The Crush Hardcover – October 8, 2002
Author: Visit ‘s Sandra Brown Page ID: 0446527041
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When Dr. Rennie Newton’s jury duty on a case involving a contract killer ends in an acquittal for Ricky Lozada, her carefully composed and very private life begins to unravel. First, someone breaks into her house to leave her an anonymous dozen red roses. Then her colleague and one-time rival for the chief of surgery job is murdered in the parking lot of her hospital, which makes her a prime suspect, especially when the police learn that she’s killed a man once before. None of that stops Detective Wick Threadgill from falling in love with her; unlike his partner, he’s sure that Lozada, not Rennie, is behind Howell’s murder. And it soon becomes clear that the killer is so obsessed with Rennie that he’ll do anything to have her–including killing again. Brown, master of the romantic mystery, goes into darker territory here, but she handles it with her usual deftness and turns in a well-paced if not particularly heart-stopping thriller with the requisite happy ending for Rennie and Wick. –Jane Adams
From Publishers Weekly
Brown’s latest thriller pits the infamous Ricky Lozada, an unscrupulous killer for hire, against Wick Threadgill, a wily, disgruntled detective on leave from the force. Threadgill’s former partner, Oren Wesley, lures him back with the news that Lozada-against whom Threadgill has a personal vendetta-has murdered a respected doctor. The author ups the stakes by giving Threadgill and the killer the same love interest: Dr. Rennie Newton, a no-nonsense surgeon who unwittingly attracts Lozada’s obsessive attention while serving on a jury that acquits him for murder. Newton’s secret past raises doubts about where exactly her loyalties lie, and Brown deftly builds suspense around the romantic aspect of her story. She also scores points for her insight into the sociopath’s mind, despite a rather facile explanation of how he went bad. (Not everyone with a handicapped younger sibling who gets all the parents’ attention ends up a ruthless killer.) Similarly, the underlying reason for Dr. Newton’s startling transformation from a young adult who lived on the wild side to a cold, controlled professional is too pat. Worst of all, Brown’s prose seems aimed at an audience of eighth-graders, padded throughout with a slew of adjectives, useless descriptions and catch phrases (“Is that your final answer?”). But once things get rolling, the plot crackles with tension moving toward the final showdown between Lozada and Wick. Brown fans will not be disappointed.
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Hardcover: 496 pagesPublisher: Warner Books (October 8, 2002)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0446527041ISBN-13: 978-0446527040 Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.6 x 9.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #662,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4845 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Crime > Murder #22070 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Suspense #22129 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Contemporary
When a colleague is killed, Dr. Rennie Newton is shocked to find out it was a deliberate precision killing. Gossip starts to fly when it is disclosed that she and the deceased doctor were in line for the same job and fought often. Rennie’s situation gets a lot worse when she finds out the man suspected of the recent death is none other than Ricky Lozada. She recently served on the jury at his trial.
Wick Threadgill is on leave from the Fort Worth police force. He has been accused of losing perspective after the death of his brother Joe. It is assumed that Ricky also committed this murder. His partner Oren has asked him to come and discretely watch Rennie because Oren is convinced she is the key to finding Ricky.
Wick determines early on that Rennie is innocent. As he gets closer to her, they find themselves unable to deny the attraction between them. When Wick realizes that Ricky has an attachment to Rennie, he will do anything to protect her.
This is one of my favorite books by SB. Ricky is one of the creepiest killers I have ever read. He has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I also liked Rennie and Wick. They had chemistry overload!
This is the first time I have read Sandra Brown’s books, and I really enjoyed this one.
In The Crush, Dr. Rennie Newton, was an exacting, and impersonal surgeon. When she was summoned to jury duty, she brings to the courtroom the same level of competence and composure that she always does with her patients. It is this commitment to precision that compels her to deliver a not guilty verdict in the murder case against the notorious contract killer, Lozada.
It will be the most regrettable decision of her life. Rennie’s trial with Lozada doesn’t exactly end there with his acquittal.
Her carefully structured world begins to fall apart when a colleague of Rennie’s is brutally slain. Lozada’s menacing shadow looms over the murder, but it’s Rennie the detectives suspect. The privacy she has culitvated and protected at all costs is violated by the police as wellas Lozada. And when he begins an earnest courtship, insinuating himself into every corner of her life, it becomes terrifingly real that he is obsessed with having her.
Wick Threadgill is a detective on indefinite leave from the Fort Worth PD, who has his own personal agenda for the contract killer. Temperamental, bitter, and driven by loyalty and love, Wick is determined to destroy Lozada. And as determined is Lozada is to possess Rennie Newton.
A very absorbing book all the way through.
My three year old grandson dropped The crush in the bathtub ad there was no way I was going to leave the second half of this page turner unfinished.
Ricky Roy Lozada is a serial killer who enjoys his work after a lifetime of hating his parents, his only brother, his classmates, etc. Dr. Rennie Newton is a good surgeon who endured jury duty out of a sense of responsiblity and ended up on the jury of a trial that acquited Lozada of murder. Wick is a burned out ex-cop trying to come to grips with the death of his brother and trying to find a way to eventually "stop" Lozada.
Oren Wesley is the cop who is trying to tie the current case together.
When Dr. Newton’s colleague is killed, Lozada contacts her and initiates what he thinks will become an intimate relationship. The Crush is a story of a stalker, a woman with a lot of baggage in her past, and a couple of good cops who are trying hard to work together. The characters are well developed and the writing keeps the suspense going to the surprise ending. Wick and Rennie Newton are an unlikely couple, but of course they get together. It would be great to see them back in another book.
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