Product Description

As Madison Castelli digs into her father's past, trying to resolve the mystery that surrounded her mother's death many years before, she finds herself falling into a vortex of lust, greed and deception as her quest turns into a race for her life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #886275 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
Deadly Embraceis another slice off the huge bland loaf of story that is Jackie Collins' stock in trade. Madison Castelli--the streetwise reporter who has featured in five other Collins novels--is taken hostage in a smart LA restaurant by three Russian skinheads who seem to have more plans than is entirely consistent with their gross stupidity. Meanwhile, her half-brother Vincent is on the brink of murderous jealousy in Vegas and her sister Sofia is avoiding rape in Spain; above all, their father Michael is coping with being accused of the murder of his wife and is on the run from the police and his past.

Michael Castelli is the most interesting character here, someone who has drifted in and out of criminality the same way he has drifted in and out of love. Collins writes--not well, but convincingly--about obsession and vindictiveness; she also has some sense of how the sheer business of life makes some people let issues slide for decades at a time. This is a book which preaches the virtues of intelligence and emotional control, yet its story-telling is all over the place--most of the plot issues stop at a place marker rather than coming to any conclusion. Collins can do the glamour of the celebrity culture, but she is worryingly caught up in its emotional vapidity. --Roz Kaveney

Customer Reviews

The best book ive ever read!!
well, ive read pretty much ever Jackie Collins book written, as my auntie got me into them! so i know a good Collins book when i read one - this was definatly the best!
it doesnt have the classic 'smut' of her usual books, but the excellently gripping story line makes it fantastic! Madison is one of my favourite collins characters, so finding out about her past is the best thing Jackie could have done.
Dont hesitate - buy this book now!

Amazing!
Madison Catelli. A woman who's world is shattered when she finds out more than she wanted to know about her family's history and enemies. However, the difficult and complicated life her father has lived comes back to haunt her when she herself is taken hostage in a restaurant by armed gunmen.

This book is fantastic to say the least. It's great how the different parts of the plot, past and present, come together as one and how it ends leaving you wanting more.

A great read.

Deadly Embrace
This book is excellent. It has its good share of rudeness, suspence and is very exciteing. It has a good story line about each of the characters. I reccomend this book to people who like to read a good book. ideal for people 18 years old and above!