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The Edge (2000)

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3.95 of 5 Votes: 5
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ISBN
0515128600 (ISBN13: 9780515128604)
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English
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jove

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First off, I liked this book. It wasn't boring. It was more than fluff, less than hard-boiled. I'd recommend it. The reason that I'm saying this up front is that there were a few issues I had with the writing, but they weren't major enough to affect my rating. I found it really, REALLY obvious that this was written by a woman. The protagonist is a 29-year old Joe Stud He-Man FBI agent Anti-terrorism operative. Joe Stud then proceeds to share things like how he likes to walk holding hands (along the cliffs above the ocean, no less), and loves flower gardens. He even said, "Hold me... I need you" and "I was so afraid, I thought I might cry." Puh-leeze.It is also difficult to read a book set in a specific location by someone who hasn't spent much, if any time, in that location. I know it's done all the time, but just for the record? You're not going to get out of the rental-car lot at the Portland (OR) airport and be at the coast within an hour... at least nowhere on the coast that will allow you to just pop over to Salem to feed your friend's cat.The audio-book reader was just fine; his style didn't get in the way of the story. One thing (again for those in the Pacific Northwest) - he didn't get the memo on the proper pronuciation of some of the locations. Try not to laugh.

Catherine Coulter follows a very formula-ic rule of thumb in her mystery-romance novels. I am glad to have read far into this series and am back-reading. If not, I think I would have given up on this book. Ford MacDougal is in a hospital, recovering from a car blast. He dreams he is falling off a cliff and feels the water rushing in. He awakes in a panic, knowing something has happened to his sister, Jilly. When he calls her house, her husband says she's been in an accident and almost drowned. She's in a coma now. Despite doctor's orders, Mac travels out to "The Edge" to see his sister. Little does he know, there is more to this than just his sister's driving off a cliff. "Laura betrayed me" is what Mac understands from his sister. Who is this Laura? How did she betray Jilly? A possible spoiler:The formula = he shouldn't like her, she might be bad news, she's a victim, he will save her, or maybe vice versa, i like you, i love you, we should get married.

What do You think about The Edge (2000)?

I agree with other reviewers who are familiar with Coulter's writing and this series. This book is not one of the better ones. I'm still giving it three stars because I enjoy the series characters and because the main premise--Ford Macdougal's sister was injured and almost killed when she drove off a cliff; was she suicidal, or something else--has a lot of thriller suspense satisfying potential. Unfortunately Coulter does not deliver as expected, in my opinion, and based on the previous books in this series, particularly The Maze. There are some interesting moments but Coulter glosses over some details, leaves unresolved questions, and goes into inane details unnecessarily. I would recommend a full overhaul and revision for this one. It has the makings of a great story with some more work. Perhaps the author was under publisher deadline on this one. I'll keep reading the series with the expectation that Coulter answers some of my questions in flashback. The books do link together in this manner
—Jenn M

I've read this series several times, and overall I like it. This book however, is not one of my favorites.We first met our main character, Ford MacDougal, as Lacy Sherlock's training partner in The Maze. He was shipped overseas and injured. While in the hospital, he has a dream/vision that his sister has been injured. He rushes to her, they live in a small town on the west coast called Edgerton. There he finds things with his sister and her husband are not what it seems to be. Things are pointing to drugs, and Columbian drug lords. Mac takes his concerns to the local FBI agent, and again he's not sure if shes a good guy, a bad guy or another victim. Savitch and Sherlock come in as backup. And they all end up in a bad way and need to escape being held prisoner by the drug cartel.I had a hard time following this story, even when my favorite agents Savitch and Sherlock show up to save the day. It was hard to finish this book. I love the series and will read the next one.
—Dotti Elrick

FBI Thriller, Published in 1999, References 9/11 the events of 9/11 were mentioned in a thriller published two years earlier.An FBI thriller, The Edge, by Catherine Coulter, was published in 1999. The book is part of Coulter's ongoing 'FBI Thriller Series.'The Edge attained 'Number 6' status on The New York Times Best Seller List on 05 September 1999.6 THE EDGE, by Catherine Coulter. The F.B.I. agent Mac MacDougal in pursuit of his sister, whose disappearance is intertwined with baffling crimes.Coulter's thriller includes the following sentence on Page 19.Maybe I had a chance not to be, in the Counter-Terrorism section; particularly after 9/11 when the world had changed.The Edge was copyrighted by Catherine Coulter in 1999. The paperback version was released in 2000. The events of 9/11 hadn't happened yet.
—Iliyana

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