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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2540 KP) rated Swift Edge in Books

Nov 22, 2020  
Swift Edge
Swift Edge
Laura DiSilverio | 2011 | Mystery
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This Book Swiftly Had me on the Edge of My Seat
PI Charlette “Charlie” Swift has a new client. Dara Peterson needs Charlie to track down her ice skating partner, Dmitri Fane, before the Olympic trials start in just a few days. With her new business partner, Gigi Goldman, semi-helping, Charlie begins investigating. She quickly gets attacked and finds someone left for dead on the ice. What has happened to Dmitri?

I read the first book in this series years ago, and I kept meaning to go back and read this one. I’m so glad I did. This book is as much fun as I remember the first being. The plot is fast paced with plenty of action and a page turning climax. What Gigi doesn’t know about the PI business she makes up for in enthusiasm, and her antics add some great laughs. Yet none of the characters come across as caricatures; there is a depth to all of them. Mostly, we only see glimpses of that depth, but it is enough to make them seem real. The book skirts around the edges of the cozy genre with just a touch more violence and language than a traditional cozy, but as long as you expect that, you’ll be fine. I really did enjoy this book, and it won’t be as long before I go back to visit these characters again.
  
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Alison Pink (7 KP) rated Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3) in Books

Jan 15, 2018  
Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3)
Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3)
Janet Evanovich | 1997 | Fiction & Poetry
10
7.9 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
Three to Get Deadly was my favorite book in the Stephanie Plum series so far. As usual it was unpredictable & didn't try too hard. I found myself laughing out loud at several points in the book. My favorite was when all her elderly neighbors came out carrying handguns, shotguns, & assalt rifles when they heard a gunshot come from Plum's apartment. That would be quite a sight!
This story line was the most interesting in the series to this point. There were lots of twists & turns. The secret life of the neighborhood ice cream & candy man being the most interesting. Just goes to show that you never truly know what someone does behind closed doors! UGH!
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Sunshine (2007) in Movies

Jan 15, 2018  
Sunshine (2007)
Sunshine (2007)
2007 | Drama, Sci-Fi
7
7.8 (17 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Great Sci-Fi film
A pretty good film, a sort of space disaster/thriller film as a crew set off for the Sun to drop a nuclear payload to kickstart it back to life and get Earth out of an Ice age. They are the 2nd team to set off, will they make it or suffer the fate off the 1st missing crew?
It has some good acting and SFX, the sets for the spaceship look very impressive and show some good ideas about the future of space travel. It's a bit slow to start but it makes up for this as things get more dramatic towards the end. Better than I expected it to be.
  
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Andy K (10823 KP) Jan 15, 2018

I loved this movie, but I thought the ending was stupid and kind of a cop out.
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Dean (6927 KP) Jan 15, 2018

True but I like some of the ideas it has about space travel. Sets were impressive.