Just a few years ago, Corie Geller was busting terrorists as an agent for the FBI. But at thirty-five, she traded in her badge for the stability of marriage and motherhood. Now Corie is married to the brilliant and remarkably handsome Judge Josh Geller and is the adoptive mother of his lovely 14-year-old daughter. Between cooking meals and playing chauffeur, Corie scouts Arabic fiction for a few literary agencies and, on Wednesdays, has lunch with her fellow Shorehaven freelancers at a so-so French restaurant. Life is, as they say, fine.
But at her weekly lunches, Corie senses that something’s off. Pete Delaney, a milquetoast package designer, always shows up early, sits in the same spot (often with a different phone in hand), and keeps one eye on the Jeep he parks in the lot across the street. Corie intuitively feels that Pete is hiding something—and as someone who is accustomed to keeping her FBI past from her new neighbors, she should know. But does Pete really have a shady alternate life, or is Corie just imagining things, desperate to add some spark to her humdrum suburban existence? She decides that the only way to find out is to dust off her FBI toolkit and take a deep dive into Pete Delaney’s affairs.
I enjoyed the interesting thought processes of our first-person narrator, Corie; I also liked how she was able to hide her history with the FBI and seemingly settle into suburban life.
We follow along as her fascination with Pete Delaney became an obsession, but she very skillfully wended her way through the trail that ultimately led to answers.
Before the fast-paced culmination of Takes One To Know One, the story was a little bit tedious, but because I enjoy the author and also liked the character of Corie, I kept plugging away. In the end, I was biting my nails as the intensity ratcheted up exponentially. This one earned 4.5 stars.
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I haven’t read this author. Glad it picked up at the end! I love a good nail biter 🙂
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Thanks, Mary, I haven’t read her in a while, but some of my favorites were her books like Compromising Positions, Shining Through, and Almost Paradise.
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Just goes to show sometimes you got to hang in there to hit the jackpot in a book! I could read this book because I am intrigued by Corie, I think I”d like her.
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Thanks, Kathryn, Corie is the kind of character who carries on an internal monologue that helps you figure out where she’s going next in her searches. I think you would probably enjoy this one. And because I like the author, it was easy enough to want to hang in there.
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Yes I do believe I would like it.
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First person is my favorite point of view. This sounds good to me.
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Thanks, Kathy, I feel the same way!
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