The Cove - Catherine Coulter

The Cove

By Catherine Coulter

  • Release Date: 1996-04-01
  • Genre: Contemporary Romance
Score: 4
4
From 559 Ratings

Description

A picturesque town. A woman on the run. An undercover agent. The first riveting novel in Catherine Coulter's #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series.

Sally Brainerd can't remember what happened the night her father was murdered. Maybe she did it. Or maybe it was her poor, traumatized mother. Either way, the safest place for her is far away from Washington, D.C.. But while her aunt's home in The Cove should be a quiet refuge, Sally can't shake the feeling that there's something not quite right about the postcard perfect little town.

Despite his target's checkered past and convenient memory loss, FBI Special Agent James Quinlan isn't convinced she's the killer—but maybe she knows who is. As he uses his cover to get close to Sally and unearth the memories her mind has hidden away, James can't deny his connection to the troubled woman. But as their lies and passions intertwine, Sally and James soon learn they aren't the only ones keeping deadly secrets in The Cove...

Reviews

  • The cove

    5
    By shelster*
    This was a very intriguing story, actually it blew me away. This was the Catherine Coulter book I read, and I loved it. It’s about a women and an FBI agent in a very small town where people start missing. The old people in the town are not what you expect. Someone is trying to kill the women who is staying with her Aunt. Absolutely I would recommend this book!
  • Far-fetched story

    2
    By Wrldtrvlr007
    I could barely keep this crazy story straight... worse than a bad soap-opera saga. I appreciated how well the characters were developed, but kept shaking my head at the absurdity of the overlapping storylines.
  • My thoughts in The Cove

    2
    By Timtimden
    Must be one of her first. I got tired of the rehashing of the same plot elements over and over, and it seemed all rather preposterous. She had some funny lines in the book. I like her later novels much better. No offense meant to the author, just my take on it.
  • I tried to like it...

    2
    By NotDef
    Stiff dialogue, phony characters. Too bad, it might have been a reasonable plot-line, but it just sucked.
  • Fun!

    5
    By Swooof
    Ms. Catherine Coulter is a great storyteller. What a crazy fun experience reading this book was. Sure, the plot was convoluted and silly at times, and the characters, some of them, are cartoonish, but the book is funny and enjoyable because of this, whether that’s what the writer had in mind or not! This is my opinion, I’m more than happy to give her book another five-star rating!
  • Could have been a great story

    2
    By CissyRoberts
    The story it self was very interesting and could have been better written. The quotes the character said were ridiculous, Come on now no one talks like that. It jumped around a lot and was completely unbelievable, from bike chases and bikers following her turning out to be EMT's, escaping Sanatariums, her intuition leading her to elude the FBI, crazy doctors tracking her down trying to kidnap her at a jazz club. It was a train wreak but you had to keep reading just to see how it ended.
  • Very long way around the bush!

    3
    By Derek Cooks
    To quote the king in "Amadeus", "...too many notes...". This book is way too long for what it's getting to, and I kept wanting to scream, "Get on with it! " With that off my chest, it is a good story line, and great characters.
  • The FBI Book

    5
    By NessaVTP
    While I love Savich and Sherlock books The Cove is still my favorite. I never understand while Catherine Coulter didn't keep Quinlan as a recurring character.
  • The cove

    5
    By Marlaric
    Loved it. Kept my interest from start to finish. Every time I thought I had it figured out, something new would happen and I would change my mind.
  • The Cove

    5
    By MelodyGoeken
    Fabulously suspenseful from beginning to end! Sorry it took me so long to read it! A++++++++++++

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