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Ricochet
by
Sandra Brown (Goodreads Author)
When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid-glove treatment are the keys to staying in the judge's good graces and keeping his job.
At first glance, the case appears open-and-shut: Elise, the judge's trophy wife, interrupted a burglary in progr...more
At first glance, the case appears open-and-shut: Elise, the judge's trophy wife, interrupted a burglary in progr...more
Paperback, Canadian Trade Export Edition, 400 pages
Published
January 2nd 2007
by Simon & Schuster
(first published January 1st 2006)
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Sandra Brown delivers again with this book and boy, does she ever deliver. This is by far the best of her thrillers that I've read and I've read several of hers. There is constantly something happening in this book and it pretty much starts from page 1 and keeps one enthralled until the very end. It's amazing to me that one book could have so many different plot twists.
Elise is married to a judge and shoots an "intruder" in their expensive, posh home. The main character, Duncan Hatcher, one of...more
Elise is married to a judge and shoots an "intruder" in their expensive, posh home. The main character, Duncan Hatcher, one of...more
Jan 14, 2013
Jane Stewart
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery-suspense-with-some-romance
2 ½ stars. It was not fun. I was angry at Elise for more than half the book.
Elise asks Duncan for help and says her husband wants to kill her. When Duncan asks what her husband’s motive is, she won’t tell him. Therefore, he has no reason to believe or help her. Finally at about the 3/4 mark, she tells him “why.” Then Duncan helps her and the story becomes interesting. I would cut a lot of the first 2/3 or so of the book. There was too much hypothesizing, pondering, and wondering. I did enjoy the...more
Elise asks Duncan for help and says her husband wants to kill her. When Duncan asks what her husband’s motive is, she won’t tell him. Therefore, he has no reason to believe or help her. Finally at about the 3/4 mark, she tells him “why.” Then Duncan helps her and the story becomes interesting. I would cut a lot of the first 2/3 or so of the book. There was too much hypothesizing, pondering, and wondering. I did enjoy the...more
I don't know why I have not read Sandra Brown previously; I regret it now because this book was excellent.
Duncan Hatcher is a Savannah detective who is brought in to investigate the killing of an intruder at the home of a very wealthy and influential judge toward whom Hatcher has serious hatred. The judge's wife killed the intruder seemingly in self-defense but the police are suspicious. While pursuing this case, Hatcher is also obsessed with getting sufficient evidence to put away a drug deale...more
Duncan Hatcher is a Savannah detective who is brought in to investigate the killing of an intruder at the home of a very wealthy and influential judge toward whom Hatcher has serious hatred. The judge's wife killed the intruder seemingly in self-defense but the police are suspicious. While pursuing this case, Hatcher is also obsessed with getting sufficient evidence to put away a drug deale...more
RICHOCHET (Pub 2006) by Sandra Brown was a great read. It is one of her better books, IMO. I liked the thriller/police procedural vibe the book has. It pulled me in and kept me flipping pages. The paperback version is pretty long (515 pg). I didn't want to put it down and made it to page 120 the first day, but then my eyes wouldn't cooperate and I fell asleep. I figure it's a good sign when I wake up the next morning and can remember most of what I read the day before. :)
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RICOCHET by Sandra Brown is 515 pages in paperback form.
Brief Description:
When Savannah detective Duncan Hatcher is summoned to an unusual crime scene, he knows discretion is key. Influential Judge Cato Laird's beloved trophy wife, Elise, has fatally shot a burglar. She claims self-defense, but Duncan suspects she's lying, and puts his career in jeopardy by investigating further.
Then, in secret, Elise makes an incredible allegation, which he dismisses as the lie of a cunning woman trying to exp...more
Brief Description:
When Savannah detective Duncan Hatcher is summoned to an unusual crime scene, he knows discretion is key. Influential Judge Cato Laird's beloved trophy wife, Elise, has fatally shot a burglar. She claims self-defense, but Duncan suspects she's lying, and puts his career in jeopardy by investigating further.
Then, in secret, Elise makes an incredible allegation, which he dismisses as the lie of a cunning woman trying to exp...more
Kaza Kurşunu Sandra Brown
Yazarın en güzel romanlarından idi bence..Bitireseye kadar elimden bırakamadım..
