French Silk
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 144181390X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 315 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The founder of French Silk, a fabulous lingerie company, she has fought hard to make it a worldwide success. #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a thrilling tale of murder, desire, and fatal secrets.…Like the city of New Orleans itself, Claire Laurent is a vibrant beauty laced with a mysterious elusiveness. But neither Cassidy nor Claire’s protests of innocence can save her unless she reveals a shocking truthone she has sworn to take to the grave.…“Fast-pacedSparks fly and the tension…becomes as hot as jambalaya.” U
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Cassidy has one problem with fingering her as the villain: he is falling in love with her. . When evangelist Jackson Wilde is murdered in his hotel room, handsome, driven district attorney Robert Cassidy has a long list of suspects. At the top of it are Wilde's young wife, Ariel, and his son, Josh, who have been having an affair. 150,000 first printing; Doubleday Book Club main selection; Literary Guild alternate; author tour. Claire had a motive; she had collected and then hidden an extensive file of clippings on Wilde and she had attended his service the night he died. Despite occasionally stilted and didactic dialogue, the novel is adroitly plotted and sleekly paced, and has just the right mix of menace
"Another excellent read by Sandra Brown" according to Linda Murphy on. **Leave it to bestselling author Sandra Brown for leaving us with another excellent romantic suspense lthat she is known for. A great read! When Jackson Wilde a well known and prominent evangelist is found brutally murdered in his hotel room, it will soon turn out to be a strange and baffeling mystery. At least that's what assistant district attorney Robert Cassidy is thinking when he personally gotten involved in the investigation. Driven by a pure ambition for the truth, Cassidy learned that Wilde had many enemies. He even suspects Wilde's wife and son because he knew undoubtedly that . Later the prime suspect becomes Clair Laurent and Cassidy is forced to confront his professional integrity having fallen for thi FRENCH SILK is a typical Sandra Brown novel, a little too long and, at the mid-part of the story, a bit repetitive. The venue is New Orleans where televangelist, Jackson Wilde, publicly attacks Claire Laurent’s seasonal lingerie mail order catalog, French Silk, as tasteless and pornographic. Shortly thereafter Wilde is found in his hotel room with three appropriately placed bullet holes in his body. Handsome and dedicated Robert Cassidy, who gave up a lucrative legal defense practice to become assistant district attorney for New Orleans, is assigned the case. At the top of his susp. Pathetic! Ms T Sandra Brown has written some good novels but this is definitely NOT ONE OF THEM! Three-fourths of the book is spent "developing" the relationship between the Assistant DA, who manages to kiss and bed the chief suspect within the first few chapters of the book - totally unbelievable and just absolutely inane. Her sterotype of Christians was particularly offensive. While there, no doubt, may be a few who act thusly, the far greater majority of us do not!How would I describe the impact of this book? The epitome of banality, shallow depth of characters and plot, a thoroughly annoying read,