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Colby Agency #6
Physical Evidence
Physical Evidence by Debra Webb released on Jun 24, 2002 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2002
About the author
Debra Webb
554 books2,479 followersDEBRA WEBB is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 180 novels, including reader favorites the Finley O'Sullivan and Devlin & Falco series. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. A. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel.
With more than ten million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.
With more than ten million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.
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October 22, 2013
Another great read from Debra Webb.Been going thru my TBR piles, just trying to find more of her work. I really like her characters and the way she blends them in on her series so that they become like old friends to you.
April 18, 2018
Physical Evidence
August 29, 2002
The Colby Agency's latest case takes P.I. Alex Preston to Tennessee in "Physical Evidence." Investigating the disappearance of a young woman, Alex is attacked and left with amnesia. Sheriff Mitch Hayden doesn't like a big city investigator coming into his town and asking questions. Alex is the main suspect in the death of his deputy. He doesn't trust her, even if he is attracted to her. Can he keep her from getting herself killed before he can uncover the truth?
I've had varying reactions to Webb's other books, not caring for some of her stories, though her writing was always strong. This is the first one that fell pretty flat. "Physical Evidence" is hindered by a foolish heroine, an obvious villain, and a lack of chemistry between the characters. It's hard to take serious the claim that the Colby Agency hires only "the best" (and Webb lays it on pretty thick, right down to the last line) when they have someone like Alex working for them, who makes many bad choices. Worse, she makes more and more of them as the book goes on. Just when I thought she couldn't do anything dumber than the last thing she did, she does! The ending in particular had me shaking my head. Anyone who has a major clue and the entire truth practically thrown in their face and doesn't even notice is a terrible investigator.
Unlike the author's previous books, I never felt the attraction between the main characters, so the usual sex scene seemed to come out of nowhere. Mitch spends so much time thinking about how he was attracted to Alex before the murder and what happened between them then that the author never really shows how he's attracted to her now. The sex is hot. Everything that comes before it is not. The story is fast-paced, but predictable, and I had the villain pegged within a few chapters. You'd think if I could figure it out so soon, an agent from the incredible Colby Agency could too. No such luck. It's also interesting to note that Alex is only the second female agent we've seen working for the Colby Agency, and the last one got amnesia on her case too (in "Safe By His Side"). Hmmmmm.
Lacking in the white-knuckle suspense of "The Bodyguard's Baby" or the powerful romance of "Personal Protector," "Physical Evidence" is far from this author's best work.
August 29, 2002
The Colby Agency's latest case takes P.I. Alex Preston to Tennessee in "Physical Evidence." Investigating the disappearance of a young woman, Alex is attacked and left with amnesia. Sheriff Mitch Hayden doesn't like a big city investigator coming into his town and asking questions. Alex is the main suspect in the death of his deputy. He doesn't trust her, even if he is attracted to her. Can he keep her from getting herself killed before he can uncover the truth?
I've had varying reactions to Webb's other books, not caring for some of her stories, though her writing was always strong. This is the first one that fell pretty flat. "Physical Evidence" is hindered by a foolish heroine, an obvious villain, and a lack of chemistry between the characters. It's hard to take serious the claim that the Colby Agency hires only "the best" (and Webb lays it on pretty thick, right down to the last line) when they have someone like Alex working for them, who makes many bad choices. Worse, she makes more and more of them as the book goes on. Just when I thought she couldn't do anything dumber than the last thing she did, she does! The ending in particular had me shaking my head. Anyone who has a major clue and the entire truth practically thrown in their face and doesn't even notice is a terrible investigator.
Unlike the author's previous books, I never felt the attraction between the main characters, so the usual sex scene seemed to come out of nowhere. Mitch spends so much time thinking about how he was attracted to Alex before the murder and what happened between them then that the author never really shows how he's attracted to her now. The sex is hot. Everything that comes before it is not. The story is fast-paced, but predictable, and I had the villain pegged within a few chapters. You'd think if I could figure it out so soon, an agent from the incredible Colby Agency could too. No such luck. It's also interesting to note that Alex is only the second female agent we've seen working for the Colby Agency, and the last one got amnesia on her case too (in "Safe By His Side"). Hmmmmm.
Lacking in the white-knuckle suspense of "The Bodyguard's Baby" or the powerful romance of "Personal Protector," "Physical Evidence" is far from this author's best work.
December 14, 2015
2 stelline e mezzo
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