Şimdiye kadar yazarın okuduğum en güzel eserlerinden di diyebilirm..
Hikayede aşk,macera,tutku,cinayet her şey vardı..Bir an kendimi sanki Sidney Sheldon kitaplarından birini okuyorum sandım..
Bir yanda görevini yapmaya çalışan ve şüpheli durumdaki güzel bir kadından etkilenen bir dedektif.Öte yandan da üvey kardeşinin ölümünden sorumlu tuttuğu bir adamla intikam için yıllarca evli kalmayı göze...more
Yazarın en güzel romanlarından idi bence..Bitireseye kadar elimden bırakamadım..
Şimdiye kadar yazarın okuduğum en güzel eserlerinden di diyebilirm..
Hikayede aşk,macera,tutku,cinayet her şey vardı..Bir an kendimi sanki Sidney Sheldon kitaplarından birini okuyorum sandım..
Bir yanda görevini yapmaya çalışan ve şüpheli durumdaki güzel bir kadından etkilenen bir dedektif.Öte yandan da üvey kardeşinin ölümünden sorumlu tuttuğu bir adamla intikam için yıllarca evli kalmayı göze...more
I picked this up in an airport last weekend, and I believe it's the first Sandra Brown novel I've read. Which is impressive, because she's got more than 70 novels in print under a couple of different names. Ricochet is a character-driven mystery novel centering on Duncan, a detective with a rock-solid moral core and Elise, a beautiful trophy wife who may or may not have committed murder. As Duncan investigates the shooting, he is increasingly attracted to and drawn in by the lovely and mysteriou...more
Bristling with Brown’s trademark suspense, Ricochet stars upstanding police detective Duncan Hatcher, frustrated with his inability to nail criminal extraordinaire, Robert Savich. Savich has recently gone free despite being guilty of murder, courtesy of smooth, handsome judge Cato Laird calling a mistrial. Before he knows who she is, Duncan finds himself attracted to Judge Laird’s beautiful wife, Elise. When she is involved in a fatal shooting at their posh residence, Duncan knows she’s hiding a...more
I've been reading mostly suspense lately, including a lot of romantic suspense, or "suspense with romantic elements". Unfortunately, too much of it has been mediocre to virtually unreadable. Then I came across a copy of Sandra Brown's "Ricochet" on our shelves at home. I hadn't read anything by Brown yet, but my wife had read "Ricochet" several years ago and enjoyed it, adding it to our "keeper" collection. I picked it up and was hooked in the first few pages. The pacing in the book is just righ...more
I don't know why, but the whole time i was reading this book I kept thinking that Sandra Brown has some kind of patter with her mystery/thrillers: murder some people, place the blame on some faulty character who insists is innocent and that someone is framing them/trying to murder them, confuse reader about the moral code of all the characters & finally conclude the story with the most ovbious solution that one of the morally-inept characters was trying to push off on us from the beginning....more
I received this book from the Goodreads "First Reads" program.
I read a lot of thrillers and its a running joke between my husband and I that never read a book without knowing the ending by half way through the book.
Ricochet, however, had me stumped until the final pages.
Set in Savannah, Georgia, Ricochet focuses on Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher and his partner Dee Dee Bowen.
After being called to the home of Judge Laird to investigate his wife shooting an intruder in their study, Duncan bec...more
I read a lot of thrillers and its a running joke between my husband and I that never read a book without knowing the ending by half way through the book.
Ricochet, however, had me stumped until the final pages.
Set in Savannah, Georgia, Ricochet focuses on Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher and his partner Dee Dee Bowen.
After being called to the home of Judge Laird to investigate his wife shooting an intruder in their study, Duncan bec...more
Detective Duncan Hatcher is furious when Judge Laird declares a mistrial at the trial of Robert Savich. The police know how ruthless he is and they have been trying to build a case that they feel will stick. They felt pretty secure that this time he would be put behind bars. Why didn't the judge just replace the juror rather than declare a mistrial looms large in Hatchers mind.
