Sleeping Beauty

I enjoyed this novel but I didn't find it as riveting as anticipated by the plot and some previous reading experiences of this author's novels. The plot had some twists and turns but the writing wasn't spine-tingling or page turning and some of the dialogue almost seemed predictable. I wouldn't recommend this as an introduction to the author's work but only to readers who like to read every title an author has written and had published.

This is the first Phillip Margolin book that I have read, and I'm hooked!

While I picked this book in error, I was looking for true crime and this popped up because one of the characters in the book had written a true crime account within this novel. So, once I figured out it was fiction, I was well on my way into the book...it truly would have been a fascinating serial killer account.

The novel opens at the home of Norman and Terri Spencer whose home has just been invaded by a monster...who is later revealed in the book. This monster kills Norman, and Tanya Jones, the best friend of his daughter, Ashley Spencer. Norman drags his dying body to his daughter and is able to free her from the duct tape that the murderer has bound her with, show more enabling her to escape while the murderer is downstairs eating a piece of cake and drinking a glass of milk...and that's just the beginning of the terror that Ashley lives through for years before the murderer or murderers are revealed...

Secrets are revealed, and all is not as it seems... show less

This mystery has the largest twist I've ever read in any book. It also has many lesser twists. All of this adds up to a terrific mystery. Of course, by the mid-point, a reader realizes that there has to be something new and unexpected. If such didn't come, one would scream fraud. But the twists did come and they were well worth the wait. I can honestly say I would recommend this work to anyone who wants an enjoyable and interesting read.

Very enjoyable mystery, plenty of twists and blind alleys, only criticism is that Margolin's writing style takes a bit of getting used to.

This book has lots of twists and turns. Just when you think you have figured out the murderer you find you were wrong. If you like murder mysteries you'll love this one.

Honestly... I'm so very sick and tired of authors choosing narrators who know how to ruin a decent story. I listened to the Talking Books digital version.The elderly male character is said to have slurred speech because of a stroke. The narrator gave readers a high pitched, toothless lisp. REALLY????? Do you NOT know the difference between male slurring and a girly lisp???? Why do authors put up with shoddy narrating??

In the interesting thriller, a young woman proves that her father and friend we not killed by the serial killer her uncle claims murdered them. Twists and turns keep up the suspense. This is a good beach book.