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The Blonde
The Blonde
Author: Duane Swierczynski
ISBN-13: 9780312374594
ISBN-10: 0312374593
Publication Date: 10/30/2007
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Book Type: Paperback
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Jack Eisley flies into Philadelphia for an appointment with his wife's divorce attorney. Before leaving the airport, he stops in the bar for a drink. Big mistake. He meets a blonde there who tells him that she's just poisoned his drink and that he'll be dead in 10 hours. What Jack takes for an odd pickup line at first turns out to be far more sinister and he gets sucked into a web of intrigue and violence unlike anything he could have imagined. The Blonde is generally described as noir in style. You could also call it "hard boiled" fiction but it's not a detective novel, it's more of an adventure/intrigue story.
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I had heard wonderful things about this book and was prepared to be impressed. I wasn't.
There are some twists I did not see coming, but honestly, this book was a let down. Not a keeper in any way. I did not recommend this to my father or anyone else. Anything good, I refer to my father.
Lots of sexual tendencies and violence, but nothing to stir the senses. I did not think this book took off until about half way through.
The mystery itself was good.
Most of this book was NOT believable.
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Everything I want and expect from a Swierczynski novel (indiscriminate killings, revenge and love). The book has a DOA (the movie) feel at first and then has a sci-fi twist.

I great joyride of a read