Now Hatcher is called to Judge Laird's home. The judge's trophy wife, Elise, has shot and killed an intruder in their h...more
Sandra Brown je zřejmě nadpřirozená bytost, jelikož dát do kupy takový příběh by přece nemohl normální smrtelník dokázat. Hlavními postavami jsou detektiv Duncan a manželka nejvyššího soudce Catona, Elis. Jednoho dne se v jejich domě stane vražda. Střelcem je právě Elis. Zastihla lupiče a bránila se střelbou? Nebo lupiče chladnokrevně zavraždila? Byl to lupič nebo vrah, jak tvrdí ona? Kdo ho poslal, pokud ano? Proč je její jméno najednou spojováno s mnoha dalšími gaunery včetně toho největšího -...more
This wasn’t Sandra Brown’s best, but it’s not her worst, either. The good was Brown’s ability to build suspense – she’s one of the best. But not all of the characters worked for me. Duncan was a little too ruled by his hormones, and sometimes had mood swings that didn’t make much sense. His partner, DeeDee, was essentially the stereotypical homely girl who automatically hates anyone who is pretty whether she has a reason to or not. Elise is intended to be a mystery. You’re never quite sure which...more
I won this book as part of Goodreads giveaways and first reads.
I had a rather nice, long, detailed review written up and then the window crashed and I lost it. Well, damn. So I'm going to try and piece it together again.
Having previously read Breakfast in Bed by Sandra Brown, I was hoping that this book was an improvement on her previous literary works. It is- Brown has grown as an author, and her plots are now better detailed and her characters less contrived. There are some of her trademarks-...more
I had a rather nice, long, detailed review written up and then the window crashed and I lost it. Well, damn. So I'm going to try and piece it together again.
Having previously read Breakfast in Bed by Sandra Brown, I was hoping that this book was an improvement on her previous literary works. It is- Brown has grown as an author, and her plots are now better detailed and her characters less contrived. There are some of her trademarks-...more
I received this book from the Goodreads "First Reads" program. I didn't receive any financial reimbursement for this review. Opinions expressed are my own.
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I'd had never read a Sandra Brown novel before this one, and I found it to be a good, quick, and reasonably fun read (or at least the first part of it anyway).
The style the story's written in is fairly straightforward and to the point with short direct sentences, but it is quite...more
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I'd had never read a Sandra Brown novel before this one, and I found it to be a good, quick, and reasonably fun read (or at least the first part of it anyway).
The style the story's written in is fairly straightforward and to the point with short direct sentences, but it is quite...more
Jul 01, 2012
Arttemizza
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
blogroling,
leituras-2012
Este é o segundo livro da escritora que tenho oportunidade de ler e se o primeiro não me cativou como esperava, o mesmo não posso dizer deste, sinceramente, gostei bastante. É claro que continua a ser um romance policial levezinho e talvez um pouco previsível mas mesmo assim não deixou de me maravilhar.
Neste conhecemos Ducan, um detective de homicídios inteligente, com princípios e que de um momento para o outro se vê confrontado por uma paixão avassaladora pela única pessoa que não esperava qu...more
Neste conhecemos Ducan, um detective de homicídios inteligente, com princípios e que de um momento para o outro se vê confrontado por uma paixão avassaladora pela única pessoa que não esperava qu...more
I received this book from the Goodreads "First Reads" program. I didn't receive any financial reimbursement for this review. Opinions expressed are of my own.
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Recently I was given a copy of the book "Ricochet" by Sandra Brown to review. I had never read anything by Sandra Brown before, but had heard good things about her and was looking forward to reading this one.
The novel "Ricochet" is about cas...more
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Recently I was given a copy of the book "Ricochet" by Sandra Brown to review. I had never read anything by Sandra Brown before, but had heard good things about her and was looking forward to reading this one.
The novel "Ricochet" is about cas...more
ceritanya berbelit-belit. :( seandainya bukan karena nama besar SB, sudah berhenti saja membacanya.
Duncan punya dendam pribadi dengan Hakim Agung Cato yang melepaskan seorang bandar narkoba yang sudah lama diincarnya. Suatu hari Duncan bertemu dengan Elise, dan jatuh cinta pada pandangan pertama. Sayangnya Elise adalah istri dari Hakim Cato.
