Amber Beach

This book is one of the most annoying books I've attempted to listen to in the past ten years. Supposedly we have a situation that involves the Russian mafia, the CIA, a former CIA agent, jewel dealers and a question about whether a missing man is a good man or a world-class jewel thief, and yet the male (former CIA agent?) and female protagonist (jewelry designer) act like horney tweeners....every other thought/sentence/line is about sex and their hormones raging for each other. It seems the author couldn't decide whether she wanted to write a bodice-ripper or an international jewel-theft thriller. It is just too ridiculous to continue!

This is the first of the series and I have loved them from the beginning. I read the books so many times they are falling apart and was so pleased to see them on audible. Now I can listen to them over and over. The narrator did a very good job for the book. The author is very descriptive about the region and makes you want to go to the san juan islands to go salmon fishing. I would recommend this book to everyone who likes romantic suspense.

I love this series and so excited that Audible released it. Was not sure if I would like this narrater since the cassette read by Laurel Merlington but it was great. Hopefully Audible will release Jade Island and Pearl Cove.

This is a really good series and has been out for a while. I hope Midnigt in Rub Bayou is also added soon.

There needs to be a section for trite romance disguised as thriller. Narrator sounded like she was introducing the Fall Fashion line.

In part 2 of the story, there is a bit of a mixup. The story jumps ahead about 15 minutes and the story continues. After about 15 minutes it jumps back to the original spot and when 15 minutes are up...it goes back to the end of the first jump.

That is the only complaint about this book. The story itself is very enjoyable.

Really enjoyed this book, would recommend to a friend. Looking forward to listening to Jade Island.

First time author, Elizabeth Lowell, who writes under three different names. This one audible suggested saying based on other books you'ver read, you'll like this one so I decided to give the author a try this being the first book in a series, written in the 1980's. It comes under the "romance suspense" genre. It had some romance and it had some suspense so it fit. Bottom line for me it was an enjoyable listen that was easy to go back to and see what's happening in the story, a good sign for me. The author is originally from Southenr California but she and her family settled in the Pacific Northwest. This book was set entirely in the San Juan Islands, off the coast of Washington. The story was set in the gem trade, specifically amber, and dealt with a robbery in the Baltics and Russia that made its way to the US. I liked it enough I'll give the second book in the series a listen.

Great Story and part of a series. You will want to buy the others in this series to keep up with the family.

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All the stupid lusting

Why does every other sentence have to be about lusting after each other???