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Eleventh Hour (FBI Thriller #7)
by
Catherine Coulter (Goodreads Author)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes Eleventh Hour. The murder of a priest leads FBI agents Sherlock and Savich to their most baffling case yet, in this riveting novel of suspense.
When Father Michael Joseph is viciously murdered in his San Francisco church, his identical twin brother, FBI agent Dane Carver, along with husband-and-wife team, Savich and Sherlo...more
When Father Michael Joseph is viciously murdered in his San Francisco church, his identical twin brother, FBI agent Dane Carver, along with husband-and-wife team, Savich and Sherlo...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
June 24th 2003
by Jove
(first published January 1st 2002)
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I always think of a mystery novel as a chance to match wits with the author. Can I easily discern the culprit? I usually judge the quality of the story by how close I get to the end of the book before I solve the mystery. There was no chance of that in this story. Turn off your deductive reasoning; there is no well placed path of clues here. Even if you hazard a guess, it would be just that, a guess and you're just as likely to be wrong as you are right.
This seems to be the trend in mystery wri...more
This seems to be the trend in mystery wri...more
My lameness continues as I pick up yet another book from Dr. Shephard's office bookshelf (why a book like this is on his office bookshelf I have no idea). After that, I saw all the bad reviews, but determined to plow ahead anyway. Maybe it would be different? *fingers crossed*
Plot:
Father Michael Joseph is shot in the head while in a confessional. His identical twin brother, FBI agent Dane Carver, travels to San Francisco to determine who killed him and why. His answers are partially hidden in th...more
Plot:
Father Michael Joseph is shot in the head while in a confessional. His identical twin brother, FBI agent Dane Carver, travels to San Francisco to determine who killed him and why. His answers are partially hidden in th...more
The murder of Father Michael Joseph was hard on everyone, especially his twin brother, Dane Carver, who is an FBI Special Agent in the CAU (Criminal Apprehension Unit) that is run by Dillon Savich. Dane is determined to find the person who killed his brother and the only witness they have is a homeless women, Nick Jones, that happened to be in the church shadows. After spending just a short time with Nick, Dane realizes that she is not any normal homeless person, but can’t get her to trust him w...more
Very good Savage and Sherlock mystery. Dane Carver, a FBI agent's twin brother who was a priest was murdered in a confessional. A homeless woman, Nick Jones, was in the church unseen.
This is the search for the killer. There was a leak to the media that there was a witness to the murder and an attempt was made on Nick's life. The question though is the attempt because she was in the church or because of her previous life?
Savage and Sherlock were up to par with their skills investigating as well...more
This is the search for the killer. There was a leak to the media that there was a witness to the murder and an attempt was made on Nick's life. The question though is the attempt because she was in the church or because of her previous life?
Savage and Sherlock were up to par with their skills investigating as well...more
The dialogue in this book is awful. Just unbelievably awful. It's clear the author is trying for quirky bantering, especially with her side characters, Sherlock (really?) and Savich, who are married FBI partners and the anchors of the series (protagonists come and go, but Sherlock and Savich and their awkward flirtations remain for each book). She fails. Obviously, she adores her little anchors, but when they talk sexy talk, they sound like Aspies talking about trains, but not as hot.
And then t...more
And then t...more
This was my first Catherine Coulter book and I was not impressed. The first chapter is really good and gets you hooked, but it is all downhill from there. The characters seem downright silly to me and the conversation is often ridiculous. Really, what educated PHD college professor would ever say "Bite me"? The plot is a good one, but not well developed and it is extremely easy to figure out who the bad guys are. The romance in the book is not believable and there is one sex scene that is really...more
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Compared to some of the other reviews posted, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Author Coulter takes us back to California for this tale - first to San Francisco, then to LA, with a side trip up to the mountains.
FBI agent Dane Carver flies to CA after his twin brother, a Catholic priest, has been murdered while hearing confession. The supposedly homeless woman, who was a witness, is not who she appears to be and we find out her backstory through a series of flashbacks.
