The story revolves around Nora Sinclair and her life. She is madly in love with Connor, a business tycoon who proposes to the lady with a lovely diamond ring. Nora is a busy interior decorator and she shuffles across the county in order to fulfill her commitments. But there’s a twist in the story. She is already married to a well known author Jeffery Walker who resides in Boston and her secret escapades are well covered by a series of lies. When Connor is suddenly found dead because of a heart attack, an insurance firm comes into the picture to investigate the foul play. Craig Reynolds is the guy assigned to the case. What happens after this is a series of drama and action which spills over in Boston & Westchester and brings out a brutal truth in the hidden face of Nora Sinclair.From the word go in the story, this is a cat and mouse game. Nora Sinclair is a high class criminal mastermind who covers her tracks well. John O’ Hara the insurance agent slash detective is an unusual man with wit and charms who loves to poke his nose where it doesn’t belong. The plot is furious, grueling, gory and with its fare share of surprises. The tone set for a suspense thriller works perfectly until the end, where John gives Nora Sinclair a run for her money. The denouement is unpredictable and does absolute justice to the reader’s taste. Nora’s luring methods will be tested against the experienced John O’Hara. It’s a plot where the things which you least expect to happen will crop out of nowhere.The only downside to the story is a briefcase plot which seems out of sort and doesn’t connect well with the story. Its inclusion hampers the charm a bit when unexpectedly this part pops up. A logical connection of this story comes too late in the end for the reader’s liking.It’s a masterpiece by the authors and there’s no way a reader can put down the book once they start reading it. Thriller fanatics will love it, but so will everyone else!Originally reviewed at Vaultofbooks.com, a close-knit community of fanatical readers. We are looking for perceptive readers who can write well, and we are eager to provide lots of free books in exchange for reviews. Shoot us a mail at
[email protected]just WOW!!!James Patterson emang handal bikin plot yang memikat.jadi teringat beberapa minggu yang lalu nonton serial TV Castle. tokoh utamanya adalah Rick Castle yang berprofesi sebagai penulis thriller. sewaktu terjadi kasus pembunuhan yang meniru pembunuhan dalam buku2nya, Castle membantu kepolisian buat memecahkan kasus ini. saat pembunuh tertangkap dengan mudah Castle jadi bingung dan ga puas. ada yang hilang dan tidak sesuai dengan kasus tersebut.karena kebingungan Castle minta saran dari teman2 penulisnya yang kebetulan waktu itu adalah Patterson sendiri dan Michael Connely (masing2 bermain sebagai diri sendiri lho).abis dengar cerita Castle mereka komen "That's it? where's the twist?"nah, sewaktu baca buku ini saya teringat dengan adegan tersebut. twist atau belokan cerita/adegan2 ga terduga (menurut pengertian saya nih :D )dalam buku ini sudah dimulai dari awal-awal bab. Nora yang cantik, berbakat dan sukses memiliki tunangan kaya raya yang sangat mencintainya. kariernya sebagai design interior dengan klien2 kelas atas juga sangat memuaskan dan membuat ia harus melakukan perjalanan2 bisnis untuk menemui kliennya. nah, bayangkan betapa kagetnya saya ketika sampai ke bab-bab berikutnya ternyata ada seorang suami yang menanti Nora di negara bagian lainnya! tidak tanggung-tanggung, si suami adalah penulis novel best seller yang digandrungi para wanita dan memiliki simpanan dana darurat mencapai 6juta dollar!dan ketika kemudian tunangan dan suaminya ini meninggal karena serangan jantung, saya hanya bisa geleng2 kepala...Patterson, you really really hooked me!tapi walaupun begitu, ada beberapa hal yang menurut saya kurang dijelaskan oleh Patterson. Apa yang membuat Nora melakukan hal-hal mengerikan seperti itu? apakah ia pernah disiksa atau dilecehkan sewaktu kecil sehingga membenci lelaki. ataukah kemiskinan begitu berbekas dihatinya sehingga memotivasinya untuk membunuh demi uang? apakah trauma menyaksikan pembunuhan ayahnya oleh ibunya membuat ada yang hilang dalam sanubari Nora? Kenapa ibu Nora membunuh suaminya? dan apa isi surat ibu Nora yang ditulisnya untuk Nora?sungguh, saya ingin sekali mengetahui jawaban dari pertanyaan2 diatas.
HONEYMOON (Pub. 2005), coauthord by James Patterson and Howard Roughan, is a great read for many reasons. The villainess, Nora, turns out to be a black widow of a woman, and although James/Howard let us know that she's the killer early on in the book, they spin this tale out in a way that kept me constantly turning the pages (389 in paperback) right to the very end.I really enjoyed the way the authors developed Nora's character and the male lead, John O'Hara, who is the FBI agent that is sent in to figure out how Nora is murdering the men in her life and getting away with it. The book moves at a very quick pace, as do most of Patterson's stories, and yet it feels like a very thorough read. The writing duo manages to mix in a subplot related to terrorist funds, along with a few touches of romance combined with constant suspense.Trust me - you will love this one!
—Alex
I am a great fan of James Patterson. Having said that, I can say that this "International Thriller of the Year" did not thrill me. It has Patterson's short chapters and nonstop action, but its resemblance to his earlier books stops there. It has a painfully-predictable plot, an unbelievable protagonist, and an ending that deteriorates into political babble. Nora Sinclair is a serial killer and the most interesting thing in the book. John O'Hara is an FBI agent in pursuit of Nora, but he has no resemblance to any FBI agent that I have heard about. They are smart. He is stupid. The story plods along with him doing one foolish thing after another. Toward the end, I was rooting for Nora to rid the FBI of this embarrassment, but it didn't happen. If you are stuck for hours in an airport, this story might pass the time for you, but I hope that Patterson will fire O'Hara and bring us more of his genuine thrillers.
—Judith
The review across the top of the front cover reads "WHAT A HONEY OF A STORY IT IS!...HONEYMOON IS SEXY AND SCARY."It really was neither of those things. In all actuality, it was a predictable "black widow" story with a few PG-13 references to sex or having it. I saw the end coming 200 pages before it happened, and the few twists thrown in were kind of minute details that wouldn't have really been missed had they been left out. I think the problem with me reading these sorts of novels (Patterson, Hoag, Higgins-Clark, etc.) is that I've outgrown them. I was reading this stuff when I was 14 --half of my lifetime ago-- and back then? They challenged me. Not so much now. I'm a picky reader. I read lots of different books; am willing to and do branch out to new things or sometimes revisit old ones even when most of the time I know exactly the sort of book I'm going to love and whatever I have in my hand in that particular moment isn't it. I love to read and I want to love all books. I really do. But because I am picky, I love very few.I didn't love this. I liked it enough that it held my interest and I was able to finish it. I most likely won't remember much (if any) of it. It was fluffy and a fast read, and one that's lived in four different houses with me waiting to be read. Sometimes, though, you need a fast, fluffy, easy read that is kind of like a tv show, but not quite. That's what this book was for me.(view spoiler)[I have to say though. I really, really would have like to have known exactly what was in the note Olivia wrote to Nora (hide spoiler)]
—dreamer
