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Punto Muerto (Standoff)
by
Sandra Brown (Goodreads Author)
La periodista Tiel McCoy suspende sus vacaciones cuando por la radio de su coche oye que un joven llamado Ronnie Davidson ha secuestrado a la adolescente Sabra Dendy, hija de uno de los hombres más ricos del país. Decidida a ocuparse del suceso, la casualidad quiere que se vea envuelta en un atraco con rehenes perpetrado por la pareja de adolescentes, cuya verdadera histor...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Punto de Lectura
(first published 2000)
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What a fantastic book. First time I have read any of hers and I couldn't put it down. Read it in one day. Very easy to follow, great story, total page turner. I recommend to anyone who likes James Patterson etc
I have heard of being at the right place at the right time, the wrong place at the wrong time; but in 'Standoff' Dallas reporter Tiel McCoy seems to be at the wrong place at the right time, forever changing her outlook on life....
O her way to an actual vacation with the new man in her life, McCoy hears the news of the kidnapping of the daughter of a wealthy Texas businessman. Calling into her office, McCoy learns that the alleged kidnapper's father lives slightly off her vacation route and talks...more
O her way to an actual vacation with the new man in her life, McCoy hears the news of the kidnapping of the daughter of a wealthy Texas businessman. Calling into her office, McCoy learns that the alleged kidnapper's father lives slightly off her vacation route and talks...more
It's no secret that I'm more of a horror guy than thriller guy. That said, I do enjoy a good thriller if the writing, characters and setting work for me. The back cover blurb for STANDOFF by Sandra Brown drew me in: strong female lead (reporter Tiel McCoy, in this case) gets embroiled in a garage forecourt siege, with two runaway teenage lovers on one side, and a heavily armed FBI on the other, a motley crew of hostages caught in the middle.
Now, I'm generally used to a more gritty read than thi...more
Now, I'm generally used to a more gritty read than thi...more
Ambitious TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving through New Mexico when she hears over the radio that Sabra Dendy, the 17 year-old daughter of Fort Worth multimillionaire Russell Dendy, has been kidnapped.ááTiel calls her editor and learns that Sara was "kidnapped" by her boyfriend Ronnie and is pregnant.ááTiel is at a gas station store when an armed couple robs the cashier and orders all the customers to the floor.ááThe girl goes into labor and Tiel realizes that she has a huge story on her hands.
...more
Nov 22, 2012
Jane Stewart
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
suspense-with-a-little-romance
Kept my interest. Enjoyable way to pass the time if you don’t expect too much. The negative: it ended too soon.
My main complaint is not knowing what happened to various characters at the end. But the rest is good. This author is a good writer and she does suspense well. Although there is a little bit of romance at the end, don’t read it for romance. Read it as a suspense story with interesting characters. It’s about 1/2 the length of a regular novel.
The narrator Enid Graham is a new favorite of...more
My main complaint is not knowing what happened to various characters at the end. But the rest is good. This author is a good writer and she does suspense well. Although there is a little bit of romance at the end, don’t read it for romance. Read it as a suspense story with interesting characters. It’s about 1/2 the length of a regular novel.
The narrator Enid Graham is a new favorite of...more
Jul 15, 2010
Jaime
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2010,
romantic_suspense
This was more a novella than a usual Sandra Brown novel, and as such, was pretty blah. The story never fully develops beyond the actual standoff situation, and we’re never given a chance to really connect with our main characters. Brown also uses a main character combo (a successful tv reporter and the man she has mistakenly wronged) that she returns to in a later novel, Smoke Screen. We get the obligatory sexual tension between Tiel and Doc, followed by the obligatory sex scene, but it all feel...more
Thriller lite.
Workaholic reporter gets ordered on vacation, and just happens to stop at a convenience store in the middle of nowhere Texas when two teenagers decide to rob it and it becomes a hostage situation.
Of course, its the first sign of trouble from the boy and girl is the daughter of a billionaire and hugely pregnant.
The girl goes into labor, a laconic cowboy turns into ER doc and helps out, and reporter schemes and worries about getting the story.
Quick read that motors along, but not a...more
Workaholic reporter gets ordered on vacation, and just happens to stop at a convenience store in the middle of nowhere Texas when two teenagers decide to rob it and it becomes a hostage situation.
Of course, its the first sign of trouble from the boy and girl is the daughter of a billionaire and hugely pregnant.
The girl goes into labor, a laconic cowboy turns into ER doc and helps out, and reporter schemes and worries about getting the story.
Quick read that motors along, but not a...more
I feel this book is worth the read, but it's definitely not the best book I've ever read. It's written pretty darn well and keeps you on the 'edge of your seat'.
