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Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1)
Killing Her Softly - Griffin Powell, Bk 1
Author: Beverly Barton
PBS Market Price: $7.59 or $3.69+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780821776872
ISBN-10: 0821776878
Publication Date: 7/1/2005
Pages: 412
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 142 ratings
Publisher: Zebra Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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35 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

sarah5775 avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 386 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Mediocre. Blah. Average and only so-so. Pretty boring, with improbable ending.
marcym avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 159 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I finished it in one day and wouldn't have guessed who did it if I hadn't peeked ahead. If you enjoy this one, be sure to check out Close Enough To Kill, which has some of the same characters but is also a stand alone book.
reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 8 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent book. Kept me enthralled.
reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 149 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Great read!!!
my2luvsemmyandmally avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 758 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book is one of Beverly Barton's BEST ever!!! I read it in less
than 3 hours as I just did not want to put it down until I got to
the end! If you love thrillers....with a little bit of playful
sexual tension between characters then you need to read this book.
GREAT .......I would rate it 10 stars if I could!!! Kudos to Ms
Barton!!!...... GAIL L
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Helpful Score: 1
How happy am I that I found "Beverly Barton"? I really liked this book. I read a lot and a lot of the books I've been reading are "ho hum". Not this one. It's a real page turner.

In the courtroom Quinn Cortez is a ruthless - take no prisoners - kinda lawyer. In his personal life he's a charming seducer that woman fall for immediately. Unfortunately the woman he is lover to are being brutally slaughtered. Quinn has blacked out for the murders being committed.

Annabelle Vanderley (from a very wealthy family) wants her murdered cousin Lulu's killer found and brought to justice. She and Quinn try to hire the same P.I. (the best in the country) to help solve the murder. She and Quinn are immediately attracted to one another and both try to ignore the attraction. He wants her. She's afraid he may have killed Lulu and then several of his past lovers also turn up brutally murdered.

If you want to be totally entertained, read this book. This was my first Beverly Barton book but it won't be my last. I'm a true fan. I haven't been this interested in an author since James Patterson.
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Helpful Score: 1
VERY GOOD BOOK! I HAVE READ MOST ALL OF BEVERLY BARTON.
luv2read avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 7 more book reviews
Excellant...can't wait for the next one!
tomcat avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 26 more book reviews
This is a good murder mystery that I had a hard time putting down. A rich, handsome lawyer is being assumed a murderer when women he has slept with end up dead.
catnip38 avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 156 more book reviews
In the courtroom, defense lawyer Quinn Cortez has a reputation as a ruthless predator who always gets what he wants. In the bedroom, it's no different. Quinn is an accomplished seducer with a long list of conquests. But now, someone has brutally slaightered one of them, and Quinn has no memory of the night he was found in her home....
sisterbea avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 19 more book reviews
Good read.
dmkay avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 221 more book reviews
Lulu was rich, blond and beautiful.Women envied her.Men wanted her. She had everything except the one thing she wanted - Quinn Cortez, defense lawyer. Now she's dead. Did he kill her? More of his former lovers are showing up dead. Annabelle is his current girlfriend. Is she next? VERY GOOD SUSPENSE & ROMANCE.
reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 44 more book reviews
A murder mystery, with all the twists & turns~ page turner.
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When a killer doesn't want to get caught theres only one way to eliminate his victims.................softley
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Fun quick read.
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In the courtroom, defense lawyer Quinn Cortez has a reputation as a ruthless predator who always gets what he wants. In the bedroom, its no different. Quinn is an accomplished seducer with a long list of conquests. But now someone has brutally slaughtered one of them, and Quinn has no memory of the night he was found in her home....
reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 25 more book reviews
Enjoyable mysery
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Entertaining
PattiA avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 17 more book reviews
Quinn Cortez, The Latin Lover.......Jim Norton, the Police Lieutenant.....Griffin Powell, the Private Investigator......Judd Walker, The infamous attorney...... all play an important role in this "could not put down" book
Maya33 avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 225 more book reviews
Romantic Suspense, fast paced and riveting.
MELNELYNN avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 669 more book reviews
The woman has been waiting impatiently on her satin sheets. Her lover knows exactly how to satisfy her. But this time, he has something else planned...something that will really take her breath away...

