Split Second (FBI Series #15)

A potent powerful thriller with deep characterizations.

The FBI is stunned when the DNA of the Black Beret serial killer breaks the profile norm. First the psychopath is female and statistically very few serial killers are women. Second she is related to Ted Bundy.

FBI agents Dillon Savich, Lacey Sherlock, Lucy Carlisle and Cooper McKnight lead the hunt for apparently Bundy's biological daughter. At the same time Lucy's father just before dying informs her that her grandfather did not abandon the family; instead her grandmother murdered her spouse. Needing to learn what happened decades ago, Lucy moves into her grandmother's mansion in Chevy Chase, Maryland. As she begins to unravel the past and finds a strange ring, a trap fails ending up with Sherlock hospitalized and Dillon believing the female-predator they stalk is hunting him.

Although S to the second power in their sixteenth appearance have dealt with seemingly quadrillion serial killers, Ted Bundy's daughter brings over the top freshness by being a chip off the old murderous block as Catherine Coulter makes a case for naturing. The story line is fast-paced especially once the Feds realize who they are dealing with and never slows down as the audience anticipates a showdown between the offspring and Savich. A potent powerful thriller with deep characterizations.

Harriet Klausner

18 out of 19 people found this review helpful.

Gee, did any of you read the book?

How about you review it and not the store?

6 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

I understand your frustrations & hope this helps.

First of all this page is supposed to be for reviews of the book, not complaints about the price. That being said, I understand the complaint and agree the publishers are being greedy. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind: 1. It IS the publishers and NOT B&N so don't get mad at them for something they can't control (this includes the dumb rules with the lend me feature). Go to any other ebook store (i.e. Amazon or Kobo) & you'll find that ebook prices in general (this one specifically) are the same. Occasionally one store might have a sale and you can get an ebook cheaper there, same as you would at a regular book store. 2. The printed version of this book is only avaliable in hardback and you'll notice that the nookbook price IS chearper than the hardback price. Once a printed book becomes avaliable in paperback (this usually happens about 6 months after the hardback release) then the nookbook price will usually go down & in most cases be less than the paperback. So, B&N didn't lie to you about ebooks usually being chearer than printed books. 3. There are tons of good free ebooks & ebooks for less than $2 out there. Also with nook, unlike the kindle, you can get ebooks from the library. The libraries (at least in Colorado) are good about getting the new releases & have a huge selection (sometimes you have to put a hold & wait your turn same as for printed material in a library. Again this has to do with the publishers). You usually get the book for 21 days (sometimes you can choose fewer if you're a fast reader) & the library I use lets me have upto 20 e-book/audiobooks "checked out" at one time. This is my most used method for getting ebooks. The only books I buy are the ones that I will go back and re-read over & over. I LOVE my nooks (I have both the original & the nookcolor) and find that the advantages to having an ereader far outweight the frustrations. I hope this helps you understand the position B&N is in & feel less frustrated with them.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Split Second from Catherine Coulter's FBI Series

Split Second by Catherine Coulter is a landslide of suspense and heart stopping complications. Program 911 into your speed-dial as Coulter reveals an astounding and frightening FBI thriller where the action may be right outside your door.

Scattered over the US woman are getting murdered. Ted Bundy did it before and the FBI came out the winner. Agents Cooper McKnight and Lucy Carlyle have their doubts on who will win this new game.

Ted Bundy has a daughter, Kerstin. She murders women and enjoys it. And she does little to hide her identity. After she follows a pattern of killings and gets the attention of the FBI, she tosses her common procedure and kills anyone in her way. In any manner.

Lucy inherits a deadly chunk of jewelry. She has a split second to think and use it to save lives. Which lives does she save? Which lives can't she or won't she save? It's all in the timing.

Lucy and Cooper are partners in this deadly game and honesty is integral in staying alive. Yet Lucy won't reveal the special quality of the ugly jewelry, which may cause a rift in the simmering romance Cooper provokes.

And Kerstin keeps killing.

The characters came to life and I urged them to get ahead of the incessant killer as I watched them pursue her in the United States capital and surrounding areas. Numerous subplots tangle the clues and the clock winds down as the clues need to be tied in order to stop the murders.

