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Silent Witness
IN THE NAVY, BLOOD RUNS THICKER THAN WATER ...
FBI criminal profiler Ellen Tanner transferred out of Washington, D.C., to escape the grief of losing a husband. But her new partner, San Diego navy JAG lieutenant Jim Cochran, is a challenge she never expected.
The last thing Cochran wants or needs in his world of order and duty is a woman. After a nasty divorce, he's convinced he's through with relationships. Then along comes Ellen. He knows opposites attract ... just not how much.
Now a female Top Gun instructor has been murdered and the media is having a field day. Their instincts tell them there's more to this case than meets the eye --- but how do you unravel a deadly conspiracy in an institution where honor and silence go hand in hand?
FBI criminal profiler Ellen Tanner transferred out of Washington, D.C., to escape the grief of losing a husband. But her new partner, San Diego navy JAG lieutenant Jim Cochran, is a challenge she never expected.
The last thing Cochran wants or needs in his world of order and duty is a woman. After a nasty divorce, he's convinced he's through with relationships. Then along comes Ellen. He knows opposites attract ... just not how much.
Now a female Top Gun instructor has been murdered and the media is having a field day. Their instincts tell them there's more to this case than meets the eye --- but how do you unravel a deadly conspiracy in an institution where honor and silence go hand in hand?
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 2005
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Lindsay McKenna
360 books2,503 followersI've lived six lives in one and it all shows up in the books I write, one way or another.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
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November 10, 2008
Book title: Silent witness
Author: Lindsay Mckenna
Page #: 11~105
#1.
It is a story about one woman and one man. The woman whose name is Ellen is psychologist, and in this novel, she is the first tiime to work as licensed psychotherapist in the JAG where is located in San Diego. In the place, she met Jim Cochrane who is navy. He divorced two years ago, so he had the hurted mind toward women. When he met women, he just say only official things, and not say any private things. Ellen also lost her husband two years ago. They were same situation that they lost their spouse and they were loney. I just read only about 100 pages, so in the story, I just found that they start opening their mind each other as they work together as a partner. When I read this novel, and I strated thinking about people that have the similar situation, I remembered one women who is my senior when I studied in my university. At that time, she already married a man who is a business man. However, they divorced, and the man who is my senior's husband met another woman who works with him in his company. Naturally, they met in the company, and they fell in love with each other. The man would got hurted in his mind because of their divorce, so it would be very difficult for him to open mind to other people. I just read first part of this novel, so I got some storied in this novel. I just imagine that they would fall in love with each other. However, they are very strict to theirselves. So It would be very interesting. The reason that I choes this book is because the atmosphere of cover was looked like makeine me to be thrilled. It also romance:) I will enjoy reading it.
Book title: Slient witness
Author: Lindsay Mckenna
Page #: 106~196
#9
My anticipation was right. Until now, the love between Jim and Ellen became deeper. And they are continuing to find the clue why Susan died in the condo. Some people say that she comminted suicide, and other people say that she was murdered. When I read this parts it was a little boaring, because until that page they didn't find any clues, and they just got some informations that she had boyfriend who is navy, and she had pregnanted. If I have a chance to meet Lindsay Mckenna, I would like to ask why she made the setting around navy circumstances. When I read about the author's history, she have wirtten many good novels whose subject matter were army, military, and navy. I wonder wheather she is connected with military or not. Moreover, I would like to ask that why Susan was killed. In the novel, she was very claver woman, that is, she was good example of attractive and nice woman. However, I really want to know why she was be the main character as misfortune. Until now, the clues was not found yet, but it would be revealed for readers' interesting. In addition, in the novel, the author descrived a love between Ellen and Jim. I think she want to announce her idea about love from this novel. I want to know what she want to show about love concretly. They are falling love with each other very slowly as they conceal their mind. I thought that sometimes these kind of love is need to people to have much time to think about opposit person.