Sebuah kasus terjadi melibatkan Elise dan Hakim Cato, dimana Elise melakukan penembakan di rumah mereka dalam upaya membela diri. Korbannya mati di tempat. K...more
Duncan punya dendam pribadi dengan Hakim Agung Cato yang melepaskan seorang bandar narkoba yang sudah lama diincarnya. Suatu hari Duncan bertemu dengan Elise, dan jatuh cinta pada pandangan pertama. Sayangnya Elise adalah istri dari Hakim Cato.
Sebuah kasus terjadi melibatkan Elise dan Hakim Cato, dimana Elise melakukan penembakan di rumah mereka dalam upaya membela diri. Korbannya mati di tempat. K...more
I enjoyed this book.
I got this book at the library as a "Playaway" book. This was my first experience with this kind of recorded book, and it was an interesting experience. I know absolutely nothing about the Playaway recording medium other than what I was able to surmise from this one recording. It is certainly an improvement over traditional recordings on CD. But the biggest problem to me was the short battery life. It runs on a single triple A battery that died before the book ended, and the...more
I got this book at the library as a "Playaway" book. This was my first experience with this kind of recorded book, and it was an interesting experience. I know absolutely nothing about the Playaway recording medium other than what I was able to surmise from this one recording. It is certainly an improvement over traditional recordings on CD. But the biggest problem to me was the short battery life. It runs on a single triple A battery that died before the book ended, and the...more
*Esta opinião contém alguns spoilers*
Ricochete foi a minha estreia com Sandra Brown. E que dizer deste livro? Bem, ele certamente teve capacidade para me entreter... mas não me conquistou.
Sandra Brown presenteia-nos com um a leitura agradável e com um leque diversificado de personagens, sendo que a minha personagem preferida foi sem sombra de dúvida a parceira de Duncan, DeeDee. Ela é honesta, sarcástica, mordaz, perspicaz e terra-a-terra e protagonizou vários momentos hilariantes no livro.
Quant...more
Ricochete foi a minha estreia com Sandra Brown. E que dizer deste livro? Bem, ele certamente teve capacidade para me entreter... mas não me conquistou.
Sandra Brown presenteia-nos com um a leitura agradável e com um leque diversificado de personagens, sendo que a minha personagem preferida foi sem sombra de dúvida a parceira de Duncan, DeeDee. Ela é honesta, sarcástica, mordaz, perspicaz e terra-a-terra e protagonizou vários momentos hilariantes no livro.
Quant...more
Ricochet is a moderately enjoyable thriller (rating it between 2 and 3). The plot's just interesting enough to keep on reading. There’s a mystery in this novel about the major female character, Elise Laird, and about whether her motives are good or not. I found that aspect of the mystery intriguing, but I thought the author took too long in developing it. In my opinion there are too many long passages in the middle of this book where the police characters speculate about who did what, and why. O...more
Good book. I kinda assumed the woman did it and was just selling sex to get out of it. Clever. The ending was actually brilliantly done. It's been a long time since I finished going WOW! That was awesome! I approve. But, there were still some things that were predictable, thus it had to lose one star.
I picked up this little gem at the airport. It's pretty bad, but I think I'll finish it anyway. I just finished Anna Karenina and this is like a palette cleanser before I tackle another tome.
Okay, I just finished this and it had some very steamy sex scenes. But otherwise, not really worth its paper.
Okay, I just finished this and it had some very steamy sex scenes. But otherwise, not really worth its paper.
Ao ler este livro, fiquei um pouco desiludida, porque esperava que fosse mais do género policial. Parece-me mais um romance, com uma pitada de policial pelo meio.
Como em muitos romances, a acção centra-se num triângulo amoroso, em que duas das partes envolvidas são a principal suspeita de dois homicídios e o detective responsável pela investigação dos mesmos. A partir daí, vamos saltitando entre partes que fazem lembrar livros com conteúdo mais quente e outras em que, aos poucos, os pormenores...more
Como em muitos romances, a acção centra-se num triângulo amoroso, em que duas das partes envolvidas são a principal suspeita de dois homicídios e o detective responsável pela investigação dos mesmos. A partir daí, vamos saltitando entre partes que fazem lembrar livros com conteúdo mais quente e outras em que, aos poucos, os pormenores...more
I am very quickly becoming a huge fan of Sandra Brown. Wish I knew about her years ago. The good thing is though learning about her so late is that there is a long back list of books that I can now track down to read. Second-hand bookshops beware, I am on my way with an even longer wish list than normal.
