Never Look Back

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A hungry attraction. A hidden enemy.

Devoted defense lawyer Clare Westbrook, used to working for others, can now call the shots on her own terms. A multi-million-dollar inheritance from the father she never knew has allowed her to start her own practice. And with her teenage niece, Emma, whom she's raised as a daughter, on a school trip to Europe, Clare has been able to focus on turning a storefront in a tough Phoenix neighborhood into the legal firm of her dreams and offering her services to the troubled community. But just as she opens for business, explosive shots take out her street-level windows -- and nearly take her life. Someone clearly has targeted Clare, though she doesn't know who or why. All she knows is she must surrender to Tony Sonterra's protection if she wants to survive....

Sonterra has designs on a career move to the FBI -- and on rekindling his scorching, no-strings-attached affair with Clare. But can the man who sparks her passion be trusted with her life? Or is someone using Clare, the one person Tony has dared to get close to, to get to him?

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" A hungry attraction. A hidden enemy. Devoted defense lawyer Clare Westbrook, used to working for others, can now call the shots on her own terms. A multi-million-dollar inheritance from the father she never knew has allowed her to start her own practice. And with her teenage niece, Emma, whom she's raised as a daughter, on a school trip to Europe, Clare has been able to focus on turning a storefront in a tough Phoenix neighborhood into the legal firm of her dreams and offering her services to the troubled community. But just as she opens for business, explosive shots take out her street-level windows -- and nearly take her life. Someone clearly has targeted Clare, though she doesn't know who or why. All she knows is she must surrender to Tony Sonterra's protection if she wants to survive.... Sonterra has designs on a career move to the FBI -- and on rekindling his scorching, no-strings-attached affair with Clare. But can the man who sparks her passion be trusted with her life? Or is someone using Clare, the one person Tony has dared to get close to, to get to him? "

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My favorite of the trilogy.......2007-07-19

This 2nd book of the trilogy is my favorite of all LLM books. The suspense was better in this one as to who was doing it and why. It is one I could read again and again.

Great Book.......2007-03-15

I love all of Linda Lael Miller's novels. They are quick and fast paced with just enough spice to make them interesting.

Second in the "Look" trilogy.......2007-02-15

As the second in the trilogy, I think I actually liked this one the best, but that doesn't say much.

Clare Westbrook has opened her new pro bono lawyers office after receiving a large inheritance from a father she didn't know. Unfortunately, Clare picked one of the worst parts of the city to set up shop. This leads to a slew of vandalism and murder attempts, as well as a crazy stalker after her.

As with her other novels, LLM spins several different plots throughout the story line. The only problem with her writing is that she never has enough red herrings making the reveal all that more obvious. The suspense is okay, but other than a curiosity for the Clare and Tony's on going relationship, the series falls short of being anything great. The serial stalker/killer in this particular novel makes for more interesting reading though compared to the other two in the series. The suspense is consistent throughout the novel as well keeping the reader turning pages until the very end.

Is it worth buying?

I hate to say this because I know the authors need the sales, but the series isn't worth retail value. It is okay as a check out from the library or on sale and this one novel is better than the others, but I still wouldn't want the series in my collection of great novels. It is just an average read at that.

Never a Let Down.......2006-03-12

I actually went searching for these book. Linda Lael Miller has never let me down, not with the historicals and not with the contemporary. Besides, Tony Santerra is too hot for me not to know what happened with them.

omigod.......2006-02-02

I cannot believe how this book ended. I finished it in November and the last book didn't arrive until January. I thought I would have a hissy fit. Linda Lael Miller really knows how to hold on to readers with this one. I really think she should have more Tony and Clare books.

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Never Look Back
Lesley Pearse
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
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ASIN: 0140282270

Never Look Back: A Brilliant Russian Assassin. An Obsessed American Manhunter. And One Very Deadly Secret...

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Ridley Pearson books are a must read
Quite unreal
SHOULD NOT HAVE READ "NEVER LOOK BACK"
more boring than stalled traffic
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Never Look Back: A Brilliant Russian Assassin. An Obsessed American Manhunter. And One Very Deadly Secret...
Ridley Pearson
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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ASIN: 0312929757

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The cardinal rule of espionage: Never look back.KGB agent "Dragonfly" knows it. A master of disguise, he's the ultimate terrorist, leaving headlines in his bloody path. Andrew Clayton forgot it. For eighteen inactive months, the hardnosed Security Intelligence agent has blamed himself for his brother's death at Dragonfly's hands. But now Dragonfly has surfaced in Canada, and Clayton knows he's got one last shot at revenge. What Clayton doesn't know is that Dragonfly is armed with the supreme biological weapon, set to release its toxic devastation should his mission be compromised. Stopping Dragonfly without triggering a major disaster will be deadly-if not impossible. But for Andrew Clayton, it's something that must be done....

