基本信息出版社：Pocket Books
页码：544 页
出版日期：2003年05月
ISBN：0743404068
条形码：9780743404068
版本：Paperback
装帧：平装
开本：32
正文语种：英语
外文书名：深深的拥抱

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Family secrets and hidden lives come to haunt Madison Castelli, the sexy, vivacious, and talented writer last seen in Jackie Collins's Lethal Seduction. As she digs into her father's past, trying to resolve the mystery that surrounds her mother's death many years before, Madison finds herself falling into a vortex of lust, greed, and deception, as eventually her quest of discovery turns into a race for her life. Fast-paced, sexy, and full of the glamour that pervades Jackie Collins's novels, Deadly Embrace is sure to please her fans and earn her many more. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
作者简介 Jackie Collins is the author of twenty-one provocative and controversial international bestsellers. She lives in Beverly Hills, California. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
编辑推荐 From Publishers Weekly
The godmother of glam/vamp fiction returns with a campy prequel/sequel to Lethal Seduction, digging down and dirty to find the roots of celebrity journalist Madison Castelli's twisted family tree. Madison, first introduced in Collins's L.A. Connections series, plays a supporting role in this soapy sex-o-rama. This time, her father, Michael Castelli, a handsome "wiseguy" turned tycoon, takes center stage, along with his lover, stunning Las Vegas showgirl Dani Castle. Castelli has been accused of killing not one but two women: Beth, Madison's mother, and Stella, the woman Madison believed to be her mom. He is acquitted of the first murder with the help of his mob boss buddy, Vito Giovanni, aka Mr. G., who is unfortunately deceased by the time the second hit occurs. The nasty men responsible for framing Castelli are threatening to take out more of his loved ones if he doesn't cough up money Mr. G. promised them before he died. While Castelli knows that means they could harm not only Madison but Dani, mother of Madison's two step-siblings Sofia, teen wild child now on the prowl in Europe, and Vincent, young Vegas hotel mogul he also knows these crooks are responsible for the murder of his own mother, making retribution his ultimate goal. Throughout the readable if sometimes turgid saga, which skips from Michael and Dani's New York and Las Vegas pasts to the present-day ordeal of Madison held hostage at an upscale L.A. restaurant, the bombardment of amoral antics leaves the reader either reaching for an antacid or a very dry martini. Warning: the tongue-in-cheek/family-feel-good denouement cheerfully opens the door for another sequel.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From AudioFile
Michael Castelli's legitimate and illegitimate families are both at risk from a crazy, old porno queen who is bent on revenge for having been jilted by Michael's father during WWII. Will Michael have to kill her? And will he finally marry his mistress of 30 years? Carrington McDuffie offers fine characterizations of Michael's New York mobster friends and their sleazy associates. Her depiction of Michael's younger daughter makes the girl sound 38 rather than 18, but remains consistent. McDuffie's soft, formal delivery, however, never quite captures Collins's racing pace and sharp edge. Her performance works too hard on what should be simply a fun read. The sound levels and pervasive hiss on the tapes don't help matters either. R.P.L. ? AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright ? AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

From Booklist
Things aren't going well for Madison Castelli, last seen in Lethal Seduction (2000). Her father, Michael, is accused of a double murder (well, he is a mobster), and her photographer boyfriend has been missing in Colombia for 10 days, "which is pretty damn worrying." Needing "a break to get her head on straight," Madison heads to L.A., where she is promptly involved in a hostage situation in a trendy restaurant. And so it goes in Collins' glitzy, melodramatic world. Seemingly flying on automatic pilot, Collins throws together her usual grab bag of outrageous events stitched together in alternating story lines and described in laughable prose. The dialogue consists of gems such as, "You treat me like crap, Michael, then you expect me to fall gratefully into your arms like God's gift." or the ever popular: "Give it to me, Mike, give it to me good." But to give Collins her due, she is a master of pacing. Each short chapter, alternating between the past and present and exploring the lives and loves of Madison's family, trots briskly along, filled with drugs, sex, murder, and mayhem--and concluding, just like a Jane Austen novel, with an oh-so-happy wedding. For the addicted. Ilene Cooper

专业书评 From Publishers Weekly
The godmother of glam/vamp fiction returns with a campy prequel/sequel to Lethal Seduction, digging down and dirty to find the roots of celebrity journalist Madison Castelli's twisted family tree. Madison, first introduced in Collins's L.A. Connections series, plays a supporting role in this soapy sex-o-rama. This time, her father, Michael Castelli, a handsome "wiseguy" turned tycoon, takes center stage, along with his lover, stunning Las Vegas showgirl Dani Castle. Castelli has been accused of killing not one but two women: Beth, Madison's mother, and Stella, the woman Madison believed to be her mom. He is acquitted of the first murder with the help of his mob boss buddy, Vito Giovanni, aka Mr. G., who is unfortunately deceased by the time the second hit occurs. The nasty men responsible for framing Castelli are threatening to take out more of his loved ones if he doesn't cough up money Mr. G. promised them before he died. While Castelli knows that means they could harm not only Madison but Dani, mother of Madison's two step-siblings Sofia, teen wild child now on the prowl in Europe, and Vincent, young Vegas hotel mogul he also knows these crooks are responsible for the murder of his own mother, making retribution his ultimate goal. Throughout the readable if sometimes turgid saga, which skips from Michael and Dani's New York and Las Vegas pasts to the present-day ordeal of Madison held hostage at an upscale L.A. restaurant, the bombardment of amoral antics leaves the reader either reaching for an antacid or a very dry martini. Warning: the tongue-in-cheek/family-feel-good denouement cheerfully opens the door for another sequel.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Library Journal
Picking up where Lethal Seduction left off, this novel tracks sassy celebrity writer Madison's efforts to uncover her father's mobster past.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From AudioFile
Michael Castelli's legitimate and illegitimate families are both at risk from a crazy, old porno queen who is bent on revenge for having been jilted by Michael's father during WWII. Will Michael have to kill her? And will he finally marry his mistress of 30 years? Carrington McDuffie offers fine characterizations of