As Fern Michaels books go, this one was a fun okay read. The book reminded me of the movie with Mel Gibson, "What Women Want" wherein he could read women's minds after an accident where he received an electrical shock. This kind of had that same feeling going in it. How so? The leading character, Lucy, after a fall on ice and bumping her head while a live electric wire touched the sole of her rubber boot and kind of gave her a shock and thereafter, she could sometimes read peoples minds also, not always, but some of the time, which made for some humor in the book. It was a book of fantasy, suspense, humor, and light romance. With Ms. Michaels books there are always pets, and this one was no different, there were two large dogs and one tiny Yorkshire thrown in the mix which made for some excitement and fun.
I couldn't finish this book. It was inconsistent and (the one word that always comes to mind) dumb. A high-powered, sharp, motivated lawyer who quits her job and does nothing? Who signs a bunch of papers without reading them first? Who wants to marry a guy when she doesn't even know what his job is? Who can be the most successful attorney in the city but can't even get a sense of a person's character? Then there's the 'nosy' neighbor, who really isn't nosy, and is first obnoxious, then enduring? They all so smart and rich, but they don't know how to Google? They have cell-phones, but no caller-ID? Dumb and inconsistent.
What do You think about The Nosy Neighbor (2005)?
Lucy Baker walks away from her high-flying legal career when she successfully defends yet another heinous criminal. Almost a year after her life-changing decision, Lucy has never been happier. Leaving New York City for the suburbs, tending her garden and her dog, Lucy is making future plans with her fiancé, Jonathan St. Clair --- and getting acquainted with her neighbors, including the handsome, exasperating one next door, Wylie Wilson. But when FBI special agents confront Lucy with shocking rev
—Nancy
Lucy is a criminal lawyer who decides to hang it up after successfully defending another guilty client. She is supposed to marry a man named Jonathan, however, the FBI pays her a visit and informs her what kind of a man "Jonathan" really is and what he does for a living--all illegal. The FBI has been tracking "Jonathan" for a couple of years, but they keep losing him. They have come to ask Lucy's help in catching him.Lucy's neighbor, Wylie, as well as his friend Jake, and three dogs, come to her aid in a blizzard when "Jonathan" has tracked her down to kill her.An interesting and well written thriller that has plenty of action and good characters.
—Jan Mcleod
