Black Widow
by Randy Wayne White
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Author: Randy Wayne WhiteEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-18
ISBN: 0399154566
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Reviews of Black Widow
Book Review: Not for those that haven't been following the series!
Summary: 2 Stars
Three major problems with this one make me really think it's not for everyone:
1) LIKE COMING IN MID-SEASON TO A TV SHOW SERIES: Didn't realize this was part of a series until I began reading. Throughout, many (seemingly endless) pages are devoted to previous not-very-well-explained happenings, how the characters are recovering, and follow-up to them.
2) EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK - DID ANYONE EDIT THIS?: It's a long book. Did it really need so much filler that doesn't lead anywhere?
Exploring deadly jellyfish and shrimp, a side job with the government, whales beaching themselves, an encounter with a steroid-driven husband, a diatribe on massage therapists, the seemingly obligatory reference to free masons... The list goes on of endless pages devoted to things that are mildly interesting but have nothing to do with the story!
3) UNBELIEVABLE ACTION: Doc Ford is the "guy's guy", Rambo disguised as a biologist. There are some truly evil villians. But, there's far too many irrelevant, caricatures and unbelievable action to care what happens to anyone!
UPSIDES THAT DON'T OUTWEIGH THE DOWNSIDES:
- PREMISE: "What happens on vacation, doesn't stay on vacation".
- A COUPLE OF TWISTS: I didn't connect all the dots before I reached the end - but I also didn't care.
BOTTOMLINE: If you're a Doc Ford follower or if you're lounging on a beach somewhere exotic, and are a fan of Rambo type stories - you might find something to enjoy in it. If not, I'd leave it.
Summary of Black Widow
Revenge becomes very personal for Doc Ford, in the stunning new novel by the New York Times-bestselling author.It was a simple exchange. Clean.
So why did things go so terribly wrong?
It went against all of Ford's instincts. When his goddaughter, Shanay, called one day, he assumed it was with details of her imminent wedding, but the news was anything but cheerful. She and her bridesmaids had thrown a pretty wild bachelorette party, it seemed, on St. Arcs, in the Windward Islands-and someone had secretly videotaped it. Now that person was threatening to blow up her future unless she came across with enough money. "But don't worry, Doc," she said. "I negotiated it down. All I need you to do is make the exchange. Please?"
Ford knew it was a mistake-a mistake to trust the extortionist, a mistake for her not to tell her fiancZ-but he agreed. And now one of the bridesmaids is near death. The blackmailer took the money and released the tape on the Internet anyway, and the panicked bridesmaid took an overdose of pills washed down with alcohol.
Fueled by guilt and an overpowering rage, Ford and his friend Tomlinson swear to destroy the person responsible, but she-and it is a woman-has other ideas. An agent of corruption like no one they have ever met, the black widow is just getting started. . . .
"Readers should buckle their seat belts before they crack the covers," the Detroit Free Press said of Hunter's Moon. "This one is a dark and supercharged ride." And so it is again. But nothing will prepare the reader for the twists, the adrenaline, and the sheer intensity of Black Widow.
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