Book title: Silent witness
Author: Lindsay Mckenna
Page #: 197~300
#4
Main character in this novel is just Jim and Ellen. The other character is Susan Kann who died before this novel statrted. When I start to read this novel, I wonder what Susan's character is because I couldn't find her conversation. I had to guess as I read the conversation between Jim and Ellen. I got some characteristic about her. She was very intelligent woman, and she was influencial woman to other people. That is, she was role model in this novel. While Ellen and Jim find the fact whether Susan commited suicied or she was killed by other people, they got the fact that Susan was drunken when she died. If I can change the character in this novel, I would like to draw that Susan is live person. I would like make one or two accidents which is connected with her. Moreover, in this novel, Ellen is a woman who have an experiencd of pain in her mind, so she is very strict and thoughful person in this novel. In this point, I would like to change her character. She would be very bright woman, young, and don't have any pain in her mind. In contrast to her, I would like to draw about Jim's character like this novel. In this novel, Jim and Ellen fall in love with each other. If the character of Ellen were change, the love story would be more interesting.
P.S: Nancy, I absented last Friday class because I took acuplacer test. I thought that I can finish the test before our class time, but after I finished the test, it was 1:30. So I didn't go to class. I'm sorry about that :) Anna..
Book title: Slient witness
Author: Lindsay Mckenna
Page #: 300~378
#14
I finished reading this book. I am really happy to finish reading this book. As a result, they found the fact that Sasan was killed by Brad Kane. They found the clue that he killed her in his clothes. In his clothes, there were the vestiges of blood. My most favorite scene through I read last week is the last scene. Ellen and Jim opened their mind toward them, and they showed their love to each others. What a interesting love stroy! It was very funny to read this scene. They finished their works very well and they showed their mind. It is a happy ending stroy, and it's very simple story. The other scene was that Jim and Brad and Tommy which are suspected people were conversing each other. In the scene, Jim showed his very sharp characteristic to find the clus from their talking. He showed his professional aspect. As I watched Jim in this books cover, he was very handsome, he had wisdom, and he was very prudent. His character was different these days' men who think very lightly. If I was main character in this novel, or if in real circumstance there is the man like Jim, I would fall in love with him. It was simple story, but I thought about prudence about the life. It needs for me to do many works, and this prudence will make my life better.
Author: Lindsay Mckenna
Page #: 11~105
#1.
It is a story about one woman and one man. The woman whose name is Ellen is psychologist, and in this novel, she is the first tiime to work as licensed psychotherapist in the JAG where is located in San Diego. In the place, she met Jim Cochrane who is navy. He divorced two years ago, so he had the hurted mind toward women. When he met women, he just say only official things, and not say any private things. Ellen also lost her husband two years ago. They were same situation that they lost their spouse and they were loney. I just read only about 100 pages, so in the story, I just found that they start opening their mind each other as they work together as a partner. When I read this novel, and I strated thinking about people that have the similar situation, I remembered one women who is my senior when I studied in my university. At that time, she already married a man who is a business man. However, they divorced, and the man who is my senior's husband met another woman who works with him in his company. Naturally, they met in the company, and they fell in love with each other. The man would got hurted in his mind because of their divorce, so it would be very difficult for him to open mind to other people. I just read first part of this novel, so I got some storied in this novel. I just imagine that they would fall in love with each other. However, they are very strict to theirselves. So It would be very interesting. The reason that I choes this book is because the atmosphere of cover was looked like makeine me to be thrilled. It also romance:) I will enjoy reading it.
Book title: Slient witness
Author: Lindsay Mckenna
Page #: 106~196
#9
My anticipation was right. Until now, the love between Jim and Ellen became deeper. And they are continuing to find the clue why Susan died in the condo. Some people say that she comminted suicide, and other people say that she was murdered. When I read this parts it was a little boaring, because until that page they didn't find any clues, and they just got some informations that she had boyfriend who is navy, and she had pregnanted. If I have a chance to meet Lindsay Mckenna, I would like to ask why she made the setting around navy circumstances. When I read about the author's history, she have wirtten many good novels whose subject matter were army, military, and navy. I wonder wheather she is connected with military or not. Moreover, I would like to ask that why Susan was killed. In the novel, she was very claver woman, that is, she was good example of attractive and nice woman. However, I really want to know why she was be the main character as misfortune. Until now, the clues was not found yet, but it would be revealed for readers' interesting. In addition, in the novel, the author descrived a love between Ellen and Jim. I think she want to announce her idea about love from this novel. I want to know what she want to show about love concretly. They are falling love with each other very slowly as they conceal their mind. I thought that sometimes these kind of love is need to people to have much time to think about opposit person.
