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The Crush
Written by Sandra Brown
Narrated by Tom Wopat
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
When Dr. Rennie Newton is summoned to jury duty, she brings to the courtroom the same level of competence that she displays in the operating room. Her commitment to precision compels her to deliver a not guilty verdict in the murder case against notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada.
It will be the most regrettable decision in her life...because Rennie's trial with Lozada doesn't end with his acquittal.
Her carefully structured life begins to crumble when a rival colleague is brutally slain. Lozada's menacing shadow looms over the murder, but it's Rennie the investigators focus on as a prime suspect. The privacy she has cultivated and protected at all costs is violated by the police as well as Lozada. And when he begins an earnest courtship, it becomes terrifyingly clear that he is obsessed with having her.
Wick Threadgill is a detective on indefinite leave from the Fort Worth PD, who has his own, personal agenda for the contract killer. Temperamental, bitter, and driven by loyalty and love, Wick is determined to destroy Lozada.
In order to defeat Lozada -- and save their lives -- Rennie and Wick form an uneasy alliance. Mistrustful of each other, they know only one thing with absolute certainty, when this killer strikes, they won't see it coming.
The Crush will take you on a tortuous path through a twisted sociopath's eerie obsession, a haunted man fragile hopes for redemption, and a woman's heart as she struggles to face the greatest fear -- to open herself to love.
It will be the most regrettable decision in her life...because Rennie's trial with Lozada doesn't end with his acquittal.
Her carefully structured life begins to crumble when a rival colleague is brutally slain. Lozada's menacing shadow looms over the murder, but it's Rennie the investigators focus on as a prime suspect. The privacy she has cultivated and protected at all costs is violated by the police as well as Lozada. And when he begins an earnest courtship, it becomes terrifyingly clear that he is obsessed with having her.
Wick Threadgill is a detective on indefinite leave from the Fort Worth PD, who has his own, personal agenda for the contract killer. Temperamental, bitter, and driven by loyalty and love, Wick is determined to destroy Lozada.
In order to defeat Lozada -- and save their lives -- Rennie and Wick form an uneasy alliance. Mistrustful of each other, they know only one thing with absolute certainty, when this killer strikes, they won't see it coming.
The Crush will take you on a tortuous path through a twisted sociopath's eerie obsession, a haunted man fragile hopes for redemption, and a woman's heart as she struggles to face the greatest fear -- to open herself to love.
Author
Sandra Brown
Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-three New York Times bestsellers. She has published over eighty novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. Four books have been adapted for film. She lives in Texas.
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Reviews for The Crush
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved it. The story pulls you in from the start.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another well done Sandra, now to your next book. Thanks
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Read this book based on a recommendation (Blind Date with a Book) and thoroughly enjoyed it. I haven't read a book by Sandra Brown in....over a decade, I think, and forgot how much I liked her books.This story includes a brilliant but emotionally damaged surgeon who is being stalked by a delusional, cunning psychopath that has "a crush" on her. Enter the charming -but haunted- cop who comes to her rescue. (my current book crush ?)Rating: 4
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I am more a fan of twisted ending and this was so predictable for me. But it was an interesting read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dr. Rennie Newton was the forewoman on a jury the allowed killer Ricky Lozada to go free with a non-guilty verdict. Lozada has a crush on Newton and follows her around, deciding the get rid of any obstacles in his way, literally. Meanwhile, Wick Threadgill is asked to investigate the doctor since they think she is behind the murder of a colleque. Threadgill also has a personal vengeance against Lozada. A reall sick love triangle thing happening here. There is also a little eback story about Newton’s past. Sandra Brown has created a cast of characters that the reader can learn and understand and the story is suspenseful if not a little to the extreme. The romance that developed was predictable. Overall, I enjoyed the story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tom Wopat is a great narrator. He gives each character a great voice. He made this book even better.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not up to standard that Brown usually sets. Too many plot elements were contrived and character flaws unconvincing. Satisfying ending, but sometimes tedious and irritating getting there. Her later novels are much better.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was a good short story. I don't mind short stories, even very short ones like this, but I felt that it was lacking just a little bit to bump up my response to it.
Still a good piece to introduce you to the author, I'm sure. Just wasn't the story for me, I think. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Interesting, fast-paced plots with fairly believable characters. I liked the book enough to pick up another one of Sandra Brown's books right away.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dr. Rennie Newton served as the forman of the jury that delivers a verdit of not quilty for notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada. During the trial he develops an attraction for the doctor.He stalks her while she becomes the prime suspect in the death of a rival doctor.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not one of Sandra's best, but still worth a read on a stormy night.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not the best of her books, despite the rating. I found the characters were far more stronger that eclipsed everything else. What I liked was the strong bond between Wick and Oren, the humourous banter that they shared, and the differences between them. What did hit a raw nerve was the senseless slaying of the animals. The twist at the end was a total cop (!!!) out.?
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sort of predictable but also not. You weren't quite sure what else she would throw in. A surgeon with a sordid past, and an ex-cop brought in to help get a killer who killed her brother.11/16/03
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Did not keep my interest, not her best effort