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Sweet Dreams, Irene: An Irene Kelly Novel Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780743444521
ISBN: 0743444523
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2002-09-01
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780743444521
ISBN: 0743444523
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2002-09-01
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
Editorial Review of Sweet Dreams, Irene: An Irene Kelly Novel
Irene Kelly is a reporter with a fierce integrity. Detective Frank Harriman is her lover and friend. Now they're both about to be plunged into political hellfire when a ruthless politician rocks a race for district attorney with a stunning allegation: his opponent's son is in the clutches of a satanic cult. The charge takes a fatal turn when a local woman is brutally murdered, and the grisly crime scene bears unholy implications. Tracking the clues takes Irene behind the closed doors of an isolated home for troubled youths, where obscuring the truth is only part of a stranger's diabolic game. To win it, Irene will have the devil to pay.
Customer Reviews of Sweet Dreams, Irene: An Irene Kelly Novel
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Sweet Dreams Irene & Goodnight Irene
Review: These are the first two books featuring Irene Kelly an intrepid newspaper reporter, in the series written by Jan
Burke. Set in fictional Las Piernas, CA the stories are very well written, and very readable.
These two books, and the whole series have a good tempo and the stories mov along at a good pace. These are
mysteries that will appeal to a wide audience, the characters are engaging and the plots are intriguing. These
are thoroughly enjoyable books.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Read Them All
Review: Burke's Irene Kelly stories are superb. I suggest you read them all. You'll enjoy the ride.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: They just keep getting better and better!
Review: This was my second Irene Kelly novel and it was even better than the first! It had a unique story with plenty of twists. After Irene had been taken and then rescued, the emotions she felt were so descriptive that I felt for her. I can only imagine what an experience like that would do to a person. I believe this book accurately portrayed those feelings. Also, I just love the romance between Irene and Frank! It's a nice touch to this series. I'm going to continue reading this series. It's great!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Irene & Cohorts Are Back With Non-Stop Drama!
Review: Once again Irene Kelly, veteran reporter for the News Express, in the fictional Southern California town of Las Piernas, investigates some serious crime. One of Irene's flaws, unfortunately, is stubbornness which borders on the extreme. As intelligent as she is, she frequently acts on impulse and winds up doing what she has been specifically told not to do, often with life-threatening results. Frank Harriman, a homicide detective with La Piernas Police Department, is Irene's boyfriend and emotional support system.
Jacob Henderson, teenaged son of a district attorney candidate, comes to Irene claiming his father's opponent intends to use smear tactics and claim he is involved in a Satanic cult. A photograph was taken of the boy at a coven gathering, but he was there to convince a young girl, his friend Gethsemane (Sammy), to leave with him. Irene talks to the troubled girl, who substantiates Jacob's story. She tells the reporter that the cult is Wiccan, not Satanist. There are disturbing signs of cult activity in town, most of which seem to have a connection to a local runway shelter, which is sponsored by Frank's neighbor and dear friend, 80 year-old Althea Fremont. That same evening, Halloween, Mrs. Fremont is murdered and Satanic ritual symbols are left on her door. Irene begins to suspect there is more to this coven than meets the eye. Then Sammy disappears and a human heart is left on Irene's doorstep. Danger to Irene escalates when there are no indications she will back-off the case. This is a darker, edgier novel then the previous one, with some grim, brutal torture scenes. To come out of this alive, Irene will have to face-down the devil.
"Sweet Dreams, Irene" is non-stop drama, thrills and chills. However, the narrative is not as taut as I expected it to be, having read two of the author's other books. The primary focus here is on Irene's relationship with Frank - which I actually enjoy. They are both fascinating, well developed characters and the chemistry between them is electric. As usual, Ms. Burke surrounds Irene with a number of interesting and memorable friends and family members, characters who add to the depth and richness of the novel. Our heroine does less investigating than usual here, and, more or less, stumbles into trouble and onto clues rather than initiating the action. This is novel #2 in the series, and the author is just beginning to develop the background storyline and characters. Her writing becomes much tighter, and her plots more well defined, in future books. But this one is well worth the read - so don't miss it.
JANA
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Slickly written
Review: This is the second volume in the Irene Kelly/Frank Harrison series .Set as previously in California the book involves newspaperwoman Irene Kelly in shady politics and smear campaigns .She is approached by the 16 year old son of a DA candidate a personable young man who is being wrongly accused of involvement in a Satanic cult .He was present at a meeting of such a group but was seeking to persuade a friend to leave the meeting .The friend in question is Sally a homeless girl who has taken refuge from an unsatisactory home life by running away and is currently living in a shelter for street kids .This is run by Irene's neighbour the kindly Mrs Fremont who is brutally slain in a mannner suggesting Satanic involvemnet .
