Innocent as Sin (St. Kilda Consulting, #3)

by Elizabeth Lowell

Innocent as Sin (St. Kilda Consulting, #3)

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165 ratings, 3.50 average rating, 35 reviews (more data...)

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2007 (first published 2008) by William Morrow

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Hardcover, 320 pages

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Rand McCree, Kayla Shaw

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0060829826 (isbn13: 9780060829827)

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On what at first appears to be an ordinary day, everything changes for private banker Kayla Shaw when she barely escapes a brutal kidnapping attempt a...more

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Angela

Angela rated it:

(review of isbn 0060829842)

05/01/08

bookshelves: romance

Read in April, 2008

Elizabeth Lowell's thriller Innocent as Sin continues her recent series of books featuring St. Kilda Consulting--her latest plot device for having studly, competent heroes run around with whip-smart, brave heroines, while things and people get shot at and other things explode and pasts get angsted over and crosses and double-crosses happen and oh yeah there's passionate smooching and sex, too.

In short, pretty much the perfect thing to read when you're sick. ;)

This installment has ...more

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J. Kaye

J. Kaye rated it:

(review of isbn 0061256544)

11/24/07

bookshelves: read-in-2007

I picked up Elizabeth Lowell’s “Innocent as Sin” for more than one reason. First, it hit the NY Times Best Sellers list. I’d never heard of this author before and knew I had to read it. Another reason was our library has this book in audio format. That doesn’t sound like a good reason, but if you’d see my list of books to read for the next couple of months it would make sense. Audio is the only way I can fit another book in.

I try not to, but can’t seem to help myself. When a bo...more I picked up Elizabeth Lowell’s “Innocent as Sin” for more than one reason. First, it hit the NY Times Best Sellers list. I’d never heard of this author before and knew I had to read it. Another reason was our library has this book in audio format. That doesn’t sound like a good reason, but if you’d see my list of books to read for the next couple of months it would make sense. Audio is the only way I can fit another book in.

I try not to, but can’t seem to help myself. When a book hits the NY Times, I expect more than if the author who hasn’t made it there yet. And when I see obvious holes in the book as with “Innocent as Sin”, I wonder how a book like this ended up there.

The story started out with a bang, and then nothing - total boredom. I’m sure this is where the story is being set up, but gosh what a snoozer. Another problem I had was with the main characters, Kayla and Rand. I didn’t find them believable whatsoever. The rest, the bad guys, were perfect. In fact, so was the plot. Here’s the HarperCollins blurb:

“Kayla Shaw is a private banker in Arizona—smart and capable but underpaid and underappreciated. Rand McCree is a haunted man who paints landscapes in the Pacific Northwest, burning with a need for answers about the terrible event that shattered his world. They are two strangers with nothing in common . . . until their lives entwine—and explode.”

“On what at first appears to be an ordinary day, everything changes for Kayla, as she barely escapes a kidnapping attempt and finds herself accused of a shocking crime: the illegal laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars. Damned by lies and false "evidence," she is trapped with no place to run.”

“After five agonizing years, Rand has finally been offered what he desires the most: the name of his twin brother's murderer. Hungry for vengeance, he accepts a job with St. Kilda Consulting that will place him in the killer's orbit . . . and tantalizingly close to Kayla Shaw. The cold-blooded international criminal responsible for Rand's brother's death has targeted Kayla as his next victim. Since she can't turn to the police, who believe she's guilty as sin, she must place her life in the hands of the shadowy, secretive man who has come out of nowhere to protect her.

Suspicious of each other, needing each other, they are two against the world—with unknown enemies on all sides and even the government itself suspect—as the violence of the past erupts in the present. And now innocence alone will not be enough to keep Kayla Shaw alive. . . .”

All-in-all, it was a good read. I enjoy being introduced to a new author.

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Denni

Denni rated it:

11/17/08

Read in January, 2008

Elizabeth Lowell has been an auto buy for me for over a decade, but slipping the last few years. Not her best effort, again...kinda cookie cutter. Ms. Lowell is beginning to sound self righteous...bad guys are overpoweringly evil, goverments (including ours) are corrupt and/or inept, officials desire to do good but are ineffective & puppets of crooked superiors. Only her heros (self discribed as operating in legal gray areas) can save the world...much ego Ms. Lowell?

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Marie

Marie rated it:

11/30/08

Read in November, 2008

Another thriller, this time about the international banking business and how some crooks use it to launder and hide money and use the money for international gun running and wars between tribes in Africa.

