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The Switch
Author: Sandra Brown

Book Information
Publisher: Warner Vision
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780446609944 - ISBN-10: 0446609943
Publication Date: 8/1/2001
Pages: 576


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover, Audio CD (Unabridged)

Book Description:

It isn't the first time that identical twins Gillian and Melina Lloyd have switched identities. Melina, the more impetuous twin, proposes that her circumspect sister take her place as a media escort to NASA astronaut and national hero Colonel Christopher "Chief" Heart. Although it's an enticing offer, Gillian declines for a very personal reason. Besides, she warns Melina, such a switch could have unexpected consequences.

Media-savvy Chief turns out to be an easy assignment for Melina. But the following morning, police arrive at Melina's door with the worst possible news: her beloved twin has been murdered, and on the walls, scrawled in blood, are obscenities directed at Gillian, along with insults that indisputably link Chief to the crime.

Dissatisfied with the official police investigation, Chief and Melina form a grudging alliance. Striking out on their own, they uncover more questions than answers, and are eventually led to the threshold of an inner sanctum, where a megalomaniac lies in wait for Gillian's replacement, her identical twin -- Melina.

A story that reveals the powerful, almost mystical bond between twins -- bond that compels a woman to go to impossible lengths to avenge her sister, The Switch defies every prediction.


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Top Member Book Reviews

Barbara S. (tioga) wrote on 9/18/2008...

6 member(s) found this review helpful.

Sandra Brown as good as ever. Mix in twins, indians, and FBI and local agents trying to solve Kidnappings, murders and suicides while being laughed at by an egomaniac and you get a great stew.

4 stars

Karen K. (Reblazed) wrote on 10/20/2007...

5 member(s) found this review helpful.

What happens when identical twins switch places for one night and one of them gets murdered ? Lots of twists and turns along with romance and deception. Excellent read.

Michon B. wrote on 11/2/2006...

5 member(s) found this review helpful.

WOnderful, great till the last page.

Madeline D. (Dame2Libros) wrote on 6/15/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

loved it! great read, couldn't put it down, spent my weekend reading this book and loved every minute of it. I love books about twin switching place especially when its so full of suspense.

Marge F. (Margef) wrote on 1/28/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Identical twins switch places and then one of them is murdered.

Carol S. (Kansasreader) wrote on 2/5/2009...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

A real page turner until the end. If you like mysteries and who-done-its, you will enjoy this book. The story involves identical twins and the murder of one of them. Who killed her and why? The twists and turns in the story will keep you wanting to know what happens next.

Marcia K. (marwan) wrote on 9/26/2008...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

One of my favorite Sandra Brown's books. Very entertaining!

Jari S. (Buttons01) wrote on 5/30/2008...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is typical Sandra Brown! She knows how to keep you coming back for more. The Switch will keep you guessing right to the end!!!

Hollie B. wrote on 1/30/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Twins Melina a Gillian Lloyd have never switched places, not even as a childhood prank, but when Gillian proposes that Melina take her place to escort a famous NASA astronaut, she never imagined she wouldn't return. Great Sandra Brown book.

Tracy B. wrote on 8/18/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Must read.


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Molly M. (freeverse071681) wrote on 1/26/2006...


It isn't the first time that identical twins Gillian and Melina Lloyd have switched identities. Yet it's the first time as adults that they've even considered the childhood prank. Melina, the more impetuous twin, proposes that her circumspect sister take her place as a media escort to NASA astronaut and national hero Colonel Christopher "Chief" Hart.
Although it's an enticing offer, Gillian declines for a very personal reason -- she's preoccupied with whether or not the artificial insemination she underwent that day will be successful. Besides, she warns Melina, such a switch could have unexpected consequences.

Media-savvy Chief turns out to be an easy assignment for Melina -- in fact the evening with him is as much pleasure as business. But the following morning police arrive at Melina's door with the worst possible news: her beloved twin has been brutally murdered in her own bed. And on the walls, scrawled in blood, are obscenities directed at Gillian, along with insults toward Native Americans that indisputably link Chief to the crime.

Dissatisfied with the official police investigation, Chief and Melina form a grudging alliance, strike out on their own ... and find themselves uncovering more questions than answers. Mistrusting even the authorities claiming to protect them, on the run with their lives in danger, the two are soon following a crooked and bloody trail that inexplicably leads to Gillian's attempt to conceive a child... and to the threshold of an inner sanctum, where a megalomaniac hatches horrific schemes and lies in wait for Gillian's replacement, her identical twin -- Melina

Kathy K. (Curled-on-Couch-n-CA) wrote on 1/10/2006...


Identical twins Melina and Gillian haven't considered switching places since childhood. So when Melina proposes that Gillian take her place as media escort to NASA astronaut Col. "Chief" Hart, she refuses ... at first. Murder mystery and romance in one!

Gina R. (Gina) wrote on 1/5/2006...


keeps you reading

Farrah W. (faw42077) wrote on 10/31/2005...


Great Book!

Linda C. (Seagull) wrote on 8/21/2005...


Identical twins Melina and Gillian Lloyd haven't considered switching places since childhood. So when Melina proposes that Gillian take her place as a media escort to NASA astronaut Col. "Chief" hart, she refuses...at first. The following morning Melina receives terrible news: her sister has been brutally murdered--and Chief, though innocent, is the primate suspect. He and Melina are determined to find the killer, a megalomanic whose horric schemes require Gillian's replacement, her identical twin--Melina. (back cover)

Laurie S. (LaurieS) wrote on 8/4/2005...


I found this at a yard sale for the Humane Society & haven't read it.

Blurbage courtesy of Amazon.com:
Identical twins are fair game for a thriller writer, and in The Switch, queen of suspense Sandra Brown (The Alibi, Standoff, Fat Tuesday) makes the most of an intricate setup involving Gillian and Melina Lloyd, a pair of thirtysomething Dallas beauties. When Gillian hears her biological clock ticking, she puts herself in the hands of the world-famous Waters Clinic and is artificially inseminated (as described in a somewhat plodding first chapter that omits no detail of the procedure). The action picks up when Gillian switches places with her twin, a media escort, and chauffeurs sexy astronaut Chief Hart around town. It turns out to be a fatal attraction, and suspicion falls on Chief when Gillian's mutilated body is found the next day.

The dead woman's smarmy and enigmatic boyfriend, Jem Hennings, has a vested interest in focusing police efforts on Hart, but Melina has her own reasons for thinking him wrong. Jem's connection with a charismatic preacher known as Brother Gabriel is at the heart of this mildly creepy mystery, in which the plucky Melina tracks Brother Gabriel to his lair and uncovers his diabolical plot while simultaneously revealing her own dark secret. The ending is telegraphed well in advance, but that won't deter Brown's many fans from relishing the details, including some sex scenes that are spicier than most of the florid prose that usually turns up in romantic thrillers of this sort. But that may be why the author inevitably rockets to the top of the bestseller list, where The Switch is destined to land.

Sarah M. wrote on 6/30/2005...


Identical twins Melina and Gillian in a novel of suspense, revenge, and unpredictable twists and turns.

SHERRY B. (Birdysgirl) wrote on 6/23/2005...


Identical twins Melina and GIllian Lloyd haven't considered switching places since childhood. So when Melina proposes that Gillian take her place as a media escort to NASA astronaut Col. "Chief" Hart, she refuses...at first. The following morning Melina receives terrible news: her sister has been brutally murdered--and Chief, though innocent, is the prime suspect. He and Melina are determined to find the killer, a megalomaniac whose horrific schemes require Gillians replacement, her identical twin--Melina.


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