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    Sunstroke

    Written by Jesse Kellerman

    Narrated by Annie Henk

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    About this audiobook

    When businessman Carl Perreira disappears during his vacation in Mexico, his loyal assistant Gloria-who's secretly been in love with him for years-decides to journey across the border herself to retrieve his body. But the deeper into the desert she travels, the more shocking discoveries she makes. About Carl. About herself. And about how elusive and dangerous the truth can be.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 5, 2006
    ISBN9780786564095
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    Sunstroke
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    Jesse Kellerman

    Jesse Kellerman is the author of Potboiler, The Executor, The Genius, Trouble, Sunstroke. and with Jonathan Kellerman, The Golem of Hollywood. His books and plays have won several awards and an Edgar Award nomination. He lives in California.

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    • 2/5
      Read as part of book club. Not something I would normally pick up. Premise was interesting -- guy disappears, possibly dead, and the only person who goes looking for him is his secretary who has a bit of a love obsession over him. The resulting twists and turns, coupled with flashbacks, were intriguing (and a bit confusing), but by the end I found I really didn't care much because 1) I forgot which version of the back story was the real version and 2) I really didn't care about any of the main characters and therefore, really wasn't cheering for them. (There was a kid working at a gas station I liked, but alas, he didn't get enough page time).The author's use of words was pretty masterful. The visual image created was almost poetic. But this was marred by the needless and continuous use of F-bombs, sex, and borderline stereotypes passing as characters. And of course, there was violence, which was pretty descriptive.Speaking of characters - I appreciate the authors use of minority characters in the main roles, but wish they were better developed. They were borderline stereotypes. The Mexican looking for a quick buck, the African-American cop with attitude (and big penis), the Jewish lawyer with the bimbo wife. It just seems, given how well crafted the foundation of the book was, Kellerman has the skills do more for his characters.All in all, a good read that could have been a great read.
    • 3/5
      I didn't think this was much of a thriller.
    • 3/5
      The story is a little bit hard to follow and a bit far fetched.
    • 2/5
      Started to read this because I do like Jonathan Kellerman and thought the apple might not fall far from the tree. Wrong - at least in my estimation. Got to page 33 and just couldn't make myself go any further. On the back of the book are acclimations by Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton, Robert B. Parker, Tony Hillerman, and Nelson DeMille. Most of them are my favorite writers. Of course, they raved about Jesse's writing. Do they do these reviews because they might have a child who decides to write a book and need the Kellerman's to be in their debt? I don't know but I sure disagree with their estimation of the writing. Can't recommend this to anyone.
    • 5/5
      Sunstroke was the first novel I read from Jesse Kellerman and I had high expectations because of what I heard in the forefield. Since I neither read Jonathan nor Feye Kellerman before I had no need to compare Jesse to his parents.The plot of Sunstroke is the weakest point, if I may say so. Not that it's bad, don't get me wrong on that, but maybe a bit more creativity would have done some good. I don't want to go into the details here, just find out on your own.But the plot isn't the outstanding element of the novel. It's the reading experience created by the author using perfectly drawn characters, well depicted locations and the recurring element of relentless Mexican heat. You can feel your breath running dry while reading. Aguas Vivas with its strange inhabitants and its weird history is just the appropriate place to watch the story slowly, very slowly develop. The characters are carried away with thoughts of their pasts, interrupting the storyline, and then, in a sudden moment of quick-wittedness, wind back into reality.Due to the ever burning sun, you realize how the protagonists get more and more loaded: as well as with fatigue as with a disturbed sense of reality that culminates in an unexpected supersonic fast outburst – like a boiler that was running for weeks and that couldn’t stand the enormous pressure any longer. Are they, maybe all, suffering from an overdose of sun, a collective sunstroke that slowly burns into their heads and drive them crazy and hypersensitive – over weeks, years?Maybe not, but the absence of water and the reign of dust und dryness, symbolically executed in the past of Aguas Vivas and its dusty present, indicates slow dehydration and gradual loss of sanity. This is also one possible explanation why the plot – intentionally? – isn’t as exciting as it could have been: because the beastly temperatures secretly drive you crazy and so your actions, in comparison to the overall situation, sometimes seem foolish and also unreasonable to some extent. Are there permanent injuries to the brain as results of an overdose of sun and excitement? The dry but bizarre end indicates as much, doesn’t it? Blistering noir.
    • 4/5
      Personal assistant goes looking for her boss in Mexico after receiving a cell phone call mentioning he was in an accident. The mystery ensues from there with twists and turns.The story line and characters are good but after the climax the story drags on for a bit too long. Good twists and nice wrap-up even if a bit too long.
    • 3/5
      unsettling; evoked the hispanic well
    • 5/5
      A most enjoyable book, and quite a surprise. Having read books by both Jesse Kellerman's parents, I was expecting a good read with a lot of violence, in this, his first mystery novel. Got the good read, in spades. Sunstroke is chock full of delightful, memorable characters, major and minor. It is suspenseful, humorous in a dry way, compelling. The sense of place (Los Angeles, rural, dessicated, non-tourist Mexico) is strong, and the main character, Gloria Mendez, is now one of my all time favorite protagonists. Besides being a rousing good story, there is subtle moreal substance in this book. Kellerman, an Orthodox Jew, treats his characters who are Christian with great insight. Redemption is one of the themes, which one would not expect in such an entertaining and playful mystery.. Some violence, surprising plot twists, and sometimes a Stephen KIng like feel, but it is the people the reader will remember. A great debut...now I need to go get his next two books, Trouble and The Genius.
    • 5/5
      The newest Kellerman on the scene is my FAVORITE Kellerman. This book blew me away! The characters are great, the settings are great and the ending is great. Move over mommy and poppy.