Soon after Sally is also killed and the reasons are linked to her diary which contains revelations .Before the case is resolved Irene is kidnapped and beaten by two thugs Devon and Raney -and some will find these scenes rather strong meat .
The captivity scenes are quite harrowing and tend to distoirt the novel somewhat .
Review Summary: Sweet Dreams Irene & Goodnight Irene
Review: These are the first two books featuring Irene Kelly an intrepid newspaper reporter, in the series written by Jan
Burke. Set in fictional Las Piernas, CA the stories are very well written, and very readable.
These two books, and the whole series have a good tempo and the stories mov along at a good pace. These are
mysteries that will appeal to a wide audience, the characters are engaging and the plots are intriguing. These
are thoroughly enjoyable books.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Read Them All
Review: Burke's Irene Kelly stories are superb. I suggest you read them all. You'll enjoy the ride.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: They just keep getting better and better!
Review: This was my second Irene Kelly novel and it was even better than the first! It had a unique story with plenty of twists. After Irene had been taken and then rescued, the emotions she felt were so descriptive that I felt for her. I can only imagine what an experience like that would do to a person. I believe this book accurately portrayed those feelings. Also, I just love the romance between Irene and Frank! It's a nice touch to this series. I'm going to continue reading this series. It's great!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Irene & Cohorts Are Back With Non-Stop Drama!
Review: Once again Irene Kelly, veteran reporter for the News Express, in the fictional Southern California town of Las Piernas, investigates some serious crime. One of Irene's flaws, unfortunately, is stubbornness which borders on the extreme. As intelligent as she is, she frequently acts on impulse and winds up doing what she has been specifically told not to do, often with life-threatening results. Frank Harriman, a homicide detective with La Piernas Police Department, is Irene's boyfriend and emotional support system.
Jacob Henderson, teenaged son of a district attorney candidate, comes to Irene claiming his father's opponent intends to use smear tactics and claim he is involved in a Satanic cult. A photograph was taken of the boy at a coven gathering, but he was there to convince a young girl, his friend Gethsemane (Sammy), to leave with him. Irene talks to the troubled girl, who substantiates Jacob's story. She tells the reporter that the cult is Wiccan, not Satanist. There are disturbing signs of cult activity in town, most of which seem to have a connection to a local runway shelter, which is sponsored by Frank's neighbor and dear friend, 80 year-old Althea Fremont. That same evening, Halloween, Mrs. Fremont is murdered and Satanic ritual symbols are left on her door. Irene begins to suspect there is more to this coven than meets the eye. Then Sammy disappears and a human heart is left on Irene's doorstep. Danger to Irene escalates when there are no indications she will back-off the case. This is a darker, edgier novel then the previous one, with some grim, brutal torture scenes. To come out of this alive, Irene will have to face-down the devil.
"Sweet Dreams, Irene" is non-stop drama, thrills and chills. However, the narrative is not as taut as I expected it to be, having read two of the author's other books. The primary focus here is on Irene's relationship with Frank - which I actually enjoy. They are both fascinating, well developed characters and the chemistry between them is electric. As usual, Ms. Burke surrounds Irene with a number of interesting and memorable friends and family members, characters who add to the depth and richness of the novel. Our heroine does less investigating than usual here, and, more or less, stumbles into trouble and onto clues rather than initiating the action. This is novel #2 in the series, and the author is just beginning to develop the background storyline and characters. Her writing becomes much tighter, and her plots more well defined, in future books. But this one is well worth the read - so don't miss it.
JANA
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Slickly written
Review: This is the second volume in the Irene Kelly/Frank Harrison series .Set as previously in California the book involves newspaperwoman Irene Kelly in shady politics and smear campaigns .She is approached by the 16 year old son of a DA candidate a personable young man who is being wrongly accused of involvement in a Satanic cult .He was present at a meeting of such a group but was seeking to persuade a friend to leave the meeting .The friend in question is Sally a homeless girl who has taken refuge from an unsatisactory home life by running away and is currently living in a shelter for street kids .This is run by Irene's neighbour the kindly Mrs Fremont who is brutally slain in a mannner suggesting Satanic involvemnet .
Soon after Sally is also killed and the reasons are linked to her diary which contains revelations .Before the case is resolved Irene is kidnapped and beaten by two thugs Devon and Raney -and some will find these scenes rather strong meat .
The captivity scenes are quite harrowing and tend to distoirt the novel somewhat .
Its a decent enough book but somewhat clumsily structured -the identity of the killer is revealed with about a quarter of the book remaining while the revelation of the man behind all the violence comes as no great suprise
There is rather too much time given to the familial troubles of Irene's lover the cop Frank Harrison ,in particular his mother's resisitance to the relationship but a lively sea bound climax brings thinks to a satisfactory ending
It marks no real advance on its predecessor but those who enjoyed that book will enjoy this volume too.