Danger Zones
Great follow-up to Lovers & Liars - Unlike the previous reviewer, I liked Ginny. She is vulnerable and haunted, back in London after finding herself unable to cope with the horrors of Beirut and the death-wish of her now-husband, the French war photographer Pascal. Her feelings for both him and Rowland Maguire were realistic and detailed and I was drawn into the emotional feel of the book completely. To keep you on your toes, the romance element is balanced perfectly with the thriller plot of a man who kidnaps a girl and takes her to Paris - but what for and what are his ultimate plans? And what s the connection between him and the enigmatic fashion designers who rule the catwalks?A brilliant, escapist read full of the excitement of the fashion and magazine industry, but with real characters who walk off the pages whether you like them or not.
great fun shame about the heroine - This was highly entertaining to read and typically Sally Beauman in that it was unputdownable for most of it. However one point is Gini Hunter the most unbearable heroine ever created? I had to deduct one star due to her irritating whinging and inutterably annoying personality - and to be honest it would have been more had it not been for the presence of Lindsay and that fact that Beauman clearly saw sense making Lindsay the heroine of Sextet. I found Gini faintly difficult to cope with in Lovers and Liars but at least Pascal made up for it but if anything she s worse here. This probably makes it seem as though I hated the book, quite the contrary. It s just that this is one of the few books I liked despite the heroine and not because of her.