Dead Tide

by Jeannine Kadow

Book Overview

When Washington anchorwoman Lacie Wagner discovers the body of a female diver washed ashore in Nantucket, the most explosive investigation of her career swiftly turns into a nightmare. Because the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451206320
• ISBN13: 9780451206329
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A very classy kind of entertainment

DEAD TIDE is the first Jeannine Kadow I've read, and I'm full of admiration for it. The writing is clear and well-paced; the characters are drawn with enough depth to make them believable; and just about all of them - ranging in age from their twenties to their sixties - are attractive and sexually active. This is a real masterpiece of the mystery/adventure genre: dark, but with a lot of human warmth at the center of it. The book is extremely well-researched, full of information about fish and birds and oceans, and featuring some of the most detailed accounts I've ever read (outside the med school library) of autopsies on murder victims. People say of this kind of book that you can't put it down - as if that were the highest compliment. But I'm a busy person and I had to put it down several times: I read it in four sittings over the course of six days. What strikes me as most remarkable about it is that it was no problem to pick it up and continue reading it: the characters are interesting enough to make me wonder what was going to happen next; and as the plot thickened, I really needed to know how it would turn out. The last scenes in particular are exciting page-turners. This book is a very classy form of entertainment for all but the very young and very old.

compelling page turner!

This is a wonderful read! The storyline moves adroitly; the protagnists are well-developed characters and each achieve that "yeah, I wanna know this person" level. The "bad guy" is truly unique and unflinchingly evil. I wanted to read this book in one sitting, but also wanted it never to end... I've added Kadow to my Favorite Authors list, which, by my standards, holds only the best of the best (writing).

Superb!

If you plan to start 'Dead Tide' leave yourself plenty of time! You won't want to put it down. And leave the lights on! It can get pretty creepy. That said, I really enjoyed this second book by Jeannine Kadow featuring Lacie Wagner. Wagner, a TV journalist recovering from a recent brush with death, begins what appears to be a fortuitous investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a young woman whose body washed up on the shore near her home on Nantucket island. Her intense investigation soon leads her to the determination that she is somehow the target of this psychotic killer.Lacie enlists the aid of a renegade investigator,Nick St. James, to protect her and find the man she believes is responsible for the savage murder. In a plot full of superbly detailed investigation and unexpected twists Kadow leads us on a relentless and desperate search for an evil killer. She does it so well that it is impossible to put this book down until the end and then you will regret that it is done.

UNPREDICTABLE

If you haven't read Jeannine Kadow's work you are missing out! Her book Burnout was the first I read I couldn't put it down! Blue Justice was original and thought provoking! Dead Tide was heart pounding just as if I was there! The emotion, scenary, and detailed descriptions is beyond comparison with other authors! Kadows unpredictable thrillers are hard to put down! Just as I finished the last page I was no sooner on my computer emailing my friends telling them how great it was! Dead Tide is a must read! I cannot wait for the next book!

exciting serial killer thriller

At ten years of age, in a car fire deliberately set, Lacie Wagner burned her hands so badly that they were scarred and misshapen. Twenty-three years later, the man who set the car fire returned to Lacie's life, killing her daughter's father, kidnapping her daughter for six weeks, and almost killing her. Now, nine months later, Lacie is almost healed and ready to report to work as a TV anchor and reporter on Washington DC.Relaxing in her Nantucket home, Lacie gathers the strength to reenter the real world. While jogging along the beach, she comes across the dead body of a young woman. Tests prove the woman was murdered and while investigating the victim's life, Lacie discovers that the deceased was part of an unauthorized black ops group. This group is linked to Lacie's next door neighbor and lover Justin Vale, a man who has a special agenda planned for Lacie.Jeannie Kadow has written an exciting thriller showcasing a complex and driven protagonist who refuses to let her deformity handicap her in anyway. DEAD TIDE is a serial killer thriller that stars a villain that is even more depraved than Hannibal Lechter. Ms. Kadow is on the level of a Patricia Cornwell and a Nancy Taylor Rosenberg in turning up the suspense in a believable manner.Harriet Klausner