Parts of the book bugged me because I felt like the author did little to know research on certain topics prior to incorporating them into the story. Maybe I'm too analytical while reading. I was able to figure out what was coming up a step ahead (or ten steps ahead). But it was still worth the read, and quite frankly, I've been able to d...more
Parts of the book bugged me because I felt like the author did little to know research on certain topics prior to incorporating them into the story. Maybe I'm too analytical while reading. I was able to figure out what was coming up a step ahead (or ten steps ahead). But it was still worth the read, and quite frankly, I've been able to d...more
I bought this to read on a long airplane flight. I read it to find out why Sandra Brown is so successful. I don't read pulp fiction so I was not ready for the combo of these two facts that I believe is endemic to this genre: The book was highly readable. The plot was highly stupid. Let's just say that our protagonist is shopping in a convenience store when the two people she is stalking appear in the store to rob it. One of the robbers is pregnant and goes into labor. Of course, the protagonist...more
Sandra Brown mě prostě ještě nikdy nezklamala. Tohle je v pořadí snad šestá kniha od ní, kterou jsem si přečetla a neustále to má svou úroveň. Napínavé od začátku do konce. Nemám co bych vytkla, jelikož jen málokterý autor vás dokáže udržet na uzdě po celou dobu "jízdy". A tohle jízda byla! Jak to může dopadnout, když se mladý pár středoškoláků čekající dítě hodlá vzepřít svým rodičům, k čemu všemu může mladého člověka dohnat rodič plný nepochopení, o tom je kniha V šachu, v originále Standoff....more
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Tiel McCoy's much needed vacation is put on hold when she hears from her boss that the teen daughter of a rich oil magnate has run away with her boyfriend. In desperation, the boy holds up a convenience store with about a half dozen customers. The girl is pregnant and goes into labor. Her rich father has sworn to dissolve her relationship and take the baby from her. What follows in Standoff is a tension-filled - cannot put the book down - story. I can't imagine anyone not liking this story, espe...more
This may be the worst audio-book of all time.
The story line is dumb, the characters are stupid and listening to it probably kills brains cells. The narrator is okay but should have checked pronunciations
I've read/listened to books that I disliked so much, I wanted to slam them into a wall. This one makes me feel that way but I also want to burn down the wall, campaign to make sure some folks never get published and, while I'm at it, never get near a computer or typewriter.
Did I tell you I hated...more
The story line is dumb, the characters are stupid and listening to it probably kills brains cells. The narrator is okay but should have checked pronunciations
I've read/listened to books that I disliked so much, I wanted to slam them into a wall. This one makes me feel that way but I also want to burn down the wall, campaign to make sure some folks never get published and, while I'm at it, never get near a computer or typewriter.
Did I tell you I hated...more
This is definitely a can't-put-down book.
Tiel McCoy is on her way to a relaxing vacation in New Mexico when she hears that the teenage daughter of Russel Dendy, Fort Worth's tycoon is kidnapped. Tiel immediately cancels her vacation plans to chase the big scoop, being a hardworking reporter that she is. That night she makes a stop at a convenience store in Rojo Flats to ask her boss for directions, when suddenly a young boy and his pregnant girlfrield enter the store and hold the people there ho...more
Tiel McCoy is on her way to a relaxing vacation in New Mexico when she hears that the teenage daughter of Russel Dendy, Fort Worth's tycoon is kidnapped. Tiel immediately cancels her vacation plans to chase the big scoop, being a hardworking reporter that she is. That night she makes a stop at a convenience store in Rojo Flats to ask her boss for directions, when suddenly a young boy and his pregnant girlfrield enter the store and hold the people there ho...more
What do you do when you find yourself (Sabra) a pregnant teen whose father hates her boyfriend (Ronnie), well you run away together so you can be a family. What do you do when you are her father who is rich and powerful, you call the police and say the boy kidnapped her. Being the smart kids that they are Ronnie and Sabra stop off at a gas station to rob it to get the money they need to escape to Mexico. In the store is Tiel, a tv reporter on her way for a weeks vacation when she hears the news...more
A TV reporter is headed off on a long overdue vacation when she hears an news spot on her car radio. She call back to her editor and he convinces her to side track to a small remote south western town. Getting lost and stopping for a break at a small gas station/store she is about to leave when a young man and girl enter the store. The man is waving a gun and demanding everyone lie on the floor while the girl gets the cash from the register. As they are about to leave the girl lets out a scream...more
Tiel McCoy is a hardworking Journalist, who will do anything to get a news worth all the TRPs and get them rolling. She finally[ after great pushing from her boss] decides to go on a vacation to New Mexico. On the way she hears a news-bulletin about the kidnapping of Sabra, the daughter of a Fort Worth's richest power-players Dendy. She immediately calls up her boss, who hints that the girl has runaway with her boyfriend rather than been kidnapped. Her boss, Gully also tells her that the boyfrie...more
I just finished it and it was one great book. It teaches a lot about everything.
