Name: Whiplash
Rating: 2.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Catherine Coulter

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Yale professor Dr. Edward Kender's father is undergoing chemotherapy when the supply of a critical accompanying drug suddenly runs out. Unwilling to accept the drug company's disingenuous excuse of production line problems, Dr. Kender hires private investigator Erin Pulaski to prove that something more sinister is going on at Schiffer Hartwin.

Meanwhile, in Maryland, married FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich are investigating a rather unusual case: Senator David Hoffman is experiencing a ghostly apparition with possible malicious intent. The case is baffling, and Sherlock and Savich are not sure what to believe, even after witnessing the disturbing specter for themselves. They're no closer to cracking the case when a call comes in from Connecticut: A top foreign Schiffer Hartwin employee has been found murdered behind the drug company's U.S. headquarters.

Unbeknownst to the FBI, Erin Pulaski had uncovered a bombshell in her investigation: The Culovort shortage is set to bring in a windfall profit in excess of two billion dollars. Upon learning of the murder, Erin is certain it has something to do with her findings, but she risks exposing herself by coming forward. As the feds move in, the case becomes even more complicated for Erin, since the murder of a foreign national on federal land can mean only that the pharmaceutical house has a secret of epic proportions - one it would do anything to keep hidden.

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"Coulter fans will want to see more of this new crime-fighting duo." - Publishers Weekly

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WHAT???!
This is the first book by this author that happened my way. It will be the last as well that I'll read, of this author.

Early on in the read, I kept wondering why oh why she was so popular (i.e. best sellers on the market). But, I kept going, only to satisfy my curiosity about this conundrum. So, I did finish it, but...

To me the author's writing seemed juvenile in many respects...even idiotic-- as if she left off maturation at a college co-ed level of life (with writing course or two at that same level)...then, entered the world of adulthood with support from variously endowed male worlds who gave her career success (for stroking the egos of those same male-dominated worlds (cops, medical men, corporate honchos I kept wondering? Is she cozy with such so-called Intelligence &/or law-enforcement, government groups, politicos, corporate barton-meisters? The women characters seem stilted...even apologetic in their roles & schizo (Badass bimbos, Mommy monsters). The writing/writer still seems to think at a co-ed frat/football/cheerleader level in (the dialogue is pretty atrocious, and/or bland)! The characters' relating to one another is cardboard (as if the writer is tired and relying on formulaic files for filler. Georgie indeed IS a brat (& Gforbid if she IS a reflection of post-modern kids). It's almost as if she's writing about them as a Grandma utterly smitten with the perfection of her grandkids-- anyone's grandkids--(who seem to pretty much ignore, be bratty or regularly insult their elders in this 'thome').
The worst conclusion I came to at the end (the best was relief!) is that, so many readers seem enamored of her authoring such books.
This mystery remains unsolved....
as mentioned, I will never pick up another of her books to read (though it proves a personal point to me-- who makes best-seller lists and why???)....

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Catherine Coulter is the author of 70 novels, including 66 New York Times bestsellers, occasionally, after exhaustive prayers, hitting #1. She earned her reputation writing historical romances to pass the time while aboard the ark. Over a decade ago she added suspense thrillers to her repertoire - with great success. The Cove, the first book in her bestselling "FBI Suspense Thriller Series" spent nine weeks on the New York Times list and has to date sold over 2 million copies. Since then, she has written 16 more bestselling thrillers in the series, including The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, Eleventh Hour, Blindside, Blowout, Point Blank, Double Take, Tailspin, Knockout, Whiplash, Split Second, and Backfire. Her 17th FBI thriller is Bombshell.

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