Double Take: An FBI Thriller (FBI Series)

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AN FBI THRILLER FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK

FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are joined by one of their own and a Virginia sheriff in an extraordinary case that immerses them in the world of psychic visions, mind benders, and communications with the dead.

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2 out of 5 stars

Very Disappointing (so far) June 14, 2007
26 out of 32 found this review helpful

I bought this book yesterday (June 13, 2007) and am into it about 150 pages. I enjoyed many of the FBI series books that Coulter has written but noticed a change several books back. Reading this one has almost been painful and I'm not sure I can get through it. The dialogue is totally corny! This guy plays for the Atlanta Symphony and says "she was awful pretty". Then in the middle of talking he tells the agents not to sit on the bench because it's too hard and after he marries his girlfriend he'll make her mother sit there. Those are just examples, every page is like this. I am extremely disappointed in Catherine Coulter. Don't waste your money.

5 out of 5 stars

Perfection. December 30, 2007
8 out of 12 found this review helpful

It boggles the mind that those who trash this book are so clueless of the sheer artistry and perfection of writing skill that Catherine Coulter has achieved. The way this author creates a flow and unfolding of the story is incomparable and a master work for other authors to study and try to imitate. Chapter 31, where she unfolds the dynamics and life history of the psychopathic murderer Xavier Makepeace is so compactly and clearly written that it was like being inside the character's head reimagining it oneself. Catherine Coulter invites you into the story and there you stay until it is over. I loved the final chapter where Dillon Savich gets his heart's desire with his new wheels. What a scene. I found myself grinning like the characters in the final scene where this book ended. Overall, this book is packed with truly riveting, convoluted, intricate plots, interweaving two story lines and bringing them into a whole that truly satisfies the reader with all it's quirky characters of psychics, mediums, channelers and so on gave the book a sense of the mystical and esoteric practices of some gifted individuals who are truly masters of the mind. Just like Coulter is mistress of the pen. I loved this book best of all the FBI Series. It is the most complex of all she has written to date. Read it like you are tasting the finest wine, or a delectable chocolate or other favorite taste treat. This book gives you a convincing perspective of the "woo-woo world" like none I have ever read. There is never a time when you laugh at the way she has addressed those psychic practices claimed by the practitioners in the story. If she doesn't already have one, then this is Coulter's PhD in Creative Writing. You are the best!

4 out of 5 stars

Good but not great June 28, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

I've long been a reader of Catherine Coulter's FBI series - first because I love mystery and suspense - and second because she is a Nothern California writer. The story line was not her best and lacked the zing of her previous offerings - that said there was enough of Savitch and Sherlock and their typical activities to keep my interest. The whole FBI series has been based on 'special investigative activities' within the FBI which has always seemed a stretch (but an entertaining one). With this latest plot taking in mediums and communicating with the dead - it required a little more stetch for believability... I'm hoping the next book in the series is more in line with previous offerings. 2007 hasn't been a stellar year for mystery / suspense series writers - most of the books so far this year have been less than anticipated - this offering was a B to B- (B minus) but good enough to keep me coming back for more. As always, the story line continuation from book to book is excellent no misteps (unlike recent offerings by J D Robb and Janet Evanovich - where they mistake character names and or belongings previously identified) - it's obvious that C.C. and her editor pay attention to detail - they are also great at detailing facts / locations from San Francisco.... This book is easily one of the top 10 mysteries I have read this year - that said - it doesn't quite measure up to her previous offerings.

4 out of 5 stars

terrific S&S FBI thriller June 12, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful

It has been six months of being the "black widow" feeding frenzy for the media, but now Julia Ransom can whistle for the first time since her renowned husband the medium Dr. August Ransom was brutally murdered. In San Francisco she looks forward to dinner with her late spouse's friend Wallace Tammerlaine but now leisurely walks on Pier 39 to the rail looking out at the Bay when a man punches her in the jaw and takes out a knife. Another person shouts FBI so the tosses her into the Bay. Special Agent Cheney Stone saves her life. He calls his pal SFPD Captain Frank Paulette to take charge of a professional hit attempt probably connected to August's unsolved homicide.

At about the same time as the Julia assault across the country, though three years have passed, Maestro, Virginia, father of two boys Sheriff Dixon Noble has begun to move past his grief for his wife Christie who disappeared three years ago, thanks in part to meeting Ruth. However, he learns of Charlotte Pallack, who is a dead ringer of his spouse. He travels to San Francisco to see first hand this Charlotte though he has no hope she is his beloved Christie who he assumes is dead. Soon these seemingly divergent cases connect bringing agents Savich and Sherlock joining with Dix, and Cheney as they investigate the murky otherworld of psychics while an apparent serial killer is sending the mediums to join their spirit compatriots on the other side.

DOUBLE TAKE is a terrific S&S FBI thriller refreshed by the appearances of Cheney and Dix (who appeared in the previous tale POINT BLANK). The story line is fast-paced and ties up a major loose end from POINT BLANK (what happened to Christie?). The psychic connection adds a bit of fun and mysticism to the mysteries. Though the motives will prove too standard, fans will enjoy Catherine Coulter's latest suspense thriller.

Harriet Klausner

2 out of 5 stars

So disappointing! June 16, 2007
6 out of 9 found this review helpful

I have loved every one of Coulter's FBI books. This one fell short of the mark for me. Just was not very believable. Kept waiting for the plot to thicken up, unfortunately, it never did.

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