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    Killer Weekend

    Written by Ridley Pearson

    Narrated by Christopher Lane

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    Eight years ago, in Sun Valley-snowcapped playground for the wealthy and ambitious-all that stood between New York State attorney general Elizabeth Shaler and a knife-wielding killer was local patrolman Walt Fleming. Now Liz Shaler returns to Sun Valley as the crown jewel and keynote speaker for billionaire Patrick Cutter's world-famous C3, a media and communications conference where the richest, most powerful business tycoons converge. The attorney general, a political lightning rod, is expected to announce her candidacy for president. It's a media coup for Cutter-but a security nightmare for Walt Fleming, now the county sheriff.

    As C3 gets under way, authorities learn of a confirmed threat on Shaler's life, and various competing interests-the Secret Service, the FBI, Cutter's own security forces-begin jockeying for jurisdiction. Beyond the logistical nightmare that the conference's extravagances represent for Sheriff Fleming, he must also contend with a raft of other local concerns: his nephew's arrest, his wife's infidelity, the death of a socialite under suspicious circumstances, and a series of apparent maulings by a cougar. Each of these incidents comes to a head just as Shaler's assassin puts his chillingly precise plan into action.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 10, 2007
    ISBN9781423321293
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    Killer Weekend
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    Ridley Pearson

    Ridley Pearson is the bestselling author of over fifty novels, including Peter and the Starcatchers (cowritten with Dave Barry) and the Kingdom Keepers and Lock and Key series. He has also written two dozen crime novels, including Probable Cause, Beyond Recognition, Killer Weekend, The Risk Agent, and The Red Room. To learn more about him, visit www.ridleypearson.com.

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    • 2/5
      I did stay to the end of this but mainly because I couldn't believe it was as boring and knew it would get better. It didn't. The plot is too silly to even capsulate. I'm only adding the book here so I'll be sure and not pick it up again.
    • 4/5
      I'm enjoying my alphabetical tour of the US, and "meeting" a lot of new-to-me authors. The project should take me well into next year at least, since I just finished the Idaho book, Ridley Pearson's KILLER WEEKEND.

      This excellent thriller, set in the Sun Valley-Ketchum-Hailey area, has some plot and structural elements in common with THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, but it is in no way derivative. A good author can make a fine new book out of an old plot, and that's what Pearson has done here.

      Sheriff Walt Fleming has a lot of problems in KILLER WEEKEND, both personal and professional. Professionally, a part-time resident whose life Walt saved some years before is about to announce her candidacy for President. Walt has good reason to believe she may be the target of an assassin, but not all of the many other Federal and private security people around her are willing to believe him. The conference at which she's announcing is also the target of protesters, and cougars seem to be attacking dogs and people. Then there's a murder. Walt's personal life is in shambles too -- he's about to be divorced, his only brother is recently dead, his nephew is in with a bad crowd, and his drunken father is on the scene as a high-up in one of the private security firms.

      As in THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, we also get to see the activities and plans of the assassin, but unlike in that book, the identity of those who hired him is part of the mystery, and in addition, he is not at all a sympathetic character.

      Pearson is described on the dust jacket as a thriller writer, and this was indeed a thrilling book; it also had some of the hallmarks of the contemporary thriller, such as some very short chapters. But the characters of the sheriff, his team, and his family are more fully realized than in many thrillers, and the story also has many elements of the police procedural.

      Of course, one of the main reasons I'm reading these books is for setting. Pearson doesn't go overboard on the nature writing, but you definitely know you're not in Kansas (or Maine) any more. Even more than the natural setting, I was fascinated by the descriptions of the social setting of an area where the super-rich and famous are such an important and visible part of the landscape. We have our rich and famous people in Maine too, but they tend to lie low and not splash money around quite so blatantly as the characters in this book (and from what I've read of the influx of celebrities and big money into the mountain West, it's quite accurate). Sheriff Walt has to walk a fine line when his investigations take him too close to the wealthy power-brokers, but he doesn't back down, and I like that.

      I enjoyed KILLER WEEKEND a lot, and look forward to more about Sun Valley from Ridley Pearson.

    • 3/5
      Poor Walt Fleming has all kinds of trouble in this book. Walt is the Sheriff of Sun Valley, Idaho. Recently divorced after difficulties following the death of his brother, he finds out his deputy is sleeping with his ex. New York Attorney General Liz Shaler is a part time resident of Sun Valley, and five years ago Walt saved her life. Now he be responsible for her life again, as part of the security surrounding a famous communications conference being held. Liz is planning to announce her candidacy for President, but someone is determined to silence her permanently. If only the entire rest of the security team wasn't actively working against Walt.

      I found this first book in the series intriguing. I liked the character of Walt, a good man struggling through tough personal times while dealing with a most challenging villain. I found the sections detailing the villain and his preparation tedious however, and merely skimmed them. If the villain is not an interesting character in his own right (and this one wasn't), then I don't want to read about him. A relationship between Walt and Fiona had potential but only mildly touched on in this book. Although I wasn't hugely impressed by the book overall, I may in time read the next in the series.
    • 3/5
      A female presidential hopeful is about to announce her candidacy at a posh resort in Sun Valley, Idaho while at the same time a contract killer is going to try and eliminate her. This is headache enough for the local sheriff, Walt Fleming, but throw in the secret service, private security and some high profile media bigwigs and he has the makings of on disastrous weekend. Of course his previous connection to the future candidate and a troublesome past don’t help either.This book covers a four day period leading up to the candidate’s announcement and the attempt on her life. I did find that the characters were lacking development but the book had lots of action with an intricate plot. Set in the beautiful Sun Valley area of Idaho, I found Killer Weekend to be a quick and easy read.
    • 3/5
      A great first in a series about a sheriff in Sun Valley, Idaho. Fleming is the sheriff of this popular resort town and is tasked with offering protection for the Attorney General who will be announcing her candidacy for President at an upcoming Apple-type convention. I enjoyed the "two-faced-ness" (literally) of the assassin and how that played out. There were some weird coincidences, but at the end it all made sense. I will definitely continue with the series.
    • 4/5
      Ridley Pearson has written a love story to the people and town of Sun Valley, Idaho, disguised as a murder mystery. He fictionalizes real denizens of Sun Valley, including the sheriff Walt Femling (who becomes protagonist Walt Fleming in the book). Mark Aker of the Sun Valley Animal Clinic even gets to keep his real name in the book. Pearson loves these people and it shows. In fact, he must assume we know them as well as he does, since he doesn’t provide much character description.In mostly very short chapters, Pearson guides us through a whirlwind weekend centered on a famous yearly conference for VIPs. New York State Attorney General Elizabeth Shaler is the keynote speaker and is expected to announce her run for U.S. President. Fleming knows her, since he saved her life eight years previously. Now she’s in danger again, and we all know that only Super Boy Scout Walt Fleming can come to the rescue.A hired killer, who we meet right away, has several disguises. The plot is a race to see if Walt and other security agents will discover him before he can do away with Shaler. A potential romance between forensic photographer Fiona and the recently divorced Walt spice up the proceedings a bit.I like Pearson a lot, but I’m glad I read his other books first, especially his Lou Boldt series. This book doesn’t show the same intelligence or depth as his others. Nevertheless, his love for the characters brings warmth to the story, and it was still diverting if not exceptional.(JAF)