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Puppet
Puppet
Author: Joy Fielding
In this new page-turner by New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding, the life of a beautiful young defense attorney is thrown into turmoil when she is called back to her hometown to defend her disturbed, estranged mother, who publically shot and killed a man. — High-powered, twenty-eight-year-old defense attorney Amanda Travis likes ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780770429584
ISBN-10: 0770429580
Publication Date: 12/6/2005
Pages: 464
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Seal
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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Granites2001 avatar reviewed Puppet on + 88 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 10
Wow!!! I have had this one on my shelf for quite awhile. I had never read anything by this author before.......Blew me away........Great book..........Unexpected ending........shared it with all my friends and am now ready to pass it on. We all loved it!

Lisa
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Helpful Score: 3
Pretty good, eerie qualities good for those who like mystery.
holtzy avatar reviewed Puppet on + 48 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is a great read, kept me going till the end. A great murder-mystery with enough twists and turns, hard to put down. Great book to curl up with on a rainy cold day.
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Helpful Score: 2
Another good read by Joy Fielding.
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Helpful Score: 1
From the beginning the author keeps you in suspense. I could not put this book down
until I finished it. Love her writing.
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Puppet opens with us meeting Amanda Travis, a main character you certainly are not going to love. She is an up and coming attorney living in Florida who is twice divorced, does not like losing cases, and thinks it is ok to sleep with married men.

Out of the blue, her first ex husband Ben calls from Toronto to tell her that her estranged mother has been arrested for shooting a stranger in the Four Season Hotel and he would like her to come home to help. After much deliberation and some extra heat from past relationships knocking at her door, Amanda decided to take a quick trip home. Ben takes Amanda to see her mother the day after she arrives only to be told that her mom, Gwen does not want any kind of defense. She just wants to plead guilty and take her sentence. Being the attorney that she is, Amanda can't take that as an option so she starts digging around to find out the truth behind the shooting. What Amanda gets is a whole lot more than she bargained for when the truth about her past starts catching up to her and life will never be the same.
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This book id well written and I like how the character develops and what surprises!
tashajean avatar reviewed Puppet on + 146 more book reviews
great story about family - lies - and haunted memories.
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I loved this book! I am going to try and read all of Joy Fielding's books.
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This is a really good book...Joy Fielding unnerves readers with a richly layered page-turner that swings from haunting intrigue to electrifying suspense in the space of a heratbeat...
robinmy avatar reviewed Puppet on + 2096 more book reviews
Attorney Amanda Travis is called home to help her estranged mother who gunned down a stranger in the lobby of Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel.

Good mystery that I just couldn't figure out.
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good book and great plot...romance and mystery intertwined
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New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding returns with Puppet, a compelling drama that explores how a woman's search for the truth behind her present-day life leads her to discover the shocking reality that is her past.

Puppet features the beautiful Amanda Travis, a successful twenty-eight-year-old criminal attorney who wins just about every case for her less than admirable clientele. A Florida transplant, Amanda races through her glamorous life, her only concerns being herself, a good bottle of red, and her pristine Palm Beach condominium. Her estranged mother, dead father, two ex-husbands, a love that once consumed her, and countless one-night stands have since lagged far, far behind.

But when ex #1 won't stop calling, Amanda finally gives in. He tells her that her mother shot a man at point-blank range in the lobby of Toronto's Four Seasons hotel. Despite her best arguments, Amanda knows she must return to her hometown to face her demons and uncover the hidden facts behind her mother's violent outburst. All too soon, she is drawn into the dark, strange power her mother seems to hold over everyone. Her childhood nickname, Puppet, echoing in her ears, Amanda must finally confront the past in order to be free of the ties that bind and learn to stand on her own.

Sinister, haunting, and cunningly crafted, Puppet is destined to be Joy Fielding's next blockbuster.


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