I like the...more
FBI agent Dane Carver flies to CA after his twin brother, a Catholic priest, has been murdered while hearing confession. The supposedly homeless woman, who was a witness, is not who she appears to be and we find out her backstory through a series of flashbacks.
I like the...more
This is the 7th book in the FBI Thriller series. In this one, the main characters, Dillon Savich and Sherlock, took a back seat, and we got to know some new people. Our new character's twin brother is murdered, and it turns out to be this big mystery, and a side mystery as well, involving one of the witnesses' lives. I liked that this book was mainly set in San Francisco (with some LA and another, probably made up, town). It's fun when you can picture where they're talking about! Good as usual,...more
I'm writing this review some six years after I read the book and I have to say this: I barely remember it. This is typical of books of this sort - engrossing while you're reading them, but not what I would call "enriching" or really "worthwhile." This is not, for once, a function of my memory -- there are others I've read that year and even earlier that I remember as if I finished them yesterday. Those are the books that get four or five stars. This book was pretty gripping as I read it, but not...more
Father Michael Joseph has been brutally murdered while hearing confession. His twin brother and FBI agent Dane Carver has come to San Francisco to bury his brother and find the person responsible.
There is one eye witness, a homeless woman, "Nick Jones", who was waiting in the church to speak to the father when she hears the gunshot and sees the gunman fleeing the church.
When it seems that the murder of Michael is part of a series of murders that seem to be mirroring a T.V. show. That gives Dane...more
There is one eye witness, a homeless woman, "Nick Jones", who was waiting in the church to speak to the father when she hears the gunshot and sees the gunman fleeing the church.
When it seems that the murder of Michael is part of a series of murders that seem to be mirroring a T.V. show. That gives Dane...more
This book had me thinking a lot and the person I thought the killer was turned out to be someone else. There are two main crimes in this book that end up together. It wasn't a great book but it wasn't a bad book. If you have a lot of free time and just want an FBI mystery type book then it would probably be a pretty good book to read. However, I felt like it dragged on a little bit and I wasn't greatly impressed. This will most likely be one of the books that I will end up forgetting about in a...more
Catherine Coulter can write but this is not the best book that she has written.
The plot is interesting because there is more than one story line going through the book.
The characters are not as well depicted in this book as some of the others, but if you have gotten interested in the characters with prior reads, you will want to read this one, also.
A good book to pass the evening with, it is also a fairly quick read.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
The plot is interesting because there is more than one story line going through the book.
The characters are not as well depicted in this book as some of the others, but if you have gotten interested in the characters with prior reads, you will want to read this one, also.
A good book to pass the evening with, it is also a fairly quick read.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
I had some hopes for a good engaging thriller mystery but was quickly disappointed. It started out okay but then the hollywood track came in, there were way too many poorly characterised bit players, a poor attempt at a token romance, and indulgence in an overblown couple from previous books in the series. And then there was the last minute throw in of a second little mystery which had tenuous if any the to the main story. I have no intention of reading another cool by this author.
I enjoyed this book (and the rest of the series), but I really have trouble figuring out why. The romance was a little forced, the initial mystery was cheesy (tv show inspires murders), and the solution not well set up, and the secondary mystery was just a WTF, with no real explanation of motive, and dropping in a crucial character with no setup.
And yet, I still enjoyed the heck out of it, because Ms. Coulter is an engaging writer, even when the plots are paper-thin.
And yet, I still enjoyed the heck out of it, because Ms. Coulter is an engaging writer, even when the plots are paper-thin.
I am a fan of Catherine Coulter and have most of her FBI thrillers. I enjoyed the story line and the inter-twining of the two murder plots and felt they were fairly well thought out. Sometimes the dialog got a bit stilted. I enjoy the characters that Coulter carries over from book to book.
It was an enjoyable read, with humor, mystery and a little romance thrown in.
It was an enjoyable read, with humor, mystery and a little romance thrown in.
My first experience reading Catherine Coulter and it was just okay, IMO. It felt rather juvenile to me. I'm also trying to figure out how the title relates to the book. Maybe I just missed something. If I come across another book of her's at a used book store, I'll give her another try because every writer is entitled to a dud. But this one just fell flat.