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Ridley Pearson books are a must read.......2006-02-24

I have read all of the books he has written and highly recommend them to any mystery reader. This one is no exception. A real page turner.

Quite unreal.......2002-02-26

We gonna have patience while reading thick fiction!Never Look Back was extensively researched and the background(the place where the protagonists have moved to) was believable,too - Hostile,hungry and indigent folks staring at the main character while she plowed her way through the slum.What wasn't quite believable were the protagonists - I do not mean,people do not act like those fictitious people,predictable and one-dimensional characters only do average readers injustice.Perhaps "simpler"(I do not mean to belittle!)readers will share the protagonists' thoughts and ideas,but I guess average readers are always waited to be impressed ,or touched deep inside,let alone the critics' wants.

SHOULD NOT HAVE READ "NEVER LOOK BACK".......2002-01-30

This was a really waste of time for me. I have read all of the Lou Boldt series so I thought anything by Ridley Person would be good, boy, was I wrong. There were many, many boring pages, to much description of what I think was going on. So much was really unbelieveable. Clayton or what ever his code name is at the present time, is a superman, cannot be killed no matter what. Just an all around bad book for me. I did read it all thinking it had to get better, but it did not. Read something you know you like or some of the Lou Boldt books and leave this one alone.

more boring than stalled traffic.......2001-08-12

Wow. I've enjoyed other Pearson books when I'm looking for a quick read, but this book was painful to finish. It seems at times to be parody of the international spy novel -- the character, dialoge and story lines are so cliche I found myself laughing out loud at times. I resorted to keeping this in my car to read only when stalled in traffic -- even then, sometimes the traffic was more interesting. Avoid this one.

couldn't finish.......2001-05-22

normally love Pearson ... his books are taut -- good characters -- _realistic_ characters ... but not this time ... everyone in the US gov't is a brilliant patrician ... suave ... handsome .. cool ... and, oh yes, independently wealthy too! come on! not one likable character ... even the villain was one-dimensional ... tossed it after reading just a third of it -- even that was too much! ... not worth the effort -- quite annoying ...

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excellent!
I love this writer...

Never Look Back: A Novel
Betsy Brannon Green
Manufacturer: Covenant Communications
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excellent!.......2003-08-03

Betsy Brannon Green has done it again! This book was wonderful. I didn't want to stop reading it. The story is about Sydney Lovell, who after several years of marriage, is devastated when her husband asks her for a divorce. She takes her three children and moves in with her grandmother, but she can't forgive her ex-husband, Craig Cochran, for what he has done. While working as a waitress she meets Cole Brackner, a single, attractive man and develops a friendship. With his help she begins to forgive Craig and heal from the pain she has been experiencing, but soon Cole has problems of his own as he is pressured to sell his property. When he resists, his tires are slashed, horrible rumors emerge about him, and his cattle are poisoned. As he and Sydney come closer to the truth they find themselves fighting forces that are willing to do anything to keep the truth from being known. Betsy Brannon Green has written another amazing book and I urge all who enjoy a good page turner to try it out for themselves.

I love this writer..........2003-03-25

One of my co-workers suggested this book. She told me I was like the main lady character...LOL I am!! It was so much fun to read.

Never Look Back (Phantom Hollow Series #2)

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Never Look Back (Phantom Hollow Series #2)
Kathy Herman
Manufacturer: Multnomah
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ASIN: 1590529227
Release Date: 2007-10-16

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Forgiveness is one thing, but who really forgets?

Ivy Griffith has been released from jail after serving time for covering up the strangulation death of a high school classmate ten years earlier. She’s paid her debt to society. Kicked her drug habit. She’s making a fresh start.

Problem is, everyone in her hometown of Jacob’s Ear, Colorado, knows what she did. And her seven-year-old son, Montana, won’t stop probing about the father he has never met–the man Ivy was too stoned to even remember.

Plagued by her own shame and her little boy’s cries for male affirmation, Ivy is thrilled when Rue Kessler takes an interest in Montana and her. Maybe, just maybe, he’s the answer to prayer she’s been waiting for.

But Rue has a shadow hanging over his past and is suspected in a rash of bizarre, brutal beatings. He denies any involvement, and Ivy believes him–until she discovers he and Montana have kept a secret from her.

At a loss for what to believe or where to turn, Ivy’s on the verge of despair and wonders if even God has given up on her. Or is something bigger at play here–something being orchestrated outside of her control that’s about to bring down the curtain on everything including her past?

