William P. KennedyCritiques

On the surface it is the story of a group of terrorists trying to extort the US by holding a group of American teens at an exclusive private Italian school hostage. It turns out that there is one young man at the school who is a real rascal. E meet him when he finds a way to turn on every light and radio at the school on the middle of the night. Then we learned that he tried to set up a brothel in an abandoned wine cellar in the schools basement. When the terrorists take the students hostage he, William plots a way to fool them.

This was a page turner, about two sisters. They owned a business together. All through their life,it was a game with one of them, Always trying to be better than the other.

predictable; stereotyped and shallow characters; hard to believe plot

I really feel like this story could have been more concise... it was pretty drawn out, as if the author wanted to make the book longer for the sake of having a bigger book. I felt that it ended somewhat predictably. Still, it held my interest for the most part....

This book is so-so. For such an emotional set-up of kids held hostage at their bording school, the plot drags. None of the characters, even the protagonist, Billy Teppert, are likeable or all that interesting.½

I was surprised to learn that Diana Diamond is not the author's real name but a pseudonym name of William P. Kennedy. I found this to be a real page-turner! Every time I thought I had it figured out...I'd turn another page and realize I was definitely on the wrong track. This is not the book to start before bedtime when you're tired...you'll stay up late and keep reading. :) Enjoy!! I'm off to find a title by William P. Kennedy.

OUTSTANDING! This suspense/drama, sister against sister who done what to who & how do you know who's good & who's bad book is a nail biter & a page turner that's next to impossible to put down....It takes you back & forth wondering which sister is the evil one, or wait, is it the one's husband? Or is it the long term mentor? There are arguments & theories for & against EACH character that will keep you guessing till the final chapter

This has the bones of a great book--a clever idea and a truly suspenseful plotline. Unfortunately, the author can't keep simple homonyms straight (bear/bare, it's/its were the most noticeable), but she can't even keep the characters' names straight! The most egregious was in a scene with Walter and Andrew (which names she confuses throughout the entire book) where she calls BOTH characters Andrew throughout the entire scene!

This is terribly disappointing, because it could have been awesome, but the lack of simple editing ruins the whole thing.

In Florida, wealthy sixty-five years old Steven Armstrong underwent knee replacement surgery and subsequent therapy. He soon falls in love with his physical therapist thirty-three years old Charlene "Charlie" Hendricks, who raises a young teen Tara by herself. He asks his eldest son Matthew for advice, Matthew then tells his two siblings, Hollywood actor Gary and art show sponsor Trish about their father’s plans. These are 3 children who even in their adult life need their father to keep them solvent, so they don’t really like the idea of him marrying again.

Charlie is surprised when Steven asks her to marry him and is not sure at first but then realizing marrying him would help her daughter, Charlie accepts. However, someone is unhappy with her marrying the self made millionaire and tries to kill Charlie, but they fail. A second attempt ends tragically with Steven dead and the police suspecting the new rich widow. She is unable to sit idly by while suspecting one of her step children is trying to kill her, so she starts a little bit of investigating herself. Charlie then has the help of a detective with questionable methods of investigating as she heads to trial.

I found this story easy to read, but it was not a really exciting story, it just went along.

WOW! I was totally kept on the edge of my seat the entire time with this book. Such a good book I couldn't put it down!

A case of sibling rivalry between two sisters becomes a chilling novel of psychological suspense when one of them is forced to defend herself from a terrifying killer in league with the other. But which sister is the hunter and which is the hunted?

Don't read this stupid waste of time book.

great