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Kim

Kim rated it:

09/09/08

Read in September, 2008

Although this book started out pretty slow for a thriller, it ended up being a good fast-paced story. Kayla Shaw is a private banker who gets sucked into a money laundering scheme by a client. Rand McCree has been trying to track this particular schemer for years. The two meet up to bring down an international gun running business. Two things impressed me about this book. First, there are not many women action/thriller writers out there and Lowell does an admirable job. Second, Lowell actual...more

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Angela

Angela rated it:

10/04/08

Elizabeth Lowell's books combine the arts with the private mercernary types of St. Kildas Consulting. In this installment, Kayla Shaw, an international banker discovers that her client is illegally laundering money through her band and setting her up to take the fall. She becomes involved with Rand McCree, an artist and operative who is hautned by his twin's death during a St. Kildas job 5 years earlier. It is an action packed ride to the end to bring down the bad guy and keep Kayla alive. T...more

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Beth (moonivy)

Beth (moonivy) rated it:

07/05/07

Read in July, 2007

recommends it for: read by the pool.

Read 7/1-7/2/07
Kayla Shaw, a private banker, stumbles into a nasty world of international conspiracy and dirty money. Lucky for her, St. Kilda's Consulting is around to ride to the rescue. A fast paced, entertaining suspense novel and points to Lowell for accurately describing some of the murky regulations surroundinginternational banking. (A darned boring topic that I'm required to be certified
on four times a year, so I KNOW she got it right, LOL)

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Raina

Raina rated it:

07/05/07

Read in July, 2007

recommends it for: Romantic suspense lovers

As typical of Elizabeth Lowell, this book is set in the St. Kilda Consulting universe and thus has reappearances from some lovable characters from The Wrong Hostage. It's very nice to see continuity in these things. The story itself is surprisingly tense and violent for this author, plucking certain heartstrings that could have been painful but turned out alright in the end.

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Colleen

Colleen rated it:

05/11/08

Read in May, 2008

An interesting romantic suspense but not mind-spelling. There were portions I skimmed through to find action. Maybe it is just me but I was bored in about half of it, although I did learn a great deal about laundering money and international crime and gunrunning.

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Joyce

Joyce rated it:

05/14/08

Read in May, 2008

A well written mystery romance with really evil bad guys and complex good guys. Lots of twists and turns in the somewhat predictable plot but what mystery romance doesn't have one of those? Good beach read.

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Carola

Carola rated it:

09/27/08

Read in September, 2008

Action thriller, suspense , quasi-romance. I've read other Elizabeth Lowell books that I thought were better. After reading "The Road" though, I needed something not so intense. This fit the bill.

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Renna

Renna rated it:

07/28/08

OK - I have to say that the book started hard to read - very technical - but wow was it good!! Hang in there and you will really like these characters! Can't wait to read more of these series!!

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Amber

Amber rated it:

06/26/08

I could not even finish this book as I had no idea what they were talking about 90% of the time and I refuse to believe there is some private army named St. Kilda solving the worlds problems.

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Lisa

Lisa rated it:

07/21/07

bookshelves: romanticsuspense

Read in July, 2007

Well-written and good suspense. I hope this kind of thing really doesn't happen in real life. I liked how Kayla chose her options and picked the "gray area" to get her out of the mess.

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Vicki

Vicki rated it:

08/24/08

bookshelves: mystery, romance

Read in August, 2008

Quick paced romantic suspense that gets tense, somewhat violent, somewhat erotic, and moves through a 56 hour time span or so (unbelievable for the romance solidity).

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Laurel

Laurel added it

08/14/07

Read in August, 2007

Pretty good... I really like Elizabeth Lowell. It's high paced and action packed. The romance was a little predictable, but maybe that's why I like the author..

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Shannan

Shannan rated it:

06/17/08

Both Innocent as Sin and The Wrong Hostage were like reading Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, except with smarter female characters and more exposition.

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Becky

Becky rated it:

08/02/08

Read in August, 2008

Really like the St. Kilda series. Great characters and fast paced plot. Doesn't take a whole lot of brain power to keep up.

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Wendy (LibraryLass)

Wendy (LibraryLass) rated it:

03/20/08

bookshelves: librarybk, readit

Read in March, 2008

recommends it for: Ppl who like a bit of romance in their suspense novels

I think this was the best of the series. Not as much detail to wade through and (IMO) it made the storyline flow that much faster.

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Nancy

Nancy rated it:

09/10/08

Read in September, 2008

recommended to Nancy by: sandy
recommends it for: Erika and Mom

First book that I've read by this author-well written and suspenseful. I look forward to reading more of her books!

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