Now You See Her
by
James Patterson (Goodreads Author),
Michael Ledwidge
The perfect life
A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York--including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes.
The perfect lie
Nina's secret life began 18 years ago. She had looks...more
A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York--including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes.
The perfect lie
Nina's secret life began 18 years ago. She had looks...more
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published
June 27th 2011
by Little, Brown and Company
(first published 2011)
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May 26, 2012
Nena
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I read some of the negative reviews here on Goodreads before I downloaded this to my MP3 player. All I can say is that sometimes you have to overlook a bad review and read for yourself. This turned out to be a really good read for me.
I like Patterson's style of keeping the chapters short. I think this gives the story momentum. Even though the chapters are short, I didn't feel they were choppy at all. I also love the fact that he knows when to stop and not go on and on with his...more
I read some of the negative reviews here on Goodreads before I downloaded this to my MP3 player. All I can say is that sometimes you have to overlook a bad review and read for yourself. This turned out to be a really good read for me.
I like Patterson's style of keeping the chapters short. I think this gives the story momentum. Even though the chapters are short, I didn't feel they were choppy at all. I also love the fact that he knows when to stop and not go on and on with his...more
Somewhere between 2 - 2.5 stars
I really, REALLY wanted to like this book.
I tried. I even read it till its very last page with very little skimming. But the thing is, I couldn't like it.
It is fast paced, alright. (It even felt a little jumpy and a tad choppy at the beginning due to the shortness of its chapters.)
There was some very good suspense installed in the beginning and near-the-end of the book. But, it's lacking this crime thriller vibe, because the voice of Jeanina clearly dominated the s...more
I really, REALLY wanted to like this book.
I tried. I even read it till its very last page with very little skimming. But the thing is, I couldn't like it.
It is fast paced, alright. (It even felt a little jumpy and a tad choppy at the beginning due to the shortness of its chapters.)
There was some very good suspense installed in the beginning and near-the-end of the book. But, it's lacking this crime thriller vibe, because the voice of Jeanina clearly dominated the s...more
Let me start off by saying that I never read James Patterson Novels. It's not that I don't like his books, it's just that "suspense thrillers" are not my genre of choice. My main reason for reading "Now You See Her" was to bond with my boyfriend. His whole library is filled with suspense thrillers.
Well I have to say, I liked it! It's easy reading, short chapters (a page and a half, two if it's a long chapter), and quite the page turner. For me it was a change of pace, fun read. So Mr. Patterson,...more
Wat een ontzettend spannend boek!!! Dit is het eerste boek dat ik van deze schrijver heb gelezen en het zal ook absoluut niet het laatste zijn. Op iedere nieuwe bladzijde gebeurt wel weer iets spannends zodat je gewoon verder MOET lezen…
Dat belooft nog veel goeds voor de rest van zijn boeken die ik nog in mijn bezit heb.
Een absolute aanrader!!!
Dat belooft nog veel goeds voor de rest van zijn boeken die ik nog in mijn bezit heb.
Een absolute aanrader!!!
BOOK REPORT
Title: Now You See Her
Author: James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Adult Fiction
# of Pages: 375
Reading Level:
Exposition:
Nina Bloom has a past that she's been hiding for 17 years. As a successful New York lawyer and mother, Nina has been lying about everything -- her past, her life, and even her name. Nina's real name is Jeanine. After catching her boyfriend doing the deed with her best friend during a vacation to Key West, she steals her ex-boyfriend's car and...more
Title: Now You See Her
Author: James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Adult Fiction
# of Pages: 375
Reading Level:
Exposition:
Nina Bloom has a past that she's been hiding for 17 years. As a successful New York lawyer and mother, Nina has been lying about everything -- her past, her life, and even her name. Nina's real name is Jeanine. After catching her boyfriend doing the deed with her best friend during a vacation to Key West, she steals her ex-boyfriend's car and...more
4.5 stars here.
James Patterson finally redeemed himself for me... I used to love his books but the last 3-4 I've read have been horribly disappointing. This one reminded me of why I keep coming back.
Don't want to spoil the story here, so I'll keep it general. This was one story where I just HAD to keep reading to figure out what was going on. So many twists and turns, and just when I thought I had it all figured out... Surprise! Part of the intrigue was easy to suss out, but tying it all togethe...more
James Patterson finally redeemed himself for me... I used to love his books but the last 3-4 I've read have been horribly disappointing. This one reminded me of why I keep coming back.
