Tough Customer: A Novel [Hardcover]

I've finished "Tough Customer" by Sandra Brown.

Product Description

Colleagues, friends, and lovers know Dodge Hanley as a private investigator who doesn’t let rules get in his way — in his private life as well as his professional one. If he breaks a heart, or bends the law in order to catch a criminal, he does so without hesitation or apology.That’s why he’s the first person Caroline King —who after a thirty-year separation continues to haunt his dreams — asks for help when a deranged stalker attempts to murder their daughter . . . the daughter Dodge has never met. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for wishing to ignore Caroline’s call, and one compelling reason to drop everything and fly down to Texas: guilt.  Dodge’s mind may be a haze of disturbing memories and bad decisions, but he arrives in Houston knowing with perfect clarity that his daughter, Berry, is in danger. She has become the object of desire of a co-worker, a madman and genius with a penchant for puzzles and games who has spent the past year making Berry’s life hell, and who now has vowed to kill her.  Dodge joins forces with local deputy sheriff Ski Nyland, but the alarming situation goes from bad to worse when the stalker begins to claim other victims and leaves an ominous trail of clues as he lethally works his way toward Berry. Sensing the killer drawing nearer, Dodge, who’s survived vicious criminals and his own self-destructive impulses, realizes that this time he’s in for the fight of his life.

From acclaimed best-selling author Sandra Brown, Tough Customer is a heart-pounding tale about obsession and murder, the fragile nature of relationships, and, possibly, second chances.

About the Author

SANDRA BROWN is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers -- including most recently Smash Cut, Smoke Screen, Play Dirty, Ricochet, Chill Factor, White Hot, Hello, Darkness, The Crush, and Envy. She is the recipient of the 2008 Thriller Master Award from International Thriller Writers, Inc. She and her husband live in Arlington, Texas.
 
Product Details
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1 edition (August 10, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416563105
ISBN-13: 978-1416563105

My Review:

Storyline:  There is two storylines in this book one that deals with Dodge and Carolina (when they first met and to the present day) and who is after Berry their daughter and how to catch him.

Characters:  All of the main characters were well written and I really enjoyed the history between Carolina and Dodge.  I feel so sorry for Dodge because his boss when he was a beat cop made him do something that he didn't really want to do (which cost him Carolina).  His life went down hill from then on but he's lucky his friends have helped him get his life back together. 

Romance: I enjoyed the romance between Dodge and Carolina because I enjoy books where the main characters are former lovers who find their way back to each other and they both are tortured and really still love each other. Glad to see they are together at the end and finally saying "I Love You"!!!  It's a love/hate relationship!

Killer: The main killer was just sick and perverted and I'm glad he got what was coming to him.  He has no conscience or remorse for his killing (he does it for kicks and revenge)!  Some of the killings are quite graphic and what he does to them before!

4/5

Thanks Maylene from Simon and Schuster Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!