Making Waves

by Catherine Todd

Coping with her husband's request for a divorce, Caroline James goes for a makeover and meets the unpleasant ex-wife of her spouse's law partner. The woman warns Caroline to prepare for a slew of unscrupulous settlement tactics. Shortly after, the woman turns up suspiciously dead, and Caroline suddenly has a lot more than a custody battle to worry about.

352 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

Reviews

[Edie]

Caroline James, 40-something wife of a very successful lawyer, finds her husband no longer loves her and he wants out of their marriage. She is devastated, as are her two teenagers. An acquaintance, Eleanor Hampton, the ex-wife of one of the law firm's partners, warns her that she will get screwed on a settlement as the firm will help her husband hide money as they did with her divorce. Eleanor tells her she has proof of this and will send it to Caroline so she can see for herself. And then Eleanor is found dead in her hot tub, a supposed suicide, the victim of pills and an expensive bottle of wine. A box of papers arrives at Caroline's home and Caroline tries to read them but finds the information confusing. A neighbor takes Caroline to hear David Sanchez, a speaker on selling short, and Caroline hopes she can convince this financial wizard to read the papers. At first, Caroline and David don't hit it off but she finally gets him to review the papers as she becomes more and more convinced that Eleanor Hampton was murdered by her husband. Caroline gets into deeper and deeper trouble as she tries to unearth more information to prove her suspicions.

[Lynne]

Absolutely one of the best books I've read!! It's very funny in at least half of the book, but very interesting and serious as to the protagonist following clues to the mystery she was investigating.
I loved, loved, loved this book!! And highly recommend it!!

[Miks]

it was interesting at first. but as you progress through the book, the story drags a lot and it's very redundant. barely anything significant happens.

also, i don't like how "naturcare" is a very vague company in the book. what is it exactly and what do they do?

i stopped reading ¾ of the way.