Smoke Screen

Could not get into this one.

Five years ago, after having one drink, Raley Gannon woke up at his friend Jay Burgess's apartment next to a dead woman. He can't remember what happened and loses his career and his fiancé.

Britt Shelley is a reporter always looking for an explosive story. Now Britt wakes up next to a dead man, after one drink, and can't remember anything. The catch is that the dead man is Jay Burgess.

When Raley found out, he kidnapped Britt and they decided to work together to find out what happened to both of them.

1. How in the heck do you pronounce "Raley"? Rally, Rayley, Raleigh? I ended up calling him Riley.
2. Britt was self involved and admitted she never gave a thought to the damage her stories did to others and wasn't above slanting the story to make it more titillating.
3. Did Jay have to be made out as such a horrible person?
4. There was zero chemistry between Raley and Britt, he didn't even like her for good reason!

However, I didn't see the end coming until it was almost there. This started out with a good plot but went in a dozen different directions and ended up nowhere. The last few books I've read by Sandra Brown have not been up to her usual standards. Get this one at the library.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Smoke Screen is one of Sandra Brown's best mysteries

I'm a dedicated reader of anything Sandra Brown writes and her books just keep getting better. Smoke Screen is one of her best. The plot twists keep you in suspense until the end. You don't know who the heroes or who the villians are. You don't know "who done it" or even what exactly they did, and you fear for the safety of the main characters throughout. The characters Britt Shelley and Jay Burgess are intelligent yet vulnerable and human. The romance is steamy. This book evoked many emotions for me. It is well researched in regards to the police and fire department and the TV news reporters This is a book you will not want to put down until you are finished and that you will think about even when you aren't reading. I highly recommend this for anyone who likes to pick up a book to forget about the stresses of their real life for a while.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

holds your attention till the end!

This was definatly a page turner. I did not want to stop till the end as every time I thought I knew what was going on - it changed!!
Great Read

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Another one that tops the last!

This book kept me turning pages from the moment I picked it up! Every character was well played and served the plot without a hitch. This is definitely one for a personal library. And when you read it, don't think you can figure it all out because as is her gift, Sandra Brown will keep you guessing.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

"Smoke Screen" hits the mark!

TV reporter Brett Shelley thinks she's getting a lead on a big story when she agrees to go to police detective Jay Burgess' home. The next day she wakes up in bed with him and doesn't remember how she got there. Then she notices that Jay is dead.

Jay's friend, firefighter, Raley Gannon, kidnapps Brett and tries to get her to tell him what happened. Britt still can't remember. However the news comes on that the cause of death is suffication and Britt is listed as a suspect.

Brett's first break on TV was covering a fire at the police dept. five years before. Jay and three other municiple employees became heroes when they led others to safety at risk of their own lives.

Raley then tells Brett that he had a similar situation to her not remembering. After the fire at the police dept. Raley was lead investigator for possible arson. He thought that one of the people who died didn't die from the fire but was killed and the fire set to cover it up. He was invited to Jay's home, given a drink by a pretty lady and the next day woke up next to her coprse. With the negative publicity he was taken off the case and the investigation closed. He was then fired from the department.

When they realize that they had both been set up, Raley and Britt set out to clear their names and catch the real killer.

This was very well done. The characters are believable and sympathetic. They form a romantic connection and this helps the plot. The suspense mounts throughout and the reader is carried along with it.
Hard to put down and highly recommended.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Will not buy this author again

I stopped reading Sandra Brown because of the graphic oral sex. She has written some very good mysteries and I hoped this would be one of those. The plot was very good and the story held my interest. The sex was over the top unnecessary. In fact, the ending was ruined by the closing sex act.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Almost as good as Play Dirty

Play Dirty and Smoke Screen show a new more mature Sandra Brown. As I grew up reading her lighter romances and have since grown to love a good thrilling mystery I have really enjoyed her later works. Smoke Screen has interesting characters, takes a plot of out of the headlines of mind altering drugs, and leads you to what some might say a surprising lead villian.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

A page turner as usual

Excellent. Well written; captivating.

If ou like mystery, don't miss out.

I recently started reading Sandra Brown's books and I am hooked. Smoke Screen is a must if ou like mysteries.

My First

My very first Sandra Brown book. Ienjoyed the suspense, the intrigue. I was just sesrching for a second from her and choose Standoff. I hope it is just as good. I reccomend Sandra Brown!

Great book

Loved the story line...hard to put down

Love it!

This story grabs u from beginning to end i couldnt put it down

Great read

Kept reading it - couldn't put it down.

Couldn't put it down!

I read a lot of Sandra Brown's novels and have not been disappointed yet. This book was no exception. The plot is fast paced and engaging. The only complaint is that the love story is distracting.

Excellent Read!! I couldn't put it down!

Sandra Brown is one of my favorite authors...never disappoints...In this book there are so many possible outcomes it kept me guessing until the very end. A GREAT "who-done-it" with some steamy romance thrown in. I highly recommend this book to adults who like a great mystery. It's not a Sandra Brown "romance" novel but, the lead characters...I won't spoil the story, but to say that even guys would be able to handle the steamy parts...

*****

I could not put it down. This is the first book of sandra browns that I read and the suspense was from the very beginning to the very end!

Not her best work

I have read virtually all of Sandra Brown's novels. While Smoke Screen has an intriging plot I didn't find it as believable as some of her previous works. That said, I looked forward to getting back to it and had no trouble staying with it. There were just too many characters involved and it wasn't too hard to figure out who the real bad guy was long before it was revealed to the other characters. While all of her novels I've read have some sex in them, I found the sex in this book to be offensive. A daughter who enjoys an incestuous relationship with her father - over the top in my book.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Worth the read

Truthfully, it was a pretty damn good book. Truthfully, it was a pretty long damn book. It really was entertaining and kept me interested, but not really full of surprises. I felt that it was way too long and drawn out. The plot was great, but revealed way too early. But like I said, overall, a pretty good read. I would recommend it to anyone who can stick with a 533 page book without many twists or surprises.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great book

This book was great. Can't wait to read more by Sandra Brown.

Great story

Sandra Brown is one of my favorite authors and Smoke Screen was not a let down. Although you know in the very beginning who the killer is, the big mystery comes out at the very end which I did not even suspect at all or even think that something else would/could come out.

I always love how Sandra intertwines her two main characters and writes their involvment so well!