Don't want to spoil the story here, so I'll keep it general. This was one story where I just HAD to keep reading to figure out what was going on. So many twists and turns, and just when I thought I had it all figured out... Surprise! Part of the intrigue was easy to suss out, but tying it all togethe...more
For many people, leaving the past where it belongs is hard to do, while others can simply turn the page. The main character of “Now You See Her “, by James Patterson, struggled with letting her past become part of her present. She goes by the name of Nina Bloom, a proud mother and successful lawyer, living in New York with her teenage daughter Emma. Life was normal in the city, Nina and her daughter shared a great relationship, she had everything she could possibly want but there was one thing m...more
I am reviewing the novel Now You See Her by James Patterson et al which is an excellent thriller which I bought from kindle. The plot follows a mother through her earlier years when she dropped out of university. She was on holiday with her boyfriend who was also a student and he left him because he had got drunk and had sex with her best friend. She took his car but had been drinking and accidently ran someone over and killed him. The police officer took pity on her and helped her dispose of th...more
The lady character in this book has a bit of bad luck when driving home, she swerves to avoid a dog in the road, goes into a spin and when she comes to rest there is a dead body near her car. Things don't improve when a police car rolls up and the officer slaps the cuffs on. A trip to the lockup is avoided though, when the cop says that as the victim was a local lowlife there is no harm done, and if he can just use her car boot he will get rid of the body and all will be well. This is done, and...more
Hadn't read Patterson in a long time and he remains a good storyteller but for some reason he just doesn't strike a "favorite" chord with me. In this one a woman in New York is a successful lawyer and loving mother, who had a HUGE secret from her past. On a trip to the Florida Keys as a youth she struck a bicyclist and killed him...a policeman "happened" to be nearby and instead of arresting her he helped her hide the body and then they became involved and married???? Sounds a bit surreal to me....more
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Now You See Her is the 26th stand-alone novel by James Patterson and is co-written with Michael Ledwidge. When 21-year-old Jeanine’s spring break in Key West finds her drunkenly running down a biker and killing him, she is rescued by an understanding cop. A cop who takes care of things for her, a very attractive cop named Peter Fournier whom she ends up marrying. But 2 years later, pregnant, Jeanine finds out a few things about Peter that send her into hiding. She fakes her own abduction by a se...more
As James Patterson (& co)'s novels have been a bit hit and miss the past few years I decided to download the sample chapters (a good third of the book) from his website before committing to buying it - I raced through those 29 chapters in no time and had purchased the full novel before I'd even reached chapter 15.
Now You See Her is one of the best stories that Patterson has written in the past few years and is full of twists and turns, surprises and shocks and really feels like a well though...more
Now You See Her is one of the best stories that Patterson has written in the past few years and is full of twists and turns, surprises and shocks and really feels like a well though...more
I first have to explain that I am a HUGE Patterson fan, but also a HUGE Patterson critic when it comes to his co-written books. There has been much speculation over the years about how much input Patterson has with these books and in my opinion some of his most recent work was diabolical, leaving me to wonder if he even glanced at them, let alone co-written them.
Michael Ledwidge started writing the Michael Bennett series with JP a while back and I am now a die-hard Bennett fan. I do however wond...more
Michael Ledwidge started writing the Michael Bennett series with JP a while back and I am now a die-hard Bennett fan. I do however wond...more
Now You See Her
By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
Attention all beach-minded readers---this is the one!
Well, actually, you’ll not even know where you are once you dive into this baby, and maybe, in all honesty and considering the dangers of too much sun, skip the beach altogether because once you start reading this, you’re a goner. Take it from me, I was so immersed in this story that I sunburned the tops of my feet and had to hobble around shoe-less for several days.
The beginning is act...more
By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
Attention all beach-minded readers---this is the one!
Well, actually, you’ll not even know where you are once you dive into this baby, and maybe, in all honesty and considering the dangers of too much sun, skip the beach altogether because once you start reading this, you’re a goner. Take it from me, I was so immersed in this story that I sunburned the tops of my feet and had to hobble around shoe-less for several days.
The beginning is act...more
James. Patterson. Knows. How. To. Write. A. Book. Maybe that's why he racked in more than $84 milli last year. Now You See Her is a classic, page turning, psychological, mind effing novel. Once you think you've figured everything out, another heart attack causing twist is added that will literally have your mouth hanging wide open.
Nina is your typical "woe is me, I've had a horrible life, where is my Prince Charming to save me" damsel in distress. You want to hate Nina (and at times slap her),...more
Nina is your typical "woe is me, I've had a horrible life, where is my Prince Charming to save me" damsel in distress. You want to hate Nina (and at times slap her),...more
Now You See Her
By James Patterson
Would you risk your life to save the life of a stranger? This is the dilemma Nina Bloom finds herself facing. Nina has been in hiding since she found out she was pregnant eighteen years ago, but when an innocent man is about to be executed for a crime he didn’t commit Nina is the only one who can save him.
This was an intense suspense filled novel; James Patterson has managed to capture our attentions from the very beginning and does not let it go even after the...more
By James Patterson
Would you risk your life to save the life of a stranger? This is the dilemma Nina Bloom finds herself facing. Nina has been in hiding since she found out she was pregnant eighteen years ago, but when an innocent man is about to be executed for a crime he didn’t commit Nina is the only one who can save him.
This was an intense suspense filled novel; James Patterson has managed to capture our attentions from the very beginning and does not let it go even after the...more
The best stand-alone novel by James Patterson that I have read in a while.
