High Noon
by Nora Roberts
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Author: Nora RobertsEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-27
ISBN: 0515144681
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Jove
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- ISBN13: 9780515144680
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of High Noon
Book Review: A lost opportunity to do it differently
Summary: 3 Stars
I have read many Nora Roberts novels in the past, some of which have kept me up long past a reasonable bedtime anticipating that thrilling ending I'd come to love. I wouldn't say that she tops my favorites list but I have come to expect that her "hardcover" novels will be written to a certain standard. This one failed to meet the mark somehow. I just wish I could figure out why.
The store line was fine; it was what we have come to expect from her novels. The characters, if not completely engaging, were at least likable. The setting was Savannah, one of my favorite cities in the US. And maybe that was the problem. You hear Savannah, you read that characters are born and bred in that briarpatch, and you expect them to act in certain ways that would be consistent with that part of the country. That element was totally missing from this novel. Savannah isnt' "like" any place else, with the possible exception of Charleston, and the people who are from Savannah have a different edge to them. These characters and their story were based in Savannah but the action could have taken place in any generic US town with water access. I never got a "place" feel from the book and if you're going to go to the effort to base a book in Savannah you need to add that element. Just one little ghost would have made it so much more interesting. And we know how Roberts loves to add those spooky little elements to her books.
Here's what I think...there is a definite formula for her hardcover releases that the publisher believes is her winning formula; her paperback releases have become her more creative efforts. I couldn't help but feel that I'd read this story too many times in the past - set in Idaho, or Washington, or California, well you get my point. It was tweaked a bit from other novels but the story was essentially the same. And there was no Savannah to be found. What a waste. Her setting offered the perfect opportunity to deviate from the formula enough to make the book interesting and fresh for her readers. I wouldn't expect "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" but I would have loved to have had just a little touch of "place" feel from her.
In the end, this isn't a bad book, but it is a disappointment. I think I'll stick to her paperback-only releases from now on. I prefer not to reread the same story yet again.
Summary of High Noon
Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at an early age, when a violently unstable man broke into her family?s home, trapping and terrorizing them for hours. Now she?s Savannah?s top hostage negotiator, who puts her life on the line every day to defuse powder-keg situations. Phoebe knows when to reach out and when to pull back - and when to jump in and take action, even if it means risking everything. It?s satisfying work - and sometimes those skills come in handy at home when Phoebe deals with her agoraphobic mother, still traumatized by the break-in after all these years, and her precocious seven-year-old daughter, Carly. It?s exactly that heady combination of steely courage and sensitivity that first attracts Duncan Swift to Phoebe. After watching her talk one of his employees off a roof ledge, he is committed to keeping this intriguing, take-charge woman in his life. Phoebe?s used to working solo, but she?s finding that no amount of negotiation can keep Duncan at arm?s length. When she?s grabbed by a man who throws a hood over her head and brutally assaults her - in her own precinct house - Phoebe can?t help being deeply shaken. And when threatening messages appear on her doorstep, she?s not just alarmed but frustrated. How do you go face-to-face with an opponent who refuses to look you in the eye? Now, with Duncan backing her up every step of the way, she must establish contact with the faceless tormentor who is determined to make her a hostage to fear - before she becomes the final showdown.Literature & Fiction Books
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