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    <body><![CDATA[Patricia Cornwell fans get ready for some competition. There's a rookie writing forensic science based story with a character that rivals Dr. Kay Scarpetta.<br/>&quot;Takeover&quot; by Lisa Black is a very impressive debut. Theresa MacLean is a forensic scientist and is called to the scene of a bru...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61237745">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Takeover<br/>Lisa Black<br/>Harper Collins<br/>10 E 53rd St.; New York, NY 10022-5299<br/>(212) 207-7528 www.harpercollins.com<br/>978-0-06-154447-7, $ 7.99, July 2009<br/><br/><br/>This novel starts out at the site of a grisly homicide, a male is found with his head bashed in.  Our main cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61720974">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<blockquote> <p> In the tradition of Kathy Reichs and Jeffery Deaver, a talented novelist introduces a gutsy forensic investigator caught in the middle of an explosive crisis </p> </blockquote> <p> Early one Thursday morning, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean is called to the scene of a gruesome murder. The body of a man has been found on the front lawn of a house in suburban Cleveland, the back of his head bashed in. Although it's not the best start to her day, Theresa has been through worse. What unfolds during the next eight hours, though, is nothing she could ever have imagined. </p> <p> Downtown at the Federal Reserve Bank, her police detective fiancé is taken hostage with six others in a robbery masterminded by two clever criminals. When she arrives at the scene, Theresa discovers that the police have brought in the city's best hostage negotiator: handsome, high-profile Chris Cavanaugh. He hasn't lost a victim yet, but Theresa wonders if he might be too arrogant to save the day this time around. </p> <p> When her fiancé is injured, she seizes the opportunity to trade places with him. Once on the inside, she will use all her wiles, experience, and technical skills to gain control of the situation. But what initially appears to be a bank heist turns into something far more complex and deadly, and Theresa must decide how much more she is willing to sacrifice in order to save the lives of innocent people as well as her own. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the best mystery I have read in a long, long time. I was exhausted when I finished. Oh, wait. Maybe that's because I stayed up until 2 a.m. because I couldn't put it down.<br/><br/>Lisa Black's first (and please, please tell me that it won't be her only) novel sounds--plot-wise--like a typ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58073388">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Some minor details bothered me such as why this woman would be allowed in the same room with the hostage negotiator as well as why the hostage negotiator would violate one of the most basic principles of negotiation.<br/>One the whole though I found it an exciting satisfying read and am now looking...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77162599">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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