Point Of No Return

Alex Delillo #3

by Scott Frost

In Scott Frost's outstanding third novel for Headline, Lieutenant Alex Delillo is embroiled in the sinister disappearance of an ex-LAPD officer last seen in war-ravaged Iraq. Cathy Salem is desperate for Lieutenant Alex Delillo's help. Her husband, Jack, an ex-LAPD officer now working for a private security firm, has officially been listed as missing after he failed to return home from an eleven-month placement in Iraq. Cathy knows that he is in hiding in the States but it is all too apparent that he is too scared to come home. Her only clue to his whereabouts is a package sent by him to her, posted in Trona in Death Valley, with a letter inside it addressed to Alex. Alex barely remembers Jack Salem. They met once years ago and have never spoken since. Aware of Cathy's distress but unable to see how she can help, Alex nevertheless agrees to look into Jack's disappearance. It is only when Cathy herself vanishes and Alex is nearly run off the road whilst following a lead as to Jack's whereabouts, that she realises that this goes far beyond a simple missing persons case...

Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Scott Frost is an American screen writer and novelist. He is the son of actor Warren Frost and the brother of Mark Frost and actress Lindsay Frost. He worked with his brother and David Lynch on the Twin Peaks television series, writing two episodes. Among others, he has also written episodes of Babylon 5 and Andromeda. In the early 1990s, he wrote the script for the mystery/thriller TV movie Past Tense with Miguel Tejada-Flores. He again worked with his brother on the 2001 series All Souls.

Series:
* Alex Delillo Mystery

Series contributed to:
* Babylon 5: Other Voices

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alex Delillo #3)
My first Alex Delillo book, in which I went into with little expectation and zero fore knowledge. My one sentence review in 2009 said: 'Very solid and complex conspiracy thriller looking at the US forces clean-up of hidden war-crimes and theft in Iraq back in the States.' 6 out of 12

[Jayne Charles · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story of One Woman and her Faithful Glock was a bit of disappointment. It started well, with some gripping scenes in the desert, but around the halfway mark everything seemed to get a bit samey, with each scene mimicking the previous one, characters spouting cryptic movie-speak, and everyone the main character went to see turning out to be dead by the time she got there. Scene after scene we witnessed the sort of bullet-riddled blood-drenched devastation that suggested a Cormac McCarthy novel had recently passed through. And why was there always food spilled on the floor? Not one I'd be in a hurry to recommend

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another fast-paced thriller that finds DeLillo embroiled in a conspiracy that reaches all the way to Baghdad and puts not just her life at risk but puts those around her in the firing line as well as greed weaves an intricate web of bribery, fear and murder. I did miss the presence of DeLillo's daughter Lacy and some of her moments with Harrison seemed slightly unnecessary and mildly out of character but these don't detract from the story too much as DeLillo's fighting spirit comes out in spades and she refuses to back down despite almost every man she meets telling her to just walk away.

[bookswithbee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honeslty had such high hopes for this book!!! The first few pages got me so hooked until the rest of the chapters felt repetitive like we get it Lieutenant, Salem is walking in a living nightmare now get to the point. Sometimes it feels like Alex is trying way too hard to sound deep and woke that it's such a pain to read. Hopefully the other books in the series will be better than this one.

[Paolo Bergomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I like of this book is how main character is depicted, her psychological aspect e.g. also when he described the desert and its background and all the related details
The story looks a bit disconnected in some parts but in general not a bad book

[Casey H · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF 43 pages.
Might try this one again one day.

[Kat · Rating 2 out of 5]

this is the policewoman in pasadena series.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the usual police story but very good.

[Annie · Rating 2 out of 5]

To much talking about the Glock and everyone dead before she got to them. Thought it would be good at the start but ran out of plot.