I quite like stories about people's past catching up with them and this book didn't dissapoint. It actually had a rather Harlan Coben feel about it opposed to the usual Patterson type story centered around a detective. Ofcourse it had the usual Patterson trademark short and to the point chapters, which usually make his books a nice smooth quick read, but in this case (owing to the fact the story was essentially told in tw...more
I quite like stories about people's past catching up with them and this book didn't dissapoint. It actually had a rather Harlan Coben feel about it opposed to the usual Patterson type story centered around a detective. Ofcourse it had the usual Patterson trademark short and to the point chapters, which usually make his books a nice smooth quick read, but in this case (owing to the fact the story was essentially told in tw...more
I am utterly amazed at this book. I am astounded. This book was amazing. In this book you travel with Jeanine/Nina to see how this woman escaped evil, was brave enough to go search for it, and conquered it. Peter has two faces-One face=a cute police officer who you can entice to let you go. Another face=a psychopath, sociopath, drug-dealer, murderer and a serial killer at that, fake guy. Actually, he's not even a person. You see, One face+the other face= All-evil Peter Fornier.
James Patterson a...more
James Patterson a...more
Nov 25, 2011
S.N. McKibben
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
thriller
Shelves:
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A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York—including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes.
I got sucked in by the hook. The story--line flawless. The plot--flawless. The writing--flawless. Yet, I was bored with the end. It was a perfect, tight, wonderful story that grabbed me and while it did have a...more
I got sucked in by the hook. The story--line flawless. The plot--flawless. The writing--flawless. Yet, I was bored with the end. It was a perfect, tight, wonderful story that grabbed me and while it did have a...more
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Ten out of five, twenty out of ten and two hundred thousand billions stars out of however many there are and can be. This book is a page turner. This is what I call “Murder and Mystery and Suspense”. Sidney Sheldon, not a chance, Robin Cook not a chance, Anthony Horowitz, not a chance. This is it, this is really good stuff, straight, downright scary, sadistic, authentic. James Patterson is God, he is my God, I worship him, and I really do. He is something else. I was expecting some clash between...more
Nina Bloom would seem to have a dream life. She has a successful career as a lawyer. She has a teenaged girl getting ready to head off to college with a good chance of getting into Brown University. Everyone would want to have her life. In fact, she was just one such person wishing for a better life.
When Nina was in college, her name was Jeanine, and she had gone down to Key West on Spring Break with a group of friends and her boyfriends. Things went terribly wrong, and it all started when she w...more
Great book! As much as I hate that Patterson has all these co-authors, he does seem to have a winning approach to writing good books! Definitely a spell-binder!
The perfect life
A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York—including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes.
The perfect lie
Nina's secret life b...more
The perfect life
A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York—including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes.
The perfect lie
Nina's secret life b...more
Aug 22, 2011
Jessica RiffeKincaid
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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This was very suspensful with every turn of the page! A woman on vacation during Spring Break accompanied with her boyfriend and best friend, finds herself in the largest nightmare imaginable. While drinking and partying with her boyfriend and best friend she finds herself waking up, still intoxicated to her first nightmare. He boyfriends and best friends are sleepin together behind her back! During her madness and still drunk she steals the keys to his sports car and takes off thru the Flordia...more
In “Now you see her,” James Patterson tells the story of a mysterious woman named Nina, who’s running away from her old life and secrets which can ruin her life in the present. The story starts off when Nina, a single mom, shows a video recording to her sixteen-year-old daughter of her father wishing her a happy birthday. Only it’s not her father, but an actor hired by Nina. For whatever reason, Nina does not want her daughter to know the truth.
Flashback to nearly twenty years ago: Nina is Jeani...more
Flashback to nearly twenty years ago: Nina is Jeani...more
Nina Bloom was a loving mother and a successful lawyer. She,d do anything to protect her daughter and her life in New York . -including lie about her past .Nina,s secret life began nineteen years ago When she went to Key west Florida on spring break. With her premed boyfriend and other friends . When they all get drunk and Nina wakes up to find her boyfriend making ove to her best friend in the bathroom she runs out of the room steals his car and takes off.. when a dog runs in front of her and...more
This book had Lawyers, Key West, and a murder plot - I couldn't resist. But it's not my favorite read of all time.
I'm not a fan of this author's writing style at all. The book is broken up into 170 or so choppy little chapters, and I was disappointed with how little time the author spent describing the gorgeous scenery of Key West. In fact, if I had not been to Key West over and over again, I'm not sure I would have been able to visualize what the characters were doing as they travelled around...more
I'm not a fan of this author's writing style at all. The book is broken up into 170 or so choppy little chapters, and I was disappointed with how little time the author spent describing the gorgeous scenery of Key West. In fact, if I had not been to Key West over and over again, I'm not sure I would have been able to visualize what the characters were doing as they travelled around...more
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than any other author (according...more
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than any other author (according...more
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