Book title: Silent witness
Author: Lindsay Mckenna
Page #: 197~300
#4
Main character in this novel is just Jim and Ellen. The other character is Susan Kann who died before this novel statrted. When I start to read this novel, I wonder what Susan's character is because I couldn't find her conversation. I had to guess as I read the conversation between Jim and Ellen. I got some characteristic about her. She was very intelligent woman, and she was influencial woman to other people. That is, she was role model in this novel. While Ellen and Jim find the fact whether Susan commited suicied or she was killed by other people, they got the fact that Susan was drunken when she died. If I can change the character in this novel, I would like to draw that Susan is live person. I would like make one or two accidents which is connected with her. Moreover, in this novel, Ellen is a woman who have an experiencd of pain in her mind, so she is very strict and thoughful person in this novel. In this point, I would like to change her character. She would be very bright woman, young, and don't have any pain in her mind. In contrast to her, I would like to draw about Jim's character like this novel. In this novel, Jim and Ellen fall in love with each other. If the character of Ellen were change, the love story would be more interesting.
P.S: Nancy, I absented last Friday class because I took acuplacer test. I thought that I can finish the test before our class time, but after I finished the test, it was 1:30. So I didn't go to class. I'm sorry about that :) Anna..
Book title: Slient witness
Author: Lindsay Mckenna
Page #: 300~378
#14
I finished reading this book. I am really happy to finish reading this book. As a result, they found the fact that Sasan was killed by Brad Kane. They found the clue that he killed her in his clothes. In his clothes, there were the vestiges of blood. My most favorite scene through I read last week is the last scene. Ellen and Jim opened their mind toward them, and they showed their love to each others. What a interesting love stroy! It was very funny to read this scene. They finished their works very well and they showed their mind. It is a happy ending stroy, and it's very simple story. The other scene was that Jim and Brad and Tommy which are suspected people were conversing each other. In the scene, Jim showed his very sharp characteristic to find the clus from their talking. He showed his professional aspect. As I watched Jim in this books cover, he was very handsome, he had wisdom, and he was very prudent. His character was different these days' men who think very lightly. If I was main character in this novel, or if in real circumstance there is the man like Jim, I would fall in love with him. It was simple story, but I thought about prudence about the life. It needs for me to do many works, and this prudence will make my life better.
January 6, 2025
Lots of drama and scandal in this Navy take. Agent Ellen and Lt. Jim are the investigators of a Top Gun homicide.
I suspect this is one of this author’s earlier books.
I suspect this is one of this author’s earlier books.
May 4, 2012
Hm. This was my first time reading Lindsay McKenna and I ended with some mixed feelings about it. There were parts I enjoyed and found fascinating and then others that leaned towards the 'eh'. The writing was fairly easy to follow though a guide in the back for some of the military terms and events would have been very handy (Google helped me out a lot on this one). I was a bit too young when some of the events referenced actually happened so didn't know enough about them but if you know a bit about the Military it probably won't bother you.
I really enjoyed the investigation part of the story as Jim and Ellen looked into the death of instructor Susan Kane. There wasn't nearly as much action as I expected. It was actually pretty tame in that area but I found myself still interested and enjoying the revelations as they were uncovered. Kept wanting to turn the page to see exactly what had led up to Kane's death. The villains were just despicable and slimy individuals. I was so ready for them to get what was coming to them. I was surprised by how things ended up being handled and McKenna did a great job getting Jim and Ellen's frustration and sadness across to the reader. Was feeling it right along with them. It was also interesting (and horrifying) to get a peek into the life and struggles women have faced in the military. Since McKenna served I'm assuming it's fairly accurate.
The part I found rather 'eh' was the romance between Jim and Ellen. Personally, I didn't feel all that much of a spark or any heat between them. I did like them as a team though. I think I would have rather had their relationship be just friendship/work related and have had the romantic element left out. With the majority of the book focused on the investigation there wasn't enough time with just the two of them to make it believable. It was so slow going with just a kiss here and there up until the very end and then suddenly there's a full blown relationship that felt very out of character for the two.
