"Dark and gritty urban noir crime thriller"
Malibu, California is the location of Sedgewick a school
where the rich send their offspring who get in trouble with
the law. These juvenile offenders bought their way out of
jail time and while Everett Corey was there he put together
a gang that stayed close friends once they left the
school. These wealthy adults are, with the help of friends
in very high places, kidnapping and killing the members on
FBI's ten most wanted list. They are not doing this for altruistic reasons but for the
adrenaline high and to thumb their noses at authority. The
group is also going after people they have a grudge against
including LAPD homicide detective Alex Hartwick, Meg
Taggert and former Sedgewick student Kit Logan. To lure
this enemy threesome into a trap, they use the people that
the trio care most for as hostages. NINE is a dark and gritty urban noir crime thriller that is
nothing at all like the author's Irene Kelly series. For
the most part readers don't care about the villains or
heroes one way or another. The good guys and gals are
remote and distant while the villains are simply nasty so
it is difficult to relate to anyone, yet the story line is
very exciting and is full of action packed high drama and
adventure. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted October 3, 2002
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