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The Triumph of Katie Byrne

By: Barbara Taylor Bradford
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 0006514391
ISBN-13: 9780006514398
Released: 04 Feb 2002
RRP: £6.99
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Avid Reader - By: Frances Mary, 17 Feb 2008
I wish I had read the previous reader's review before buying this book. This must be the most appalllingly written book.Starting with a murder,it then moves to England where the heroine becomes a star, returns to the U.S. on Broadway, whoopee, meets the hero & the murder is solved through DNA in last 2 chapters. All stereotyped " beautiful, brilliant" cardboard Characters. If Mrs Bradford didn't have enough money ,I would accuse her of taking it & running.
A disappointment to fans of Barbara Taylor Bradford - By: , 15 Mar 2001
As a devoted fan of Barbara Taylor Bradford I had great expectations of her new novel but this book lacks the quality of her previous work. This is a first attempt at writing a mystery & the initial 'plot' works well. However, the book veers off on a tangent that has no bearing on the beginning scenes & concentrates on a trip to Yorkshire where we are introduced to a whole web of characters who actuallly have no bearing on the rest of the book. Having got know the characters through Barbara's consumate descriptions the story suddenly swings back to America & these characters have no relation on the rest of the novel. In Barbara's previous novels the main character is devloped so descriptively gaining complete empathy from the reader,however, there is very little insight into the character of Katie Byrne & this deems to make a shalllow read. All the action (and what should have comprised the majority of the book) happens in the last two chapters; a sudden love-affair that springs out of nowhere & a disappointing conclusion to the mystery given the initial intricate plot. A great shame & I hope that Barbara Bradford soon reverts the tried & tested formulae.