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Title: Stripped
Author: Brian Freeman
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In this stunning follow-up to Brian Freeman's remarkable debut novel, Immoral, Detective Jonathan Stride discovers that there are only two ways to go in Las Vegas. You can hit the jackpot. Or you can get Stripped...
They looked like isolated cases: a hit-and-run and a celebrity murdered during a fling with a prostitute. No one could ever imagine they'd be linked to a brutal crime in Las Vegas's steamy past--and that the race against the clock to corner a determined serial killer would stir up secrets long thought buried with the dead. As detectives Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are called separately to investigate, they have no idea what they're stepping into: a world where desperate ambition rules and loyalties know no bounds, and where their own uncharted emotions and sexual desires will reach an explosive conclusion.
Shocking, twisted, with edge-of-your-seat suspense, Stripped pushes the limits of its heroes and keeps the reader turning ever page until the last plot twist.
From Publishers Weekly
At the start of Freeman's solid second thriller (after 2005's Immoral), detective Jonathan Stride has left his job in Duluth, Minn., for Las Vegas, Nev. The action begins with a flashback to Sin City in the 1950s and the murder of a famous exotic dancer, a case never fully resolved and having a lot to do with the present-day brutal assassination of a rich young "trust fund baby," MJ Lane, whose dad may have been involved in the earlier murder. As Stride and his new police partner, Amanda Gillen, investigate, they plunge deep into the roots of the city. Freeman depicts his characters well, especially the good-natured Stride; his cop girlfriend, Serena Dial; and his partner, Amanda. Freeman has crafted a strong narrative, rife with sex and violence, though the complex plot at times gets bogged down by overly extensive backstories and a prose style that shades toward the purple. (Oct.)
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From Booklist
In Freeman's second mystery featuring Minnesota native Jonathan Stride, the midwestern detective relocates to Sin City after meeting--and falling hard for--tall, emerald-eyed Las Vegas investigator Serena Dial. Though Stride and Dial are not professional partners, they soon find themselves tackling a trio of murder cases that might be connected: the four-decades-old slaying of a scandalous starlet, the recent shooting of a handsome young playboy, and the hit-nd-run death of a 12-year-old boy. Freeman wastes no time setting the tawdry tone of Las Vegas: "The city operated on jungle rules: feed under the cool cover of darkness, and find a patch of shade to sleep through the hot days." But what sets the author apart are his rich, complex characters: Stride's detective partner, Amanda, a transsexual who must endure the daily taunts of her colleagues (a surprising mind-set in a city where anything goes); Serena Dial, whose troubled past--and attraction to other women--puts her romantic relationship with Stride to the test; and Stride himself, immersed in a surreal new setting and facing a smart, brazen mercenary hell-bent on revenge. Recommended for fans of Harlan Coben, who will enjoy the compelling cast and swift, sinuous plot. Allison Block
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In this stunning follow-up to Brian Freeman's remarkable debut novel, Immoral, Detective Jonathan Stride discovers that there are only two ways to go in Las Vegas. You can hit the jackpot. Or you can get Stripped...
They looked like isolated cases: a hit-and-run and a celebrity murdered during a fling with a prostitute. No one could ever imagine they'd be linked to a brutal crime in Las Vegas's steamy past--and that the race against the clock to corner a determined serial killer would stir up secrets long thought buried with the dead. As detectives Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are called separately to investigate, they have no idea what they're stepping into: a world where desperate ambition rules and loyalties know no bounds, and where their own uncharted emotions and sexual desires will reach an explosive conclusion.
Shocking, twisted, with edge-of-your-seat suspense, Stripped pushes the limits of its heroes and keeps the reader turning ever page until the last plot twist.
From Publishers Weekly
At the start of Freeman's solid second thriller (after 2005's Immoral), detective Jonathan Stride has left his job in Duluth, Minn., for Las Vegas, Nev. The action begins with a flashback to Sin City in the 1950s and the murder of a famous exotic dancer, a case never fully resolved and having a lot to do with the present-day brutal assassination of a rich young "trust fund baby," MJ Lane, whose dad may have been involved in the earlier murder. As Stride and his new police partner, Amanda Gillen, investigate, they plunge deep into the roots of the city. Freeman depicts his characters well, especially the good-natured Stride; his cop girlfriend, Serena Dial; and his partner, Amanda. Freeman has crafted a strong narrative, rife with sex and violence, though the complex plot at times gets bogged down by overly extensive backstories and a prose style that shades toward the purple. (Oct.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
In Freeman's second mystery featuring Minnesota native Jonathan Stride, the midwestern detective relocates to Sin City after meeting--and falling hard for--tall, emerald-eyed Las Vegas investigator Serena Dial. Though Stride and Dial are not professional partners, they soon find themselves tackling a trio of murder cases that might be connected: the four-decades-old slaying of a scandalous starlet, the recent shooting of a handsome young playboy, and the hit-nd-run death of a 12-year-old boy. Freeman wastes no time setting the tawdry tone of Las Vegas: "The city operated on jungle rules: feed under the cool cover of darkness, and find a patch of shade to sleep through the hot days." But what sets the author apart are his rich, complex characters: Stride's detective partner, Amanda, a transsexual who must endure the daily taunts of her colleagues (a surprising mind-set in a city where anything goes); Serena Dial, whose troubled past--and attraction to other women--puts her romantic relationship with Stride to the test; and Stride himself, immersed in a surreal new setting and facing a smart, brazen mercenary hell-bent on revenge. Recommended for fans of Harlan Coben, who will enjoy the compelling cast and swift, sinuous plot. Allison Block
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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