Ricochet was everything I enjoy in a book. There was no slow spots, the hero was perfect to read about (but he wasn't perfect) the heroine was truly wonderful, and the secondary characters filled...more
Ricochet was everything I enjoy in a book. There was no slow spots, the hero was perfect to read about (but he wasn't perfect) the heroine was truly wonderful, and the secondary characters filled...more
ini buku SB yang tebal, jadi mestinya bagus.
saya suka buku ini, terutama dengan tokoh Elise Laird yang sangat sukar saya bayangkan bagaimana cantiknya, karena deskripsinya di cerita ini yang benar-benar menggiurkan.
cerita bergulir lancar, dan SB mau berepot-repot menjelaskan semua hal untuk lebih menjelaskan cerita, motif dan sejarah sang tokoh (walau cuma fiksi :-)). buat beberapa orang mungkin agak mengganggu krn berkepanjangan tapi saya suka.
steamy scene nya, lumayan lah. pokoknya cukuplah un...more
saya suka buku ini, terutama dengan tokoh Elise Laird yang sangat sukar saya bayangkan bagaimana cantiknya, karena deskripsinya di cerita ini yang benar-benar menggiurkan.
cerita bergulir lancar, dan SB mau berepot-repot menjelaskan semua hal untuk lebih menjelaskan cerita, motif dan sejarah sang tokoh (walau cuma fiksi :-)). buat beberapa orang mungkin agak mengganggu krn berkepanjangan tapi saya suka.
steamy scene nya, lumayan lah. pokoknya cukuplah un...more
Loved the writing and characters as always. Loved the Southern setting, the authenticity, the mood and feel of the book. In fact, I was completely in love with the book until the heroine's motivations became revealed. And then I just could not suspend disbelief. She did something that didn't make a lot of sense, something I could never do. I wasn't buying it. The whole adultery thing didn't make me like her and the hero more, either. I started out loving the characters, but instead of that love...more
Muito interessante este livro, mais uma vez de Sandra Brown, que nos leva a uma aventura policial incrível. O detetive Duncan Hatcher vai confrontar-se com uma situação, que o vai levar a duvidar de tudo e todos os personagens desta trama policial.
Sem saber se está a ser manipulado pela bela Elise, por quem sente uma forte atracão sendo ela a principal suspeita de uma morte que parece ser em legitima defesa ... ou não. Elise é o ponto principal desta investigação, sendo uma mulher com um passa...more
Sem saber se está a ser manipulado pela bela Elise, por quem sente uma forte atracão sendo ela a principal suspeita de uma morte que parece ser em legitima defesa ... ou não. Elise é o ponto principal desta investigação, sendo uma mulher com um passa...more
[audio] This was a TNT Mystery feature and I can say that the book was better than the movie. Despite that, I had little sympathy for Duncan Hatcher, the Savannah detective whose case against an "evil" drug lord was dropped when Judge Cato Laird declared a mistrial for a trivial cause. His attraction to Elise Laird, the judge's trophy wife, came across more as stupid than destined. Though billed as romantic suspense, it didn't feel "romantic" to me, just driven. Despite my lack of involvement wi...more
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Sandra Brown is the author of sixty-one New York Times bestsellers, including LETHAL (2011), TOUGH CUSTOMER (2010), SMASH CUT (2009), SMOKE SCREEN (2008), PLAY DIRTY (2007), RICOCHET (2006), CHILL FACTOR (2005), WHITE HOT (2004), HELLO, DARKNESS (2003), THE CRUSH (2002), a...more
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Sandra Brown is the author of sixty-one New York Times bestsellers, including LETHAL (2011), TOUGH CUSTOMER (2010), SMASH CUT (2009), SMOKE SCREEN (2008), PLAY DIRTY (2007), RICOCHET (2006), CHILL FACTOR (2005), WHITE HOT (2004), HELLO, DARKNESS (2003), THE CRUSH (2002), a...more
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