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All the wrong places : a novel / Joy Fielding.
Four women - friends, family, rivals - turn to online dating for companionship, only to run afoul of a tech-savvy killer using an app to target his victims.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385690027 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 356 pages : 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Subject: | Online dating > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Dating services > Fiction. Cousins > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Husbands > Death > Fiction. Best friends > Fiction. Abusive men > Fiction. Divorced women > Fiction. Murderers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Beaver Valley Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Beaver Valley Public Library | F FIE (Text) | 35144000200977 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 March #2
In the past two years, Paige has lost her father, her job, and her boyfriend. To make matters worse, the reason her relationship fell apart is because her boyfriend was sleeping with her meaner, stupider, but nearly identical cousin. Looking for a distraction from her job search and nights spent with her widowed mother, Paige gives online dating a try. She catches the eye of "Mr. Right Now," a man the reader knows is also a serial killer. This is more domestic suspense than a typical serial-killer thriller. The heroine is in imminent, very serious danger. The reader knows it. The bad guy knows it. The woman getting ready in front of the mirror for an evening out hasn't a clue. A deliciously fast read with an ending that, after a moment of thought, is wickedly satisfying. Fans of Fielding's many page-turning suspense novels won't be disappointed. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2019 February #1
A serial killer stalks Boston, mostly unnoticed, as four women obsess over their personal crises. Fielding's latest seems unsure of its intentions. Breezy chick lit about stolen boyfriends, the search for commitment, and merry widowhood? Or a creepy thriller with a high-tech twist? An exceptionally handsome psychopath finds dating sites a rich lode of all too credulousâand, to him, contemptibleâfemale victims. The novel opens with a scene depicting Mr. Right Now (the killer's dating-site alias) luring a woman back to his bachelor pad for a gourmet dinner only to bind her and perpetrate thankfully nondetailed atrocities before disposing of her body. Cut to three weeks earlier, as four women endure comparatively less fraught ordeals. Paige has caught her boyfriend, Noah, in flagrante delicto with her look-alike cousin, Heather. Laid off from her advertising job, Paige vacates Noah's apartment to live with her widowed mother, Joan, age 70. Paige's best friend, Chloe, is taking cautious steps to escape her abusive husband, Matt, but their two children adore him. Heather, by anonymously tattling to Chloe about Matt's presence on dating sites, has provided Chloe with impetus and ammunition. Heather is the too-obvious scapegoat of this narrative. The spoiled daughter of Paige's late father's identical twin, Heather covets everything Paige has (Noah, a job in advertising), but once she's got it, she loses interest. Dipping into online dating, Paige is intrigued by Mr. Right Now's profile, and predator and potential prey circle each other via text. The main driver of suspense is whether Paige keeps her date with destiny after many cancellations, most occasioned by Joan's determination to redefine 70 as the new 60. Only one of Mr. Right Now's victims is discovered during the plot's three-week time frame, but an extensive criminal investigation is, apparently, beyond this book's purview. All the while, readers will harbor dread that Heather wil l , yet again, try to steal Paige's love interest. Because, vain and silly though Heather is, hers is not the comeuppance we crave. A sequel may be necessary to ensure public safety. Copyright Kirkus 2019 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2019 January #4
In this near-miss of a thriller from bestseller Fielding (
Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly.The Bad Daughter ), 33-year-old Bostonian Paige Hamilton needs a shot of validation. Recently fired from her advertising job due to a merger, and betrayed by a cheating boyfriend with her look-alike cousin, Heather, no lessâshe decides to try online dating. She even recommends an online dating app to her widowed mother, Joan, who might benefit from an internet-generated social life. Meanwhile, Paige's BFF Chloe turns to the app after an anonymous phone call suggests that her husband might have his own dating profile. Paige, Joan, and Chloe each come into contact with a handsome, smooth-talking serial murderer, Mr. Right Now, without raising much tension. Only toward the end, when Heather decides to impersonate Paige on a date with the killer, is there any real suspense. Occasional chapters in the voice of Mr. Right Now, though grim, feel diluted and fall short of carrying the necessary threat of looming jeopardy. Fielding's fans will hope for better next time.Agent: Tracy Fisher, WME Entertainment. (Mar.)
