Cold Heart
A Lorraine Page Thriller
-
-
4.0 • 143 Ratings
-
-
- $14.99
Publisher Description
Movie mogul Harry Nathan's lonely death in a Beverley Hills swimming pool is the beginning of a trail of lust and conspiracy leading to the darkest corners of the international art world.
Private investigator Lorraine Page faces her toughest fight ever as she takes on the case for fading starlet Cindy Nathan, Harry's third wife. Lorraine believes the grieving widow's story. Unlike her ex-colleagues in the police department who have already charged Cindy with murder…
**Lynda La Plante's Widows is now a major motion picture**
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Featuring the sleazy Hollywood denizens that La Plante depicts so well, this follow-up to Cold Blood and Cold Shoulder, though enjoyable reading, suffers from a flurry of plot coincidences and an unsatisfying ending. Ex-cop Lorraine Page (last seen in Cold Blood, 1997) is fresh out of surgery and rehab when she gets the first call at her new detective agency. Tinseltown sex kitten Cindy Nathan has found the body of her porn filmmaker husband, Harry, in his Beverly Hills pool and asks Page to prove she didn't do it. All evidence points to Cindy, but Lorraine weeds through the good, the bad and the really nasty in the deceased's circle of ex-spouses and scammed partners, and digs up a private video collection that makes everyone a suspect in wanting him dead. A visit to the police station ignites romance between Page and the new captain, Jake Burton, but few leads on the case. Then an art scam surfaces and Page is hired to track Harry's missing art collection, the bulk of his estate. She visits Harry's surviving first wife, a reclusive feminist artist living on Long Island, and uncovers hot leads, more death and lethal danger that follows her back to the West coast. La Plante's plotting is ragged with loose ends and the novel's conclusion is as familiar as scrambled eggs. But her leads are two raw nerves in search of a synapse and La Plante makes romantic sparks fly between them like few writers can.
Customer Reviews
The COLD CASES
I have just finished this book and loved it , The 3 books in one was wonderful for continuity, I wish there could be more ; only fault was some typo's
Cold Heart Lynda La Plante
I am so disappointed with this book. Poorly written, proof reading haphazard at the best, and the worst ending I could imagine. I knew what was coming and ended up skimming the last pages, but still was left feeling incredibly sad and so so disappointed. What a cop out. I don’t think I will read any more of this authors books. I have really enjoyed her work in the past, and this book offered a lot of promise, but it felt like a first draft that had never been finished. I expect more.