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Dead Silence (Doc Ford Novels) | 
 enlarge | Author: Randy Wayne White
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 7291
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition, 1st Printing
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0399155406
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399155406
ASIN: 0399155406
Publication Date: March 10, 2009
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Product Description
Imagine the worst that can happen. Then imagine again. The stunning new Doc Ford novel by the New York Times bestselling author.
Winter in New York City: Amid sleet and snow, Doc Ford is at the Explorers Club with his new friend, former (and maybe current) British agent Sir James Montbard, researching a jungle expedition and awaiting the arrival of an attractive U.S. senator with whom Ford has become more than friendly. Her car pulls up, she starts to get out and the unthinkable happens: an abduction attempt right before Ford s eyes. Ford engages, managing to save the senator, but the companion in her car is not so lucky. A fourteen- year-old Minnesota boy, in New York as the prize for an essay-writing contest, he is snatched and vanishes dead, authorities fear, until they receive the kidnappers ultimatum.
Ford goes on the hunt, an odyssey that brings him first to Long Island, then to Florida, but if what happened before was unthinkable, it s nothing compared with what he discovers. The boy s captors have a definite agenda, and to make sure he isn t rescued before their thirty-six-hour deadline is up, they ve put him someplace they re sure no one will find him: they ve buried him alive.
But there s something about the boy his captors do not know. He has a past, as do Doc Ford and many of the other key players in these extraordinary events. And before those thirty-six hours are over, all those pasts will catch up to the present with catastrophic results.
Randy Wayne White s novels have always won praise for their remarkable imagination, intrigue, and some of the best characters in suspense fiction. Nothing, however, will prepare his readers for the remarkable twists and revelations of Dead Silence.
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 Not great this time around. June 26, 2009
K. Potts (Fort Myers, FL)
I usually pick up Mr. Whites books and finish them in a day or two. This book is just not keeping my attention like his previous books. I am liking his first books more than this one by a landslide.
 Doc Chrysler June 18, 2009
pulp pundit (S. Padre Island, Texas)
I've been a fan of the Doc Ford series from its inception, but I wonder if that franchise might not have run its course. There's residual entertainment value here, in spite of annoying problems with the book. That is, Tomlinson's personality has become fuzzily amorphous, Ford seems ever more morally ambiguous, and too many characters are tediously portrayed as obsessed with getting laid even while catastrophic events are whirling around them. Add a couple of non-believable and expendable characters and an inconsistently paced plot, and we are presented with a product that does not meet White's usual standard. Too bad. The series was fun while it lasted. I did appreciate the accolades given to Bill Marquardt at the end of the novel, though. Once upon a time Bill was an acquaintance of mine.
 Doc Ford never disappoints June 7, 2009
Kay Mclemore (Deer Park, WA)
We've enjoyed each of Randy Wayne White's books in his Doc Ford series and this was no exception. We are always on the road and listen to these audiobooks to help pass the miles more quickly and enjoyably. George Guidall is a great reader and does a great job.
Slipping May 30, 2009
Ralph S. Miller (SE Florida)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a great fan of Randy Wayne White, I have found this book, and his previous book to be disappointing. As an earlier reviewer said, the "old Doc Ford" and I might add "old Florida" seem to be missing
No comparisons to earlier books, such as, "Sanibel Flats" and "Everglades"
Maybe Randy is too busy with his restaurant ventures?
As good as the others, the turn isn't all that remarkable May 26, 2009
gregg
I'm a non-fiction reader, for the most part. But for personal reasons, and a growing interest in Sanibel Island, I read the last twelve of Randy Wayne White's novels in the last two or three months. So I've got a good sense of the tone and direction. And while I was bothered by the addition in the last two of an aging James Bond kind of character, I was satisfied to see that the character of Doc Ford was still intact.
Despite what others have said in these reviews about the series "changing," I was happy to see the entire Sanibel gang included, and particularly happy to see Tomlinson, whose inclusion in the Doc Ford series I believe only deepens the humanity of White's characters.
I don't get the negative comments by some folks berating the series' direction. I believe the transitions between books are well planned, serve the purposes of the characters, and encourage their being read in series.
They are what they are, and for me are a good deal better than other writers in this genre. And for lovers of the Sanibel / Captiva Islands, there is no other writer from what I can see.
The change between White's last couple of books and those earlier in the series? Overstated for sure. Less of Sir what's his name for sure. But still, I can't wait for the next book!
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