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Sacred Sins
written by Nora Roberts
Studio : Random House Audio
by Random House Audio
Release Date : 2000-07-05
Publisher : Random House Audio
Released : 2000-07-05
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 3
EAN : 9780553527308
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 39 reviews)
List Price : $25.00
Our Price : $20.00
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Product Description |
Three cassettes, 5 hours, 15 minutes
Performance by Carolyn McCormick
Nora Roberts is unstoppable. In her astonishing 20-year career, she has emerged as one of the most powerful and prolific voices in fiction. She has a massed a loyal readership of millions and wins new fans with each publication. The first-time hardcover edition of SACRED SINS brings back a classic Nora Roberts novel, full of simering passion and taut suspense that will thrill readers.
When the mayor of Washington, D.C. asks renowned psychologist Tess Court to work in conjunction with the police to profile a deranged killer known as The Priest, she has no idea what she's getting into. This relentless psychopath believes he is saving the souls of the young pretty blondes he strangles with the white silk stole worn by true men of the cloth. But Tess knows otherwise: this is the work of a madman bent on spreading a twisted ministry of violence.
With the aid of handsome police sergeant Ben Paris, Tess hopes to track down The Priest before he causes more harm. But any professional distance between her and Ben quickly disappears as their attraction grows. It's a distraction the pair can ill afford, for Tess-pretty, slender, and blonde-has become the very next target of the killer they seek. |
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Americancivilwar.com Review |
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For those of you who can't get enough Nora Roberts, Roberts has dusted off this romance thriller from the early '80s, slapped a new cover on it, and republished it. After so many years, Sacred Sins may feel a bit musty, but those readers just looking for a good time won't mind some outdated attitudes or references when the timeless suspense and romance keep them flipping the pages. With the talents that later led her to create her J.D. Robb line of In Death romance thrillers, Roberts uses an "opposites attract" theory of appeal between her lovers and firmly places her heroine in the killer's sights. Dr. Tess Court is a successful psychiatrist who is guilted by her senator grandfather into advising on a serial murder case. Detective Ben Paris hasn't much respect for shrinks after his brother's unsuccessful treatment for post-war depression. However, forces align to put these two together and things turn hot and heavy. As they work to uncover the murderer's motives, Tess and Ben realize that she is both the killer's next likely victim and his best hope for a savior. Tess has all the spunk and determination of a typical Roberts heroine with a great wardrobe and elegant tastes to boot. Though the killer's motivations remain somewhat simple, he is convincingly creepy, and this thriller will satisfy loyal fans and new readers alike. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien |
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Sacred Sins |
This novel may not be the quality of Roberts' newer work, but it delivers a satisfying romance and a surprise ending. It took me a few chapters to really feel riveted by the story, but I liked some of the characters right away.
This is one a die-hard Nora fan would want on her shelf. |
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Page Turner |
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Nora Roberts is the type of auther to keep you in suspense and unlike other romance writers, she always gives the reader little twists and turns that you don't expect. This book is a page turner! |
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Oh Yeah! |
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This book has been sitting on my bookshelf for years and I have finally gotten around to reading it. It is, by far, one of the best Nora Roberts books I've ever read. It has everything-suspense, murder and romance and they don't get much better than this. The detective Ben Paris couldn't have been molded any more perfectly and Tess was pretty likeable even given her determination, as a pyschiatrist, to treat the man who ultimately tries to kill her. I loved the relationship between Ed and Ben and the dialogue, again, couldn't have been written any better. This is one of those books that you don't want to start reading unless you have a lot of free time because it's hard to put down. The only complaint I have is that it didn't end with much of a bang. A surprise, but not really a bang. It would have been more exciting, I think, to see Ben lose a little control. |
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Suspense and Romance |
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Being an avid Nora fan, and having read many of her books, I find this story to be a good combination of mystery with subtle, but well-written romance. This is the first of the Ben Paris/Ed Jackson duo novels and since I read them in the wrong sequence, I was already familiar with the two police detectives. This is Ben and Tess's story on the mystery serial killer that brought the blonde, blue-eyed, well-to-do psychiatrist and the tall dark and handsome policeman together. A killer posing as a priest (murdering his victims with an amice-strangulation) is running wild and all the victims are blonde, petite women, very similar to Tess Court - the psychiatrist brought in on the case, much to Ben's dislike, to give a profile of the killer. The story of the romantic entanglement is predictable, however, as with all Nora stories, it is well written and easily blended in with the details and the efforts of searching for and capturing the killer. I was totally surprised by the outcome - had no idea who the killer was. |
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Well Written and Engaging |
This review is for the revised Bantam paperback edition, August 2001. SACRED SINS was on the USA Today top 150-bestseller list in August and September 2001, peaking at position eight.
SACRED SINS is a suspense thriller with a touch of mystery and a romantic subplot. Dr. Tess Court, a young, attractive psychiatrist, is chosen to assist Detective Ben Paris, a handsome unattached detective, in finding a deranged serial killer. Paris doesn't think a psychological profile of the killer will be helpful, but he finds the physical profile of Tess irresistible. Throughout the story, the push and tug between Tess and Ben examines the treatment versus punishment of criminal dementia.
In SACRED SINS, the author switches amongst multiple points of view without separators, occasionally having two points of view in the same paragraph. At times, I found this confusing and difficult to follow. Otherwise, this story is well written and engaging.
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