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO ELIMINATE HIS VICTIMS...

In the courtroom, defense lawyer Quinn Cortez has a reputation as a ruthless predator who always gets what he wants. In the bedroom, it's no different. Quinn is an accomplished seducer with a long list of conquests. But now, someone has brutally slaughtered one of them, and Quinn has no memory of the night he was found in her home...

SOFTLY...

Annabelle Vanderley wants justice for her murdered cousin, and if Quinn Cortez swears he can find the true killer, she's willing to give him the benefit of a doubt. But then another body is discovered...and another...each victim an ex-lover of Quinn's. Now, consumed by dread, Annabelle wonders just how close she may be to a twisted psychopath for whom her pain would be the ultimate pleasure...
reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 119 more book reviews
I have always enjoyed Beverly Barton's books. This one was a little tedious. That could be because I enjoyed the slight supernatural aspect of her last series.
This story revolves around defense lawyer Quinn Cortez. He has a rep of being a ruthless womanizer who always gets what he wants. When his current and former lovers turn up murdered, he teams up with Annabelle Vanderley,a cousin to one of his former lovers, to find the killer.
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High-powered attorney Quinn Cortez is planning on celebrating his latest victory with a private party at an old lover's house. But when Quinn arrives, he discovers that Lulu Vanderley has been murdered. Knowing that he will be a suspect, Quinn quickly arranges for counsel and decides to hire famed P.I. Griffin Powell to uncover the truth.

Annabelle Vanderley has been running her family's fortune for years. Her cousin's murder is a horrible blow to her beloved uncle Louis, so she decides to seek justice by hiring Griffin. With both the prime suspect and the family wanting him, Griffin proposes they combine resources. When another of Quinn's exes is murdered, it looks like the killer is connected to him. Despite police insistence that Quinn is the top suspect, Annabelle's instincts tell her he's innocent. But if she gets involved with Quinn, will that place her in the killer's sights?
Linda avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 770 more book reviews
When a killer doesn't want to get caught, there's only one way to eliminate his victims ... softly.

Scary, sexy .... all of a criminal lawyer's ex-lovers are turning up dead ... and he has no alibi.
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Very Good
robin38 avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on
This was a Great book I received from a PBS member.I hope to read all books by Beverly Barton,She writes great mysteries!
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One day Quinn was just a lawyer doing his job, until someone bought his past back to haunt him.
reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 19 more book reviews
Great story. Suprise ending.
reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 256 more book reviews
good plot - keeps you interested.
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When a killer doesn't want to get caught there is only one way to kill, softly.This book brings Quinn Cortez, Griffin Powell, Judd Walker together. They make anexplosive group. Someone is killing Cortez's ex lovers can they catch the killer or do they have the guilty in Cortez himself. Great read.
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Defense lawyer Quinn Cortez has a reputation as a ruthless predator in the courtroom as well as in the bedroom. When Annabelle Vanderley's cousin is murdered, Quinn sweard he can find the killer. But more bodies are discovered -- each victim an ex-lover of Quinn's.
JudyeB avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 223 more book reviews
fantastic story.
LaurieS avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 504 more book reviews
I read a few pages last night but was distracted by the flashing tv set and couldn't seem to focus. It appears the "hero" of this one is a lawyer. Always a sure way to put me to sleep. I'll never finish this so I'll pass this along to someone who is waiting as I have way too many other books screaming my name!
Bkcrazee avatar reviewed Killing Her Softly (Griffin Powell, Bk 1) on + 388 more book reviews
I loved this book. Keeps you guessing right up until the end.
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great