I Never Knew the Knife Man's Name: A nostalgic and humorous look back at the days and hours now long gone, but the seconds and moments that linger forever

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I Never Knew the Knife Man's Name: A nostalgic and humorous look back at the days and hours now long gone, but the seconds and moments that linger forever
Rona Mann
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
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"I Never Knew the Knife Man's Name" is a selection of memories from the author's one-woman show of the same name. The show, which is performed for groups throughout the country appeals to men and women from Baby Boomers to Golden Agers. The chapters of the book deal wistfully and humorously about the way life used to be from ice cream parlors with swivel seats and 10 cent cones to home deliveries, having a "colored" cleaning woman, simple food simple times, and simple pleasures. You'11 laugh, you'11 cry, you'11 nod in agreement, you'11 reminisce. Most of all, you'11 enjoy.

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Never Look Back
Donna Kimel Vitek
Manufacturer: Dell Publishing
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The River Never Looks Back: Historical and Practical Foundations of Bert Hellinger's Family Constellations.

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The River Never Looks Back: Historical and Practical Foundations of Bert Hellinger's Family Constellations.
Ursula Franke
Manufacturer: Carl Auer International
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ASIN: 3896703919

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This is a book about the theory and practice of the method of systemic family constellation. Ursula Franke provides a well-grounded historical overview of the precursors to family constellations. In addition, she presents and defines the central terminology of these methods. The author presents a model that attempts to explain the efficacy of constellations. The empirical section allows the reader to take a look at the procedure that is used in the process of a constellation. In addition, the possibilities for and limitations of using constellations in individual therapy are discussed. The study presented in "The River never looks back" focuses on therapy with anxiety patients. The results of the study can be used in regular psychotherapeutic practices, and is thus is helpful for all therapists who work with constellations.

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Never Look Back

Manufacturer: Atria Books/Simon and Schuster
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New York Times Bestseller "Someone plans to make her pay for the past."

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Never look back,: The autobiography of a jockey,
Billy Pearson
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"A courageous Siamese bags a cunning cat burglar...a country kitty proves a stumbling block in a violent murder...and an intuitive feline's premonition helps solve the case of the missing antiques dealer. "

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Entertaining and Light.......2005-08-31

Good bed time reading. Short stories for cat lovers only. Since these are short stories, no real depth is created for the charactors. Fans of the Cat Who... series would enjoy this book.

I would read this book again when I want light entertainment and don't want to think too hard.

Someone call the ASPCA!.......2004-01-26

I'll begin by saying prior to this, I never met a "Cat Who..." I didn't like. Ms. Braun is a very entertaining author, and she has imagined some very entertaining cats. I suspect that I'm not the only one out there who's drawn to her work largely because of her highly entertaining cats. If you are like me in this respect, and you prefer your cats alive and well, skip this somewhat disturbing collection.

Some of the stories are a little odd, but that's not unexpected. What is unexpected is the series of cat murders (throttled cats, cats pushed to their deaths), cat suicides (kitties throwing themselves under cars, eating poisonous plants), cat abuse... I was listening to this book on cd in the car and finally had to stop it before it ended-- it was upsetting me too much!

So maybe it's ridiculous of me to care more about feline characters than human ones, but I'd prefer not to see the chalk outlines being drawn around fuzzy little body after fuzzy little body. If you're similarly ridiculous, leave this book on the shelf!

Mixed bag: some great,some mediocre.......2001-11-18

Of these 14 short stories, none are set in the Qwilleran household. The choice of narrator and style of narration vary from story to story. Two styles are prevalent: oral history and cat's-eye view. An oral history is presented in question and answer format, mostly in first-person. Cat's-eye view stories are narrated in third-person, from the viewpoint of one of the cats in the story.

I like some of the stories immensely. The others are noted as I come to them.

"Phut Phat Concentrates" - Style: Narrated from the viewpoint of the Siamese tom Phut Phat, the only witness to a robbery at his home. He's trying to institute his system of communication in the household, but it's uphill work.

"Weekend of the Big Puddle" - From the viewpoint of Percy, a comfortable middle-aged bachelor who "would have been considered somewhat stuffy, had he been a man. Being a cat, he was admired for his good behavior." Being of English extraction, Percy takes ghosts in his stride, provided they are of good breeding. Unfortunately, the dead at his summer home in the north country don't measure up to his standards, and he is unfairly blamed for their more disruptive actions.

