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The Collector

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Jul 06, 2014 Pam rated it really liked it

Shelves: romantic-suspense, new-york

AUTHOR: Roberts, Nora
TITLE: The Collector
DATE READ: 07/05/14
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS : Romantic Suspense/2014/Putnam/283 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE: SA
TIME/PLACE: Present/NY
CHARACTERS: Lila Emerson/professional house sitter & writer; Ashton Archer/artist
FIRST LINES: " She thought they'd never leave. Clients, especially new ones, tended to fuss & delay, revolving on the same loope of instructions, contacts, comments, before finally heading out the door."
COMMENTS: Nora Roberts AUTHOR: Roberts, Nora
TITLE: The Collector
DATE READ: 07/05/14
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS : Romantic Suspense/2014/Putnam/283 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE: SA
TIME/PLACE: Present/NY
CHARACTERS: Lila Emerson/professional house sitter & writer; Ashton Archer/artist
FIRST LINES: " She thought they'd never leave. Clients, especially new ones, tended to fuss & delay, revolving on the same loope of instructions, contacts, comments, before finally heading out the door."
COMMENTS: Nora Roberts is not always a clear-cut win for me -- years ago I felt like I was reading the same book over & over when I picked up a book by her. I did not feel that way w/ The Collector. This romantic suspense entry really seemed to improve on the suspense story and let the romance take the back seat @ times. The romance was always there and I thought the 2 characters had a good chemistry -- but the emphasis was not on dallying on the physical romance between the two. The setting is NYC and entering in the wealthy homes of Lila's clients was fun. Lila's father was in the military and they moved around quite a bit so this gypsy style of life suits her. Her home base is her friend Julie's apartment -- cute connection of how they met (won't give away the details & spoil it) but she is usually "on-the-job" since she has built up quite a trustworthy reputation w/ her clients. She is a writer and requires a lot of time on her own so not sharing a life/place w/ someone suits her. And as a writer she is a keen observer of what is going on around her -- she enjoys viewing her immediate surroundings from the high rise apt she stays in through her binoculars. Like the movie Rear Window, one night she views a crime -- an apparent murder/suicide. While down @ the police headquarters filling out the report she runs into the brother, Ashton Archer, of the man, Oliver and antiques/arts dealer who had committed suicide. They start a conversation and come to the realization that the murder-suicide may have been a double homicide committed by an unknown third party. Ashton is from a huge extended family -- his father has had multiple marriages and there are many half-siblings in the Archer family. Ashton is one of the older siblings and feels more rooted and responsible. He feels it is his duty to find out how is brother, Oliver died and what led up to it.
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Apr 11, 2015 Nancy H rated it really liked it

I haven't read a 'regular' Nora Roberts book for a while because I have been concentrating on the J.D. Robb series, but this one is bringing me back to her other books. It is very well-written and is quite a good mystery with just enough spice to keep it interesting and to keep the reader turning pages. ...more

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