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Title: Remote Control

Author: Stephen White

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-22-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 18 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Thus the stage is set for Dr. Alan Gregory's most stunning, brainteasing crisis yet. The Colorado-based psychologist-sleuth must solve a case of twisted desire and terror to save not only a golden girl pursued by the furies of fame but also his wife, Boulder County D.A. Lauren Crowder, imprisoned on suspicion of murder. For it was Lauren who took Emma under her wing, and it was Lauren who pulled the trigger on the mysterious stalker who menaced Emma's safety and sanity.

Step by step, amid accelerating acts of terror, Alan Gregory suspects he may be dealing not with a sick mind fixated on a fantasy of female perfection but with deadly greed fueled by a high-tech prize that may be worth billions. Meanwhile, his investigation is turned into a desperate race against time as a medical emergency threatens to turn his wife's incarceration into a death sentence.

Members Reviews:

not up to other AG books

Actually not sure if I should write a review, as part of the book was missing due to problems while trying to use my Kindle on a motel wifi network --download issues. But most was there, definitely enough that I can say it seemed like much more amateurish writing than other books I've read in the Alan Gregory series. I don't consider White to be one of the great authors ever, but the other AG books I've read have at least been entertaining & diverting. The last one I read --Cold Case-- was told in the 1st person from Gregory's pov (I can't recall if the others were, too), & even if it did get fairly ludicrous at the end, it held my interest enough that I stayed up too late finishing it. "Remote Control" is written in a sort of revolving omniscient 3rd person narrator, & it was a bit jarring & very flat....it felt like White was writing down ideas for how the book would go, then just decided to hand the outline over to the publisher instead of going to the effort of actually writing the book. I just could not get into the book, didn't care enough to worry about whether the whole thing was there or not.

Meh.

I've read most of his books, and am a fan, but this one just didn't cut it for me.

I guess, like others, my biggest beef was the Emma character. What little character development Mr. White did resulted in little more than a whiny bitch.

Also, the high-tech stuff left me thinking that perhaps he is thinking about writing in the Sci-Fi genre. Meh.

I understand that Mr. White will be ending this series of books with the next one after "Line of Fire." It will be interesting to see what he does next, because I really consider him to be a talented writer.

Enjoyable

I found the back and forth timeline (at the beginning of each chapter) added more confusion than intrigue. A friend recommended this author / character, and I did ultimately enjoy this book. I would have preferred to begin reading book 1 in the series but it appears this one (book 5) is the first available on a kindle. On to book 6!

Good read

This book is well written and is engaging. It starts a bit slow but once you are hooked itâs hard to put it down.

Great flow

Tied up loose ends nicely, good job...don't like surveys and not in the mood to fill this one out at this time.