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Reconstructing Brigid
by
Lee Nichols (Goodreads Author)
When the daughter of a politically connected CEO is found dead in her car off the Maine coast, her father wants the best investigation money can buy.He demands that Brigid Ashbury determine the cause of death: was it a simple car crash or did someone force his daughter off the road? For the country's premiere accident reconstructionist, it should be an open and shut case.
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Paperback, 331 pages
Published
August 1st 2008
by Red Dress Ink
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Brigid is in an unfortunate situation. She is an excellent accident reconstructionist that now struggles with a fear of driving or riding in a car. Her landlady just raised the rent on her trailer and she can barely steel herself to walk to the mailbox. So when she receives a demand to investigate the death of the daughter of a well connected prison entrepreneur, Brigid is forced to confront her motor-phobia and investigate the accident.
Of course everything is not as it seems and before the myst...more
Of course everything is not as it seems and before the myst...more
This was a big surprise. I was a fan of Lee Nichols after reading the frothy and delightful "Hand me down". Given the house, Red Dress Ink a part of Harlequin that specializes in sophisticated modern romance, like Sex and the City only on paper, I expected to find more of the same, especially with the lighthearted cover which fits in so well with all the other Red Dress Ink titles. I was taken quite by surprise when I found a dark, curt cop-speak murder mystery full of danger, shoot-outs, suspec...more
What caught my eye was the main character having a phobia of cars and being an accident reconstructionist. I was really was not sure what to expect from the story line itself but I was pleasantly surprised. I found the main character to be likable if not well fleshed out but considering it kept with the overall storyline I did not find fault with it. I was a little on the fence with some other characters but nothing that made the story fall flat just irritating in spots. My main gripe was the fa...more
Huh. I was totally expecting light and fluffy. I've read Hand Me Down years ago, and figured I'd get more of the same. Read this in one go, wasn't particularly impressed. I don't mind gritty crime/mystery books, but I didn't think this one was particularly well done. Jumping around from 1st the 3rd person POV, the "mystery" bad guy who I picked out the first time she walked into a scene, plot twist after plot twist... half of which seemed like they were there for no good reason. Eh. Also - I fel...more
This book was incredibly slow moving. I felt like the characters never developed--they were extremely 1 dimensional. There were plenty of useless characters smattered throughout the book that had no discernible purpose. The one good point is that the book wasn't predictable, but that is the ONLY good point. It wasn't terrible--I did read the entire thing, and in less than a day--but, the only reason I kept reading was because I kept waiting for it to pick up. Read this book if you have nothing b...more
So I thought this book had a good story line the plot was great, there was even a little romance. All great, however I felt like sometimes it was hard to follow, hard to distinguish who was talking and what was going on. The other problem I have is there is a lot of un-needed swearing. I'm one who would prefer no swearing, but I know that many great books have a little. This book used the F word like it was punctutaion for every other sentence. I almost quit reading several times, but I wanted t...more
The cover of this book is deceiving. The book is very well written. It addresses how one is impacted by a traumatic event and fights to overcome the ensuing fears that others don't seem to understand. Surprisingly it keeps a light story and doesn't focus on the actual traumatic event.
Jan 28, 2009
Yolanda
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone in the mood for a chick-lit mystery that breaks the mold
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Was really surprised by this book. I was expecting a really lame chick lit cookie cutter tale but I was really surprised during some parts and loved how I felt like a fly on the wall in certain scenes with her very descriptive storytelling.
Ugh... so boring.
So much of this book is describing every technicality of Brigid looking at each piece of evidence. That plus the fact that I kept getting different characters mixed up with what specific law enforcement agency they worked for and trying to remember all of the acronyms that went with each agency. There was not much character development either, so I felt no connection to anyone in this book.... I had no empathy for the main character and her "motorphobia". I found her phobia ann...more
So much of this book is describing every technicality of Brigid looking at each piece of evidence. That plus the fact that I kept getting different characters mixed up with what specific law enforcement agency they worked for and trying to remember all of the acronyms that went with each agency. There was not much character development either, so I felt no connection to anyone in this book.... I had no empathy for the main character and her "motorphobia". I found her phobia ann...more
Was a bit disappointed by the ending. Was expected, I suppose, but didn't end how I'd wanted to that entire time. I feel like some parts of the story were put in to make things "juicier" at the time, but ended up not mattering in the grand scheme of things.
This was a pretty decent installment in the chick lit category. The main character is interesting and flawed and her profession -- accident reconstruction, provides a very interesting backdrop to this story. I have enjoyed other books by Lee Nichols more, but this one was worth reading.
A good book, a new style of writing which i quite liked. The flow of the story is great and loved the sarci outlook of the heroine, a strong n independent lead character.
It was most definitely not a good book to read during a long drive. Although the mystery was interesting, it felt unfinished.
Refreshing with its technical jargon and indefinite ending. Not a typical entry into the chick lit genre & that was a nice change.
Jan 27, 2013
Cynthiaj
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This is my latest popcorn book. Be ready for it to take awhile...
It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great, either. Just sort of meh.
This was a very interesting book. I've never seen a mystery/cop book series where the main character was an accident reconstrctionist. The first part was kind of confusing because it talked a lot about cars and how they work, but once we got into the investigation part, man there was so much surprise. You think you know who the murderer is like 10 different times. In the end, the answers were not what I was expecting at all. It kind of leaves it open ended at the end so I'd be interested to see...more
This was a fun mystery.
I really wanted to like this book as I've enjoyed all of this author's previous chick lit offerings. I'm feeling like I'm missing something...the same feeling you get when you start watching a movie in the middle.
I really wanted to like this book as I've enjoyed all of this author's previous chick lit offerings. I'm feeling like I'm missing something...the same feeling you get when you start watching a movie in the middle.
The subject matter of accident reconstruction doesn't hold any interest for me either. I must be one of the readers who was expecting a light and fluffy chick lit story.
The subject matter of accident reconstruction doesn't hold any interest for me either. I must be one of the readers who was expecting a light and fluffy chick lit story.
I liked the idea of a book about an accident reconstructionist recovering from her own accident, but that was the only thing worthwhile in this book. It was very disjointed, with constant switching of perspective and a convoluted "mystery".
Jul 06, 2009
Lois
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Fun read. That's all I read in the summer!
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Lee Nichols is the author of five novels for adults, including the bestselling TALES OF A DRAMA QUEEN. She'll be making her YA debut in 2010 with DECEPTION: A Haunting Emma Novel. Follow her on Twitter at LeeXNichols or Friend her on Facebook at Lee Nichols. http://www.leenicholsbooks.com/
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