I think that if you go into Silent Witness looking at it as a military mystery you'll enjoy it a lot more than if you're expecting a romance in a military setting. Looking at it that way it's a nicely done story and one I think is worth reading. I'll be giving McKenna another try sometime soon.
Originally posted at Herding Cats & Burning Soup
I really enjoyed the investigation part of the story as Jim and Ellen looked into the death of instructor Susan Kane. There wasn't nearly as much action as I expected. It was actually pretty tame in that area but I found myself still interested and enjoying the revelations as they were uncovered. Kept wanting to turn the page to see exactly what had led up to Kane's death. The villains were just despicable and slimy individuals. I was so ready for them to get what was coming to them. I was surprised by how things ended up being handled and McKenna did a great job getting Jim and Ellen's frustration and sadness across to the reader. Was feeling it right along with them. It was also interesting (and horrifying) to get a peek into the life and struggles women have faced in the military. Since McKenna served I'm assuming it's fairly accurate.
The part I found rather 'eh' was the romance between Jim and Ellen. Personally, I didn't feel all that much of a spark or any heat between them. I did like them as a team though. I think I would have rather had their relationship be just friendship/work related and have had the romantic element left out. With the majority of the book focused on the investigation there wasn't enough time with just the two of them to make it believable. It was so slow going with just a kiss here and there up until the very end and then suddenly there's a full blown relationship that felt very out of character for the two.
I think that if you go into Silent Witness looking at it as a military mystery you'll enjoy it a lot more than if you're expecting a romance in a military setting. Looking at it that way it's a nicely done story and one I think is worth reading. I'll be giving McKenna another try sometime soon.
Originally posted at Herding Cats & Burning Soup
March 25, 2008
Silent Witness was an okay book. It had a good point or two, but also a bunch of negatives.
The storyline was pretty interesting. It's very "military", lots of twists and turns. It was a well-thought storyline, easy to follow and it kept me reading. One issue I had with the whole plot though was what I call "author assumption": the author assumes we, as readers, should know something, when we don't. She refers to real-life military scandals of the past simply by name, but doesn't summarize them at all for those of us who don't know them. So I was pretty lost on those references.
As for the romance...I didn't care for it all that much. It wasn't, in a lot of ways, a very romantic book in the standard sense. Up until they end, I think Ellen and Jim share maybe two kisses. There's a sex scene at the end, but it wasn't written that well, and it seemed kind of plopped in there, and ill-fitting.
Aside from that, I just didn't buy into the romance. It was too...pretty. Ellen and Jim are always thinking or saying things like "you're so wonderful", "you bring the sun back into my life" and things like that. It was just too perfect and didn't seem realistic. Added to that, Ellen most of the time seemed to think of Jim as "Cochrane", which just seemed very impersonal.
The characters were very one-dimensional. Almost everything about them, and the book as a whole, was about the plot itself. While, yes, the plot is important, but if you're gonna develop a romance, you're characters need some meat. And it just wasn't there.
The storyline was pretty interesting. It's very "military", lots of twists and turns. It was a well-thought storyline, easy to follow and it kept me reading. One issue I had with the whole plot though was what I call "author assumption": the author assumes we, as readers, should know something, when we don't. She refers to real-life military scandals of the past simply by name, but doesn't summarize them at all for those of us who don't know them. So I was pretty lost on those references.
As for the romance...I didn't care for it all that much. It wasn't, in a lot of ways, a very romantic book in the standard sense. Up until they end, I think Ellen and Jim share maybe two kisses. There's a sex scene at the end, but it wasn't written that well, and it seemed kind of plopped in there, and ill-fitting.
Aside from that, I just didn't buy into the romance. It was too...pretty. Ellen and Jim are always thinking or saying things like "you're so wonderful", "you bring the sun back into my life" and things like that. It was just too perfect and didn't seem realistic. Added to that, Ellen most of the time seemed to think of Jim as "Cochrane", which just seemed very impersonal.
The characters were very one-dimensional. Almost everything about them, and the book as a whole, was about the plot itself. While, yes, the plot is important, but if you're gonna develop a romance, you're characters need some meat. And it just wasn't there.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 6, 2013
Just awful. Poorly written, overly preachy, and lack-luster plot. Wow. Bad.
