The Color of Death

by Elizabeth Lowell | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0060504145 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingPlum-crazywing of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 6/25/2019
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Journal Entry 1 by wingPlum-crazywing from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Kate Chandler has accepted a commission that will solidify her reputation as a world-class gem cutter. But during what should have been a simple transfer, seven rare, priceless sapphires vanish without a trace, along with their courier, her brother Lee, who now, quite possibly, is dead. And suddenly Kate is on the run, pursued by federal agents who believe she's the criminal mastermind of a cunning bait-and-switch.

Only Kate suspects the terrifying truth: that she's stumbled into a conspiracy of deceit, betrayal, and cold-blooded murder that goes far beyond a simple jewel heist. Getting Sam Groves, the FBI special agent who's her constant shadow, to trust her is a step in the right direction -- but it may be too little and too late in a bloody game where terror dictates her every move. Because a ruthless assassin has already received the order that Kate Chandler must die ...

Picked up from a LFL at Points of Otter Lodge on the Blue Ridge Parkway (Bedford?)
To read & re-release while travelling.

Edited for review:
I used to be a real romantic-suspense addict, the likes of Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown, Linda Howard etc. I'll still read Roberts & Brown but others leave me cold as two decades on my tastes now lean more towards the grittier & gorier side of crime.

I picked this up from a LFL on the Blue Ridgeway Parkway while on holiday as my book supply was getting way too low & I got pretty much straight into it. The characterisations are decent if rather predictable (Sam, for example is a maverick FBI agent who doesn't get on with his bosses - who'd've thought it?).
The storyline builds well, with the reports between Sam & the FBI & Sam & Kate's conversations about their investigations helping clarify what was going on without being overly repetitive. It was quite interesting learning a bit about gems although sometimes it came over a bit textbookish & I'm not sure how much of it was artistic licence or fact!

Finally I loved the banter between Kate & Sam...okay it was a bit obvious at times but sometimes it need to be ;o)

A good holiday read. Thanks for journaling it GingerE...hope you enjoy it too :o)

Journal Entry 2 by wingPlum-crazywing at Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee USA on Sunday, July 7, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (7/4/2019 UTC) at Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

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Left on a table in the MacArthur Hotel building (near pool & stairs)


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Journal Entry 3 by GingerE at Chattanooga, Tennessee USA on Sunday, July 7, 2019
Found at the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel lobby. Nice surprise! I will read and pass along!

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