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Book Reviews Title Chained! Fiction-Net
Rating Buy It
From Amazon.co.uk - BUY
NOW! Cover
Story When Sam Jones
wakes up handcuffed in a cellar she naturally
assumes she is suffering the aftermath of a great
night out. But then she realizes that she's chained
to a beam in the ceiling and the cellar door is
locked. As her memory returns, she recalls all too
vividly being kidnapped from the car park of the
film studios where her boyfriend, Hugo, is shooting
a TV series. Before Sam gets
free she's going to have to work out what her
kidnappers are playing at. Is she their real
target, or have they mistaken her for someone in
the TV series? And what are they after - money,
perverted kicks or publicity for a cause? Meanwhile
Sam has a stinking headache and no
Solpadeine. We
Say Chained! is
another crime thriller in the Lauren Henderson 'Sam
Jones' series. Here, we have the heroine being
kidnapped by suspected animal rights fanatics. It
soon becomes clear that the kidnappers have
abducted her by mistake - it seems they were
intending to kidnap a colleague working on the film
set Sam was taken from. Sam's time in a
cellar whilst kidnapped is brief. This is
unfortunate because this is really the only
interesting part of Chained! Once Sam has made her
escape - via non-too-believable methods - the story
switches to trying to infiltrate the animal rights
group responsible for her abduction. Sam is aided
by various acting 'luvvies' and we're introduced to
various stereotyped and bland characters. Dialogue
can only be described as unrealistic. Dialogue in
fiction should read as though it has been spoken.
In Chained!, the characters talk as only a
fictional character could talk - "That'll teach
you", after a beating. Yeah, okay. For a crime
story, there's little to surprise here. You're not
given any real reason to feel any sympathy for any
of the characters involved - they're simply too
boring to worry about. The story attempts to climax
with drama and you can see where Henderson has
tried to pick up the pace. Unfortunately, the only
excitement you'll feel at this point will be
knowing that you've nearly finished the
book. Nice cover
though. Review by: Rob
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