July 1, 2019
Silent witness was a disappointment that even the intriguing 'murder' mystery couldn't save. I had to actually look at the publication date to make sure it wasn't written before 1990 because the author has her main characters swerving so hard into prude territory that I had to assume it was an old fashioned setting.
The main characters were cardboard cutouts and lacked any sort of connection to each other or to themselves as a personhood. It feels like the author spun a wheel everytime she needed a discription and pulled on the character to make it fit.
The constant change of POV even within the same paragraph is frustrating and off putting. The use of 'gal', the constant talk of 'the sun never shone until I met you' and the faux outrage due to a topless picture all helped create this mess of a story.
Frankly if you take out the 'romance' and the prude behaviour and just left the mystery it would be a halfway decent book.
The main characters were cardboard cutouts and lacked any sort of connection to each other or to themselves as a personhood. It feels like the author spun a wheel everytime she needed a discription and pulled on the character to make it fit.
The constant change of POV even within the same paragraph is frustrating and off putting. The use of 'gal', the constant talk of 'the sun never shone until I met you' and the faux outrage due to a topless picture all helped create this mess of a story.
Frankly if you take out the 'romance' and the prude behaviour and just left the mystery it would be a halfway decent book.
March 2, 2018
This book is classified as a romance and that is certainly a part of it but it is also very much an investigative novel. I really liked how FBI profiler Ellen Tanner and JAG lieutenant Jim Cochran came together to try and understand why a female top-gun aviation instructor died. There were numerous characters to dislike in this story and dysfunctional family relations galore but I liked how everything was pieced together and would be happy to read another book featuring these two investigators who although very different had a synchronicity that made them better as a pair. There was not a lot of gratuitous sex in the novel either though near the very end of the book some was tossed in.
June 28, 2020
As always she's written a wonderful book. Susan Kane is a Top Gun instructor, with a 4.0 rating in everything she does. She has good friends who admire her, but her family is nothing to write about. The whole family is in the service, her father is high ranked, and 2 brothers Tommy and Kane. Apparently her father blames Susan for killing his wife, but she gave birth to Susan and then she died, and the father gave her grief all her life. Trying to make her father love her. But Tommy who was the youngest of her brothers loved her dearly.
November 17, 2012
Lindsay McKenna is a master of military romantic suspense, and each subsequent story she writes proves why. SILENT WITNESS is no different, with its mix of intriguing characters, a thrilling story line, and ever-growing passion.
Agent Ellen Tanner is a redhead who likes long denim skirts, loose blouses, Birkenstock sandals, and dangly earrings. She's also a licensed psychotherapist, not to mention employed by the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Defense. Until recently, she's resided in Washington, D.C., but now she's in California-and assigned to work with JAG Lieutenant Jim Cochrane. The Pentagon came up with the idea of using OIG agents to help out snowed-under JAG agents who are short-staffed and buried under work. With her new one-year assignment in California, Ellen is now the partner of Lt. Cochrane-a man who clearly sees her as nothing but the newest pain in his rear end.
Jim Cochrane doesn't want help. He doesn't need it. Well, he might need it a little, because he is buried under piles of work. But now that he's saddled with a new partner-who just happens to be a woman, not to mention a civilian-he's less than pleased. As his drawl gets thicker and his height seems to increase, he's determined to do everything within his power to get this over with as quickly as possible. It might have worked, too, if it wasn't for the death of Top Gun instructor Susan Kane.
Now Ellen and Jim are working in really close proximity, trying to find a killer. As if Jim's good ole boy demeanor and his obvious disdain of her weren't bad enough, the passion that keeps sparking up between them is driving Ellen mad. Sure, the guy's handsome, but they've got a killer to track, and she has no time-nor desire-to pursue personal relationships. Or so she thought.
As these two hard-headed people-one military, one civilian-work together to catch a murderer, the danger becomes more and more real, as does their desire. Will Ellen and Jim find out who killed Susan Kane before the danger gets too close?
Ms. McKenna has done an excellent job once again of combining military suspense with romance, and the result is a winner in SILENT WITNESS.
