Dead Ringer

by Annie Solomon

The hunt for a dangerous weapon leads Federal Agent Finn Carter to Angelina Mercer with a proposition that could be her salvation or destruction. In order to find her birth mother, Angelina must infiltrate a tycoon's Montana ranch.

Genres: Romantic Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Romance

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

A native New Yorker, RITA-winning author Annie Solomon has been dreaming up stories since she was ten. After a twelve-year career in advertising, where she rose to Vice President and Head Writer at a mid-size agency, she abandoned the air conditioners, furnaces and heat pumps of her professional life for her first love—romance. An avid knitter, she now lives in Nashville with her husband and daughter.

Reviews

[Kathy Church · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very good book.

[Isshi Mae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the book.. but sometimes I find some of the lines cringy. Still, the plot is really well written. Best read so far!

[Aneca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Special agent Finn Carver is on the trail of some missing plutonium. His main suspect, Victor Borian, is a philanthropist with secret ties to the underworld. But Carver can't figure out how to infiltrate Borian's lair - until the FBI finds the daughter that his late wife gave up for adoption.

I've been feeling like reading a few mysteries and thrillers. I've have quite a few bookrings and loans to deal with before reading at leisure but I made the time to grab this one as it seemed interesting.

There was the mystery about finding the plutonium, it could be an international intrigue or a one man stunt, and there was the mystery about Angelina's mother, she didn't know much about her and it took the FBI for her to find her.

Finn, the FBI agent who convinces her to work for them by attracting her stepfather's atention (as she looks so much like her dead mother) and Angelina are immediately attracted to one another. This seemed more a case of phisycal attraction than anything else but I decided to give the love story the benefit of the doubt.

Regarding the mystery I was expecting a lot more suspense as Angelina tried to discover what really happened to the plutonium while at the same time she tries to find out more about the mother she never knew. There was really not many suspenseful scenes as she seemed really lucky and could even steal a palm Pilot and then giving it back without anyone noticing it not to mention coming and going in the night with encountering any of the guards that suposedly existed. I coulf have accepted that if we just had some final twist to make things lively and wrap it up, something about her parentage for instance. But none of that happened and I found the ending predictible having guessed the villain fairly early. I thought there was much potencial in the beginning but it never lived up to that.

Grade: C

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little book that moved along quickly. The romantic tension between Special Agent Finn (Sharkman) Carver and bad girl Angelina Mercer was interesting and more the book's focus than the hunt for stolen plutonium.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked the plot line. I had an idea, but was surprised by the ending. And of course i love the love interest part of the story.

[K · Rating 3 out of 5]

An enjoyable romantic suspense.

[Jenine · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fun to read...good guy gets the girl etc :)