See Isabelle Run
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2.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A cross between Jennifer Weiner and Lisa Scottoline, this novel follows a jilted bride uncovering sinister secrets at a multimedia empire.
Isabelle Leonard made headlines when she danced on the tables at what would have been her wedding reception- if her fiancé hadn't left her at the altar. Her gutsy move captured the heart of New York and caught the eye of lifestyle maven Becky Belden, a cross between Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey, who hiresIsabelle to work at her magazine. Isabelle thinks she has landed the job of her dreams, but then she learns that the person who held the job before her was murdered in a seemingly random attack. In fact, nearly a dozen employees of Becky Belden Media have met mysterious deaths. When Isabelle's flaky supervisor is found dead in her rooftop swimming pool-and Isabelle herself is nearly killedduring a botched burglary- she starts to wonder: Does the Becky Belden empire have a darker side behind its overzealous decorating tips? And if so, could Isabelle's new executive boyfriend be in on it?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's hard to believe that the author of the Alex Bernier books (Ecstasy, etc., under her maiden name of Beth Saulnier) could produce this awkward mystery. Like a gawky teenager, there's some appeal here, but the self-consciousness and gaffes make it a little painful to witness. Isabelle Leonard has moved to New York City to be with her future husband only to be left at the altar. Broke and friendless, she lands a job at Becky Belden Multimedia, the eponymous Becky being a cross between Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart. Isabelle quickly becomes aware that employees are turning up dead left and right, a fact that apparently no one else has noted. Her instant best friend, a stereotypical gay co-worker, Trevor Hopkins, offers support but no help and, inevitably, meets an unfortunate fate, as does Isabelle's immediate boss. Meanwhile, handsome Max Collins, a Becky Belden executive, becomes a love interest tainted with a predictable measure of mystery and suspicion. Between Isabelle's juvenile handling of men in bars and her fiction writing, she picks up remarkably few clues, but eventually finds herself in an all-too-predictable showdown. Isabelle seems like a sweet kid, but she's a little tedious, and she's found herself in a story plagued with stiff and obvious plotting. Agent, Jimmy Vines.