Agent Ellen Tanner is a redhead who likes long denim skirts, loose blouses, Birkenstock sandals, and dangly earrings. She's also a licensed psychotherapist, not to mention employed by the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Defense. Until recently, she's resided in Washington, D.C., but now she's in California-and assigned to work with JAG Lieutenant Jim Cochrane. The Pentagon came up with the idea of using OIG agents to help out snowed-under JAG agents who are short-staffed and buried under work. With her new one-year assignment in California, Ellen is now the partner of Lt. Cochrane-a man who clearly sees her as nothing but the newest pain in his rear end.
Jim Cochrane doesn't want help. He doesn't need it. Well, he might need it a little, because he is buried under piles of work. But now that he's saddled with a new partner-who just happens to be a woman, not to mention a civilian-he's less than pleased. As his drawl gets thicker and his height seems to increase, he's determined to do everything within his power to get this over with as quickly as possible. It might have worked, too, if it wasn't for the death of Top Gun instructor Susan Kane.
Now Ellen and Jim are working in really close proximity, trying to find a killer. As if Jim's good ole boy demeanor and his obvious disdain of her weren't bad enough, the passion that keeps sparking up between them is driving Ellen mad. Sure, the guy's handsome, but they've got a killer to track, and she has no time-nor desire-to pursue personal relationships. Or so she thought.
As these two hard-headed people-one military, one civilian-work together to catch a murderer, the danger becomes more and more real, as does their desire. Will Ellen and Jim find out who killed Susan Kane before the danger gets too close?
Ms. McKenna has done an excellent job once again of combining military suspense with romance, and the result is a winner in SILENT WITNESS.
March 6, 2013
Got this from the library. The mystery part was pretty decent (other than one issue that I kept thinking would be the smoking gun and turned out to not have much to do with anything) but the romance was awful. No chemistry, and the characters were just...weird. I mean...would someone raised by an FBI agent and a cop, who worked for the FBI for years, show up on her first day of work with the military wearing Birkenstocks?? Seriously? It was supposed to show how whacky and wild she was, but all of that seemed at odds with the rest of the characterization.
April 7, 2013
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Agent Tanner and JAG Lt. Cochran team up to investigate the death of a woman who was a Top Gun instructor, in an interesting study of familial and institutional coverup.
My quibbles: 1) the back cover summary (thus, Goodreads') is inaccurate in ways that can't be summarized without spoilers; 2) the leisurely pace of the investigation is inconsistent with the intermittent references to pressure to wrap the case up and the referenced 48-hour optimum.
Agent Tanner and JAG Lt. Cochran team up to investigate the death of a woman who was a Top Gun instructor, in an interesting study of familial and institutional coverup.
My quibbles: 1) the back cover summary (thus, Goodreads') is inaccurate in ways that can't be summarized without spoilers; 2) the leisurely pace of the investigation is inconsistent with the intermittent references to pressure to wrap the case up and the referenced 48-hour optimum.
June 23, 2012
I thought this book had a good story. One of the things I didn't like about it was when the main male character called the main female character "gal". I know it was supposed to be because of where he was brought up, but I just don't care to hear an adult woman referred to as gal. I know, this is petty of me. Other than that it was a good book.
November 19, 2008
Themanya tentang penyelidikan terhadap kasus pembunuhan seorang penerbang Angkatan Laut. Cukup menegangkan. Dibumbui oleh kisah cinta antara para penyelidik (lho? Gak aci!! Kan jadi gak prof lagi kerjanya..)
February 28, 2013
Torn between 2.5 and 3 stars. The layers kept the book interesting, but the head-hopping drove me nuts! Am I the only one bothered by the constant POV switches? The hopping back and forth slowed the pace considerably and didn't help build romantic tension.
November 22, 2014
This book was hard to follow and I normally catch on to a plot fast. The writing was very cheesy and not much put into it. Jim said "Gal" and "Reckon" way too much. I'm still not certain as to what the plot actually was.
April 3, 2009
I thought I wouldn't like this book but to my surprise I did
April 12, 2015
Lindsay McKenna, always a good read.
June 9, 2015
Difficult material that was very well handled
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