinda reminds me of Tess Gerritsen whose really good. There's those 2 and J.A Jance. I used to think that a man needed to write books like th More...
May 10, 2011
Kathy
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Smoke Screen is fast paced with great suspense, a little romance (though for me, the love scenes could be described less specifically), and based on a very creative premise. It's a page-turner, or in my case a "keep the car running in the driveway to listen", with many surprises and twists. The main characters are complex and developed enough to easily carry the book. (I love to read a story on the life of Raley's woodsy neighbor.) The heart of the story relates to a police station fir
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Feb 23, 2009
Glee
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I like murder mysteries, so someone recommended this author. My guess is that she's well enough known that she is kind of just pumping them out with less thought than her earlier works, although this is the only book I've read by her, so I certainly could be wrong.
I enjoyed this book the way I enjoyed the DaVinci Code. It was too long, the characters a bit one-dimensional, and the payoff was reasonably predicable. However, it is an easy read and a real page-turner, so I enjoyed i More...
I enjoyed this book the way I enjoyed the DaVinci Code. It was too long, the characters a bit one-dimensional, and the payoff was reasonably predicable. However, it is an easy read and a real page-turner, so I enjoyed i More...
Jul 28, 2011
Tammy
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This seems to be another one of the cookie cutter murder mysteries. Girl comes back to home town for some reason, ends up getting mixed up in something and needs the help of a man she really doesn't want. There is sexual tension but they fight it while they investigate whatever is going on, then they give in, then they are mad at each other. Case solved and they live happily ever after. I'm getting a bit tired of these kinds of books at this point. Again, it's a good enough story to keep yo
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Oct 20, 2010
Barbara
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The book starts with a fear that each of us have at some time....We can NOT remember anything about a certain event, meeting, person. Then in the book it only gets worse when the time, person, meeting, etc involves a murder.
This paragraph from the gets right to the point: "The sworn duty of law enforcement officials was to protect every member of society, no matter how loathsome that individual might be or how heinous his crime. Until society changed the rule, that was the pre More...
This paragraph from the gets right to the point: "The sworn duty of law enforcement officials was to protect every member of society, no matter how loathsome that individual might be or how heinous his crime. Until society changed the rule, that was the pre More...
Nov 02, 2011
Annette
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Well... I'm almost at the end of a 500+ book for book club (a memoir) and I was getting a little antsy for something "lighter".... mom lent me this book (she's a fan of Sandra Brown) and told me to give it a try...
Not bad! Great weekend book - has the girl in trouble, meets boy, sparks fly but of course they don't like each other, etc. etc. but a little bit of a twist at the end. Murder, corruption, good guys, a lot of bad guys and some humor.
Nothing heavy duty, but d More...
Not bad! Great weekend book - has the girl in trouble, meets boy, sparks fly but of course they don't like each other, etc. etc. but a little bit of a twist at the end. Murder, corruption, good guys, a lot of bad guys and some humor.
Nothing heavy duty, but d More...