"The Fluppie Phenomenon" - The narrator agreed to look after her sister's pedigreed Siamese kitten, a "fluppie" (an upwardly mobile feline, who is obsessed with pulling plugs, flipping levers, pushing buttons, and so on). So here we have a young cat who can open a car's power windows, inflate the water bill if locked in a bathroom, turn on a stereo at full volume if left alone... No real plot, but might entertain someone with a similarly inclined cat.

"The Hero of Drummond Street" - Style: Ordinary third-person. Various local brats have been tormenting the stray known as the Drooler, an unusually agreeable and child-loving cat. Very little plot.

"The Mad Museum Mouser" - Style: first-person narrative, of a woman writing a book on museums in the northeast central U.S. The most interesting is the Lockmaster museum - not only because of the exhibits. A crime has been committed on the premises, but the visitor must exercise immense patience to learn the details. Two elderly, gossipy characters from the Qwilleran stories are on staff: Rhoda Finney and Homer Tibbut. They provide both respectable and spicy bits of the history of the house (with an overused refrain of "of course you won't print that"). The Lockmaster family history is more interesting than the mystery.

"The Dark One" - Style: From the viewpoint of Dahk Won, an unusually dark-furred Siamese. His peaceful kittenhood ended with his sale to Hilda, a former concert pianist whose husband is away most of the week on construction jobs across the state. While weekdays are spent following the shoes with leather tassels (Hilda was left permanently handicapped after a car accident in which her husband was driving), weekends are full of tension, raised voices, and a pair of boots that are careless of his safety.

"East Side Story" - Style: Oral history. Rather than a mystery, the narrator remembers "Cat Canyon", a building site tied up in lawsuits. Intended to be a feline love story.

"Tipsy and the Board of Health" - Style: Oral history, the origin of Tipsy's Tavern. A good story, though not a mystery.

"A Cat Named Conscience" - Style: Oral history. The woman being interviewed remembers the bank cat, Conscience, who could make anyone squirm with a look, as well as the bank manager found hanging in the barn one day long ago.

"SuSu and the 8:30 Ghost" - The elderly narrator lives with her sister in a large apartment with a river view but reasonable rent, but they don't care to associate with their neighbors. However, their cat SuSu doesn't take such a standoffish view. A more sympathetic or interesting narrator might have helped this one.

"Stanley and Spook" - The narrator is visiting an old friend, Jane, whom she met years ago when they were both married to engineers on a dam-building project up north. The project members were plagued with accidents and bad luck, so that the project was eventually abandoned. Jane's son Spook (and even her cat, Stanley) were born on the site, with the assistance of an old midwife whose house was to be torn down to make way for the dam - a woman reputed to be a witch. This story would have worked better as an oral history, or in two parts (the project, then jump to the present).

"A Cat Too Small for His Whiskers" - Style: Third-person, but mainly from the viewpoint of the "just plain folks" Hopple family. (After all, their place isn't very large - just 8 bedrooms, space to land Mr. Hopple's small plane, swimming pool, tennis court...) Donald, the six-year-old, is the only person to notice a very unusual cat hanging around. While I like the continual contrasts of reality with the "just plain folks" opinions of the family, it gets in the way of the plot.

"The Sin of Madame Phloi" - Style: From the viewpoint of Madame Phloi, a Siamese aristocrat who lives with her son Thapthim (and two amiable creatures without names, who come and go a great deal) in a run-down apartment building. The Madame, as sole witness to a crime, can't hope to see justice done - can she?

"Tragedy on New Year's Eve" - Style: A series of letters from the narrator to her son, who is on active duty. (The style of presentation detracts from the story.) She witnessed a fatal car accident on New Year's Eve - but was it an accident?

Fairly boring.......2001-09-10

I was fairly bored by most of these stories, much as I usually adore LJB.

NOT disappointing..........2001-07-08

I AM a fan of The Cat Who series ... a big fan ... and I am not in the least disappointed with this book. I enjoyed all of these short stories very much. I especially enjoyed Phut Phat Concentrates. Very cute and reminds me of my cats. I read this one to my husband and now we joke about our cats when they stare at us. Lilian Jackson Braun is a great writer and it shows in this book because she does not need to rely on Qwill, Koko and Yum Yum to have a hit!

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The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (The Cat Who)
Lilian Jackson Braun
Manufacturer: Berkeley Publishing Group
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The Cat Who Had 14 Tales

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The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (Large Print Edition)

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The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (Large Print Edition)
Lilian Jackson Brown
Manufacturer: Jove (Berkley, Penguin Putnam)
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The Cat Who Had 14 Tales
Lilian Jackson Braun
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The Cat Who Had 14 Tales
Braun Lilian Jackson
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The Cat Who Had 14 Tales

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