Time Of Death - Beverly Barton

I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from this given that I hadn't heard of Barton before, but the taglines on the front intrigued me: 'The devil is in the detail...' and 'The New York Times bestseller', along with a quote from another crime author Tess Gerritsen : 'Shocking and terrifying, it will chill you to the bone' . Whilst it wasn't the most poorly written crime thriller, I don't think it really lived up to the claims on the cover and overall it was a tad disappointing. Time Of Death introduces us to Lorie Hammonds, a woman who, in her younger years, fell in love with Mike Birkitt, until she upped and left for fame and fortune. Years later, when fame didn't take a shine ...

Amnesia - Beverly Barton

Amnesia is a fictional paperback in the the crime/thriller genre, published in 2007 by Avon, ISBN 978-1-84756-001-8. This is the story of Quinn Cortez a high profile wealthy young lawyer from a diadvantaged background. He is a womaniser and everyone seems to know it. Things take a turn for the worst for Quinn after he meets his latest lover Lulu Vanderley, who appears to be a kind of it girl from a wealthy socially active local family. Lulu is later found brutally murdereed and Quinn has no plausable alibi. Quinn has been secretly suffeing from bizarre blackouts for a few hours at a time, the most recent during the times when Lulu was killed. As the story ...