The seventeenth addition to Coulter's series of FBI thrillers is a masterpiece of chills.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Split Second

While FBI agents Dillon Savich, Lacey Sherlock, Lucy Carlyle and Cooper McKnight are busy tracking down a serial killer that may be related to Ted Bundy, Lucy has to deal with her dying father declaration that her grandfather was killed by her grandmother. So she moves into her grandparent's home and learns of a family heirloom that holds secret powers or does it? But don't forget the serial killer that has her sights on agent Savich.

With all this going on, one cannot stop turning the pages as Coulter has written a serious thriller with three storylines that simply absorbs this reader.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Wonderful!

Great read!

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

highly recommended!!

great book! Loved every page! Couldn't put it down!!

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Terrible book

I don't know why I finished it.There were so many stories going on and they were all silly especially the magic ring from her Mother etc I read a lot and this is one of the worst I've read in a very long time. DJWB

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

one of her worst books

This is one of the worst books by my favorite author

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Agree it is a decent story AGREE it's too $$$$$$$$

This starts off quick and keeps on moving. However at some point, kind of hard to keep track of the three different lines she has going here.

AND agree, way too expensive for something I cannot share! I only buy books on sale here at B&N. I tend to check out from the library, however the library does not always get the new releaes in ebook fashion for at leat 3 months after the book comes out. I REFUSE to pay more than 10 dollars for something I cannot control. And the lendme feature, just plain sucks. There are hardly any books worth sharing!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

good

Just finished reading Split Second...it was a good read- just like the other books. I found the magical ring concept very interest.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Cafe

Muffins cake pastas and other treats and meals re in this place

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Loved it!!

I love Coulter's books, and this is another example of her great writing.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Split personality

I adore catherine coulter. She is by far my favorite author. The way her fbi thrillers twist romance with blood drumming heart pumping suspense is amazing. Until recently....whats with the super natural twists lately? I dealt with it with interest is double take. Rolled my eyes but trucked through with level curiosity in knock out. But whiplash and especially split second I had to force myself to read them. They not only have weak and quite frankly boring storylines but were this authors fast passed look behind your shoulder suspense was, now lies half baked characters and a super powered ring(which is lame even in itself). Where I use to anticipate these fbi thrillers because of savich and sherlock, I now doubt I'll ever pick up another one of her books. Ms. Coulter's books from the cove to knock out however will always remain my favorites. Amazing writer...wish she'd go back to her old style though.


If any of her books do become movies I may risk disappointment....so long as its not of this book.

Great book!

I love Catherine Coulter's FBI series. There is action from beginning to end!

Three Strikes

My first time with Catherine Coulter, I wanted to understand what so often propels her to the bestseller list. I confess to coming away mystified. SPLIT SECOND begins with a pedestrian opening with FBI agent Savich saving a storeowner and a man and his children from an apparent stickup artist and his machinegun-wielding female henchman. Then Savich and the team get on with business hunting down a serial killer, my reason for picking up the book. Side stories include the strange family of agent Carlyle and a budding romance between her and another agent. I'll keep this short: Strike one: the serial killer is the daughter of Ted Bundy and thoroughly preposterous. Strike two: the agents behave in ways even ridiculous for fictive cops. Strike three: the supernatural enters the picture in the form of a ring. Better novels are to be had about serial killers, to wit my recommendations.

Not sure I would recommend this book

Some of the storylines are good, but I feel like I missed some background on a couple of the characters. However, if you can overlook that it's a fairly good read.

Great read

True coulter thrills can not put down

Just Okay!

I was disappointed in Split Second. Whereas the main plot was good, the secondary plot involving "Lucy" and the ring could have been left out completely. I felt as if I were reading "filler" stuff. Catherine Coulter needs to stick with the basic Savich and Sherlock material and forget adding any "hocus-pocus" stuff. If I want to read science fiction or about magic, I can read Harry Potter or The Witch and the Wizard. I'd rather have read this book with less pages. Do writers get paid more for writing novels with more pages? If they do, this certainly was a great effort by Catherine. I read Coulter material because it is a good police (FBI, believable stuff. However, I can barely tolerate Saivch's ESP stuff so please, no more mysterious junk, Catherine or the next book of yours I read will be my last.

You will not want to put it down once you pick it up!!

This book reminded me of one of Coulter's earlier FBI Series books "Riptide". It was a better read then that was. What a great feeling to get lost in this page turner with the plot twists. All in all I LOVED this book and it was almost impossible to put it down until I finished it. It was the best read that I have had in quite a while.