Search - Point Blank (FBI Thriller, Bk 10)

The story line is two-fold, and at first glance extremely interesting. We find married FBI agents Savich and Sherlock involved in a case of kidnapping and murder, the victim being a stand-up comic at a club Savich is involved with. The two kidnappers, an old man and his equally young side-kick, seem to be engaged in a personal vendetta against Dillon Savich, and have targeted Lacey Sherlock as one of their next victims.

Meanwhile, Special Agent Ruth Warnecki is treasure-hunting in a cave in Virginia , and stumbles upon something that frightens her enough that she ends up left for dead in the woods, with no memory of who she is or what she was doing. She's found by Dix, the local Sheriff, and although physically in good condition, she seems to have temporary amnesia.

POINT BLANK is definitely a quick read, and the story lines are interesting. But there were too many things that irritated me to let me enjoy the book the way I wanted to. For one, Ruth's amnesia--she went from not knowing who she was, what she did for a living, or what she was doing in Virginia to seeing Savich and Sherlock and "miraculously" having everything come back to her in about two minutes. Second, I have to agree with the reviewer who said the dialogue in the book was "stiff." There were instances during my reading that I knew I should be laughing or at least chuckling, but it didn't happen. The way the sentences were worded, and the dry words used in everyone's conversations, left me with the feeling that something essential was missing from the story.

Overall, POINT BLANK isn't the best Savich and Sherlock story, but it won't stop me from reading Ms. Coulter's next release. As long as you know in advance that you're not getting ready to read Ms. Coulter's best work, you'll be fine.

I like Catherine Coulter's books but it was hard for me to get interested in this one. I don't know whether it was me or the book. After I got interested in it I enjoyed it.

The story line was usuall Catherine Coulter, but what happened to her writing!? It was like reading a See Dick See Jane reader! Short choppy sentences, and she had her characters saying things that even I knew were out of character for them. My last book of hers. I couldn't even get thru this one.
To each his own though....hope some one else enjoys it.

I don't usually write reviews of the books I read, unless I really love them or really dislike them. Well, although I have read & really enjoyed Catherine Coulter's 10 prior FBI Thriller's in this series, I really hated this book. I found it to be endlessly gory, disgusting and really disturbing. I almost didn't finish it, and it took me about a year to do so, which is unlike me. As others have stated, her writing in this one is choppy and weird, as well. I didn't even like the storyline - I felt the intertwining of Dix's family connections were too confusing and that his sons wouldn't have accepted Ruth so fast. I really didn't care about any of them, either. Savich & Sherlock have a major fight, which I thought was totally contrived & hurtful based on their prior relationship. I really hated Moses Grace and his "relationship" with Claudia - talk about statutory rape and inappropriate subject matter. The whole taking of people's eyes and leaving them for dead was a huge, gory, problem for me, as was Ms. Coulter's constant description of Moses Graces' "death rattle". I felt like throwing up every time I had to read it. Couldn't wait to finish it because she builds each book from the last, and reading the next book description I see Dix in it again. Oh, joy, just loved him. This may be the last book I read in her series if the next one is this bad.

If I want gore and horror, I'll read Stephen King. Oh, wait, I hate gore and horror and don't read him. :(

Anothter excellent mystery by this author. Her style of writing is intriquing and interesting.

A fun read with lots of mystery