I read it for a few hours.
it is not some typical love story there is love but it is not the main thing here.
I liked the end, but i would prefer if it was a bit longer i like to read what happens in the end with the life of people.
So it was a very good book and i recommend it.
I read it for a few hours.
it is not some typical love story there is love but it is not the main thing here.
I liked the end, but i would prefer if it was a bit longer i like to read what happens in the end with the life of people.
So it was a very good book and i recommend it.
This is the first Sandra Brown novel I've read and I wasn't disappointed. I'll definitely be searching for more of her novels.
From back cover:
"T.V. reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Fort Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she abandons her holiday plans to chase down what could be the scoop of a lifetime. But in a town called Rojo Flats an innocuous stop at a convenience st...more
From back cover:
"T.V. reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Fort Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she abandons her holiday plans to chase down what could be the scoop of a lifetime. But in a town called Rojo Flats an innocuous stop at a convenience st...more
TV reporter Tiel McCoy is on vacation when she hears on the car radio that the teenage daughter of millionaire Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. She changes her plans to follow up on the story but at a stop at a convenience store, she becomes part of the story. She and half a dozen other customers are being held hostage by the two teenagers.
Sandra Browns books are always fast paced with twists where you don't expect them. Standoff from start to end covered the time span of less than a day. The story conveys the dynamics a a handful of people who happened to be in a convenience store when it was robbed and how their personalities worked together to difuse the situation.
a sinopse é bem mais reveladora do que deveria, mas mesmo assim, apesar de ser o livro mais pequenino da autora no mercado português, gostei bastante e achei a história bem doseada e desenvolvida.
Não é uma obra-prima, mas prende e proporciona bons momentos de evasão. Cheguei mesmo a ter pena da autora se ter ficado por tão poucas páginas nesta história. Daria para mais, mas talvez se ela tivesse esticado a história, eu agora não estaria a dizer que estava bem doseada e desenvolvida... quem sabe?...more
Não é uma obra-prima, mas prende e proporciona bons momentos de evasão. Cheguei mesmo a ter pena da autora se ter ficado por tão poucas páginas nesta história. Daria para mais, mas talvez se ela tivesse esticado a história, eu agora não estaria a dizer que estava bem doseada e desenvolvida... quem sabe?...more
This book is for people who are searching for a quick-read with interesting twists. I definitely enjoyed the fast-paced plot of this novel and will certainly look for more Sandra Brown
books.
books.
May 02, 2013
Gjbates
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
contemporary,
romance-suspense
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(aşk daima kazanır)aşk romanları okurken eğlenceli ama yıllar geçtikten sonra akılda hiç bir şey bırakmıyor maalesef hatırlamıyorum konusunu yanlız türkçe kapağı ilk kez daha güzel olan bir kitaba rastladım.bu kara kapağı görsem almazdım
Tiel was on vacation from her job as a news reporter when she found out about the kidnapping and went right to work trying to find out all about this breaking news. Was it really a kidnapping? This was a quick and easy read along being a good page-turner!
The story is about a newspaper reporter who is on her way to New Mexico for a vacation. She stops at a convenience market and witnesses a supposed kidnapped girl and her boyfriend hold as hostages the people in the store. Light reading, but suspenseful.
I am having a bit of a hard time rating this one. I was wrapped up in the story the whole way through -- I liked that the book basically covered one night. Good suspense. But... I thought the ending was kind of abrupt and it didn't have any big twists. That's the reason for the bump down to three stars.
This is one of my favorite Sandra Brown books. Storyline has a consistent flow, character development if genuine, and the book is long enough without too much extra verbage. I recommend this book. It is a quick read
This book is a very quick read that takes place in real time. The characters, although you learn about them as events take place in the book, are very well developed.
The story takes place in a convenience store in "East Bumble", Texas. A journalist on her way to a vacation destination detours to cover an angle of a breaking story. She's one lucky journalist because the same breaking story ends up taking place in the conveninence store as the teenagers who are the subject of the breaking story at...more
The story takes place in a convenience store in "East Bumble", Texas. A journalist on her way to a vacation destination detours to cover an angle of a breaking story. She's one lucky journalist because the same breaking story ends up taking place in the conveninence store as the teenagers who are the subject of the breaking story at...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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