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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781439149485
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 1439149488
Label: Pocket Star
Manufacturer: Pocket Star
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: May 26, 2009
Publisher: Pocket Star
Studio: Pocket Star
Features:- ISBN13: 9781439149485
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Former Bullet Catcher and lone wolf investigator Jack Culver is on a mission. Thirty years ago, an innocent woman was convicted of murder. Jack believes he's found the real killer -- but to take down one of the highest legal authorities in the land, he needs access. Serious access. Unfortunately, the one person he knows with that kind of power is his ex-boss and ex-lover, the woman who still haunts his dreams.
Bullet Catchers owner Lucy Sharpe realizes she's being used for her connections, and she intends to use Jack Culver right back. She's determined to see justice served, even if that means partnering with the man who once found his way past her iron shields. This time, she'll be strong enough to avoid Jack's persuasive touch.
But when passion flares, and they become the killer's target, Lucy and Jack don't just break some rules -- they shatter them. And that means risking everything: their jobs, their hearts...and their lives.
Average Rating: 
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This is a great addition to the Bullet Catchers series. St. Claire never seems to disappoint.
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I always look forward to another book by this author, Great read, just what I enjoy reading.
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STORY BRIEF:
Higgie was a married attorney who had an affair with Eileen. As a result, she had triplet girls who were given up for adoption. Three years later Higgie had an affair with Wanda. He, Wanda and Eileen were in an alley when Wanda was shot, and Eileen drove away in fear. Someone planted a gun in her car and people on the take put her in jail for life. Twenty-four years later, Higgie is a Supreme Court Justice.
Jack is a private investigator who has been visiting Eileen in jail. She won't tell anyone the truth of what happened in the alley because she fears that Higgie will kill anyone who helps her. Jack believes she is innocent and asks Lucy to help him find evidence to convict Higgie of the murder. Lucy runs the Bullet Catchers, a private investigation and security firm. Along the way, Lucy and Jack fall in love.
This is the third book in a trilogy. In the first two books, Bullet Catcher agents find and fall in love with two of Eileen's daughters, Miranda and Vanessa. The third daughter Kristen has not yet been found as this story begins.
REVIEWER'S OPINION (WITH MILD SPOILERS):
Jack is the hero of the story with his maverick ways. Lucy is supposed to be smart and talented but her decisions and actions get in the way their success. She insists her team follow careful plans which end up not working. More than once, Jack is chasing and almost catches Kristen, but she gets away because of Lucy. In one case Lucy tells a team member to bring Jack back immediately which causes Jack to lose Kristen. More than once, Lucy is taken by surprise by a bad guy, nearly killed, and then saved by Jack at the last minute due to his instincts (not the plan).
The plot was complicated, well done and solved, with no loose ends which is good. To give it more stars, I would prefer more interesting character development and interaction. These characters were ok, but they didn't make the book stand out from the (mysteries) pack. A romance existed but not much development. Jack and Lucy had a one-time connection from before. Since then Jack loved her but they were apart for reasons vague to me. Now working together, he still loves her but doesn't tell her, because she is not ready to commit. Don't read this for the romance, read it for the mystery and suspense.
OTHER BOOKS:
There are many Bullet Catcher books, and I did not realize that this was part of a trilogy (a subgroup within the larger group). I did not read the first two books of the trilogy which are FIRST YOU RUN and THEN YOU HIDE. Those are the stories of finding Eileen's first two daughters Miranda and Vanessa. Other reviewers say the third book can be read as a stand alone, but I do not recommend it. I wanted to know more about why Jack was visiting Eileen so much and why he stayed away from Lucy (the woman he loved). I bought the third book to see if I liked the author. On hind sight, I would suggest reading FIRST YOU RUN first. Then if you like it, continue with the others
DATA:
Story length: 341 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 5. Total number of sex scene pages: 15. Setting: current day South Carolina and nearby Kiawah Island, and New York. Copyright: 2008. Genre: romantic mystery suspense.
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Fans of Roxanne St. Claire will definitely not be disappointed with this long-awaited finale in her Bullet Catchers' trilogy which began with FIRST YOU RUN, continued with THEN YOU HIDE and concludes with NOW YOU DIE. If you're a Bullet Catchers fan, you've been clambering for Miss Lucy Sharpe's story - and Ms. St. Claire delivers the goods. The heat sizzles and flies off the pages as Bullet Catcher Owner and Commander-in-Chief Lucy Sharpe reluctantly joins forces with former Bullet Catcher Jack Culver in an effort to track down the real killer behind a murder that's left an innocent woman rotting in prison for the past thirty years. Lucy's tough, strong and smart, and convinced she can solve the mystery without Jack. But Jack is one savvy (and totally hot!) Alpha-male with ideas of his own, and equally determined to prove his former boss wrong. When they finally join forces, romantic sparks - and bullets! - fly. Ms. St. Claire is a master at dishing up heart-pounding romantic suspense, and this latest Bullet Catcher novel is sure to please all her fans. And for those fans wondering about Lucy Sharpe, now we finally know the rest of the story!
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At long last, I've gotten some time to read the third story and conclusion to Roxanne St. Claire's most recent Bullet Catcher series trilogy, NOW YOU DIE.
This three book arc began with FIRST YOU RUN and continued with THEN YOU HIDE. NOW YOU DIE completes the set and it was well worth the long wait.
I have to say NOW YOU DIE is magnificent.
It was likely the best book Roxanne has written in the Bullet Catcher series. Perhaps I feel this way because it was Lucy Sharpe's story and we've waited so long to hear it. Or maybe because her hero, Jack Culver, is one of the sexiest characters she's ever created. He really is and Lucy deserves the best, after all.
But likely NOW YOU DIE is the best story because as with all of Roxanne's books, there are so many twists and turns I experience that certain thrust into the adventure, edge of your seat thrill ride component that is rampant in all Bullet Catcher books.
Put that with the intricately plotted story and I simply couldn't put the book down until I'd finished the last perfect word.
Great job, Roxanne. This is your best yet.
Don't just get this one book...get all three and be prepared to blow off everything else in your life until you finish reading all three books.
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