Don't Cry Now

by Joy Fielding

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"You're in danger. You and Amanda." The warning draws Bonnie Wheeler to a place she has never been: To the brutally slain body of her husband's ex-wife . . . To the shattering of her perfect world by a murdered woman's secrets . . . To a place where every truth becomes a lie-and every loved one is a stranger . . . To a gathering darkness that threatens her innocent child-and herself . . . To a home where nothing is safe, and there's no one she can trust. No one.

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This is the first Joy Fielding book I've given a one star rating. I hate to say it was blech, as others may get some entertainment from it, but it was blech to me. The female protagonist once again was a victim ALL THROUGH THE BOOK. I have nothing against Fielding's protrayal of women in crisis, but I am TIRED of the "poor little me" syndrome. Always, some evil person is doing something awful to the protagonist. The dream sequences are getting old too. This makes the 10th book of Fielding's I 've read in a row, so maybe I'm burnt out. I do want to say that the ending was a not what I expected. To Joy Fielding's credit, she always manufactures an original plot and that is why I have stuck with her, but this book was tiring..
This to me was more like a tv movie. The beginning 3/4 of it was tough to get into. The writing was very simple & almost junior high reading level. I did like the ending. It was suspensful & somewhat shocking.
so/so mystery @ 2nd marriage lots of deaths — don't know 'till end —

"You're in danger. You and Amanda." The warning draws Bonnie Wheeler to a place she has never been: To the brutally slain body of her husband's ex-wife . . . To the shattering of her perfect world by a murdered woman's secrets . . . To a place where every truth becomes a lie—and every loved one is a stranger . . . To a gathering darkness that threatens her innocent child—and herself . . . To a home where nothing is safe, and there's no one she can trust. No one.
Cool! I read a women's thriller in a fairly stereotypical way.
It was probably not bad, I just don't have anything real to compare it to, just some cinematic thrillers, which are similar, but shorter - over in two hours.
Not her best, a who done it mystery. Woman found murdered. Many suspects.
No siempre es fácil convivir con la ex esposa de tu marido. Y si, además, es alcohólica y tiene la costumbre de llamarte a horas intempestivas de la madrugada, la situación puede ser francamente preocupante. Ahora bien, lo que de verdad puede convertir tu vida en un infierno, es que ella misma te llame para advertirte de que tanto tú como tu hijita de tan sólo tres años estáis en grave peligro de muerte, poco antes de encontrarte con su cuerpo atravesado por una bala en mitad del pecho?
Eso le pasó a Bonnie Wheeler, una joven profesora de instituto cuya vida parecía transcurrir plácida y tranquila junto a su marido, Rod, y su hija Amanda. Pero su vida se volvió completamente del revés a partir del asesinato de Joan, la ex show more mujer de Rod. Desde ese mismo momento, supo que su vida ya nunca volvería a ser la misma. La policía sospecha de ella, y también de Rod. Además, poco a poco, Bonnie va descubriendo cosas que hasta entonces desconocía por completo. Por ejemplo, que Joan no era la mujer miserable, huraña y amargada que ella creía, que fue asesinada con un arma que había pertenecido a su marido, y que éste era el beneficiario de un seguro de vida en el que la prima era doble en el caso de que muriera por accidente o asesinato.
Podría ser que todo fueran coincidencias, es cierto, pero también podía haber alguna otra explicación mucho más terrible, mucho más cruel. Especialmente, cuando empieza a encontrarse mal, sin tener los síntomas de ninguna enfermedad en concreto.
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Dieses Buch ist bis zum Ende sehr spannend und das Ende ist sehr überraschend, auch wenn schon eher klar ist, dass die Hauptfigur vergiftet wird, wenn man die beschriebenen Symptome genauer betrachtet. Hätte nie erwartet das ein Kind die Mörderin ist und auch eher den Ehemann verdächtigt.

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Author and actress Joy Fielding was born in Canada in 1945. She received a BA in English literature from the University of Toronto in 1966. While a student, she focused on acting and was one of four stars in a student movie, Winter Kept Us Warm. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles and appeared on Gunsmoke. Her first book, The Best of show more Friends, was published without an agent. She has written numerous novels since then including Don't Cry Now, The Deep End, The Other Woman, Missing Pieces and Now You See Her. The Periodical Distributors of Canada named her book, Kiss Mommy Goodbye, Book of the Year for 1982. She has contributed book reviews to the Toronto Globe and Mail, CBC's The Radio Show, and CBC-TV's The Journal's Friday Night. Her books, See Jane Run and Tell Me No Secrets, have been adapted into films. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Don't Cry Now
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Don't cry now
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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
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813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PR9199.3 .F518 .D65Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish LiteratureEnglish literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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