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A Grave Mistake (Bayou Books #5)
by
Stella Cameron (Goodreads Author)
Dead: one ordinary man. Just the latest in a string of losers in the wrong place at the worst time. Not the kind of case to yank New Orleans homicide detective Guy Gautreaux back from his leave of absence in Toussaint, Louisiana.
There's someone in Toussaint Guy will do anything to protect. Jilly Gable is desperate to find the love of the family who abandoned her as a chil
...moreMass Market Paperbound, 536 pages
Published
October 1st 2006
by Mira Books
(first published 2005)
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This book takes place in Toussaint and New Orleans, Louisiana. Jilly Gable is caught up in a murder that takes place at her restaurant. Her mother, who abandoned her as a child, has just moved back into town with a very rich husband. And then there is the very handsome Guy Gautreaux, a police detective on leave from the big city, who is on leave in the sleepy little town. The story gets very complicated with old and new murders and old and new intrigue involving all the characters. The mys...more
I read up to page 114 hoping that it would get better. Regrettably, I found the main character highly unbelievable and whiny. I had hoped the mystery would start to reveal itself but sadly, the author focused on what to seems to be a doomed romance, which detracts from the story to begin with. This book is 515 pages long but reading just the 114 pages that I did makes me wonder how such a horribly written story would have been published at all.
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If you love hot, daring and sexy romantic suspenses, you'll love this new one set in New Orleans by Stella Cameron. Jilly Gable has a lot to going for her. She's in love with her best friend, Guy Gautreaux, who might return to the NOPD. She's also trying to reconnect with her mother, Edith, who abandoned her, when she was a baby, and trying to fit in with her step-father, her half-sister-in-law and her husband. But little did they know, that a cold case murder, new fresh murders, and the attempt...more
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I enjoy this author, but this book just didn't do it for me. The suspense and storyline was fine, but there were too many oddball relationships to keep up with. Also, the dialogue was very awkward and stilted sounding. I'm sure this was because the characters were supposed to be having a hard time communicating, but even the self thought was painful.
A Grave Mistake came highly recommended to me by a friend. She and I usually agree on books so I was surprised when I couldn't make it past chapter 5.
The back of the book sounds like the type of book I'd normally enjoy with the homicide of an unidentified man, a loan shark who's treatening one of the main characters and finally a confrontation of an unknown foe.
Unfortunately seventy pages in, nothing had happened except for long passages about Jilly Gable's insecurities a...more
The back of the book sounds like the type of book I'd normally enjoy with the homicide of an unidentified man, a loan shark who's treatening one of the main characters and finally a confrontation of an unknown foe.
Unfortunately seventy pages in, nothing had happened except for long passages about Jilly Gable's insecurities a...more
Thought I had already this book and was ok. LA bayou setting w/ twisted plot and characters. Just a time filler. Other books by this author are better.
Adrienne Deel
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it was good. romance and action are my fav books. it kind of ended predictable. but i still enjoyed.
This was almost pornographic, boring book (I had to push myself to finish it) masquerading as a mystery.
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It's like watching a DVD that skips scenes.
Another great Toussant book -- I love these characters!! The twist isn't too shocking but you want to see how it ends!!! This has a little more romance that some - but the characters that are love interest are soo good --- gotta love it when a woman tames that hard headed man!!!
Barb
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Too many characters/sex/mob connection.
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Stella Cameron is the New York Times, award-winning author of many novels and novellas.
Stella has won Career Achievement Awards for Romantic Suspense and the best Romantic Suspense of the Year Award from RT Book Reviews. She has been a RITA finalist, and is the recipient of the Pacific Northwest Writers' Association Achievement Award for distinguished professional achievement and for ...more
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Stella has won Career Achievement Awards for Romantic Suspense and the best Romantic Suspense of the Year Award from RT Book Reviews. She has been a RITA finalist, and is the recipient of the Pacific Northwest Writers' Association Achievement Award for distinguished professional achievement and for ...more
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