Coulter's FBI thrillers, so far, have been a bit of a hit-and-miss for me. This one was a hit, mostly because of its storyline which wouldn't have felt out of place in a James Patterson thriller. Especially the connection to an in-universe TV series. Speaking of TV series, Coulter made mention of a fictional one called The Closers...prophetic much? I would say so.
My first Catherine Coulter. Started with BK #7 because that was the first one that the library had in audio. I enjoyed the main characters and the plotting. It wasn't too grafic, explicit or grusome. (Lighter than Patterson). I don't know that you could have seen who the killer was but I enjoyed it enough to continue on to the next novel.
I don't typically read mystery thrillers but when I ran out of books while visiting my mother-in-law, she offered me a couple and I chose this because the main character is a female detective. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, though the details have faded as seems to happen when I read mystery books. A good by the pool or vacation read.
The story was interesting, the mystery was there, two main characters likable. It was going along well until the characters Savitch and Sherlock arrived. It seemed the writing went downhill from there. The married couple was always flirting and there were poor attempts at sexual innuendo. And descriptions were, Ugh. For example, :her face was as white as the bra he bought her yesterday. I kid you not.
Nov 19, 2012
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While trying to learn who is trying to kill the doctor, the FBI team is in search of a killer who is killing according to a Hollywood script and who killed Special Agent Dane’s brother who was a priest.
Eleventh Hour was a quick and fun read and Sandra Burr did a good job in defining the characters.
Eleventh Hour was a quick and fun read and Sandra Burr did a good job in defining the characters.
I got the audio book and only made it to the second disc. The writing was awful and awkward and the reader was also horrible. When she used her male voices, the characters all just sound angry. Horrible horrible reading. I'm really not picky when it comes to books. I almost always finish them. But this one, I may have given it a chance if the reader was better.
A heart stopping novel that starts with the tragic death of a priest. From the very beginning of this book you never can figure out what has happened and what will happen next. You discover some murders that have went unsolved for many many years are locked in the decaying body of an old dying man
I really loved this book, I just wish that Catherine Coulter would put some good sex scenes in her newer books. I thought that the way that she had the h hiding as a homeless women was great. People tend to shy away and not look to closely at the homeless, great way to hid in plain sight.
Not very good writing. Not very good plot. Unbelievable interaction between an FBI agent and a witness. This book left me really surprised that the author has six back-to-back NY Times bestselling novels. I could barely finish this one and won't be back for more.
I just can't get enough of the style of dialog that Coulter uses for her characters. It was a quick read. Couldn't put it down. You know how there are always two plots going on in her FBI thrillers? Expect to see that once again but this time with a twist or two.
I highly recommend all FBI Thriller books by Catherine Coulter...I love the characters! In fact I loved them so much I went to the bookstore to find as many of her older novels to follow the characters the entire way through from the beginning...I love these books!
Such a long book without any real suspense. I'm not the quickest to discern the culprit, but it didn't take any time for me to figure it out. I wanted so badly to stop reading, but I have never been able to stop once I've started. This should have been a short story.
Not particularly impressed. Sure, Coulter does great when casting the scenery, but I wasn't intrigued like I was with the first three novels. Savich and Sherlock are just as great as always, but the other characters aren't the greatest. Sure, Dane and Nick were better than the other books I found lacking, but not by much. I didn't feel the static between the two that should have been there. It's almost as if the 'bad guys' are the best parts of the book! And for me, that's just not right! It's t...more
Book #18 read in 2012
I really enjoyed this book. While the mystery wasn't as mysterious as, I'm sure, the author intended, I did really like Dean and Nick. Also, I am quite fond of Savich and Sherlock. That's what makes reading this series enjoyable and this book was no exception.
I really enjoyed this book. While the mystery wasn't as mysterious as, I'm sure, the author intended, I did really like Dean and Nick. Also, I am quite fond of Savich and Sherlock. That's what makes reading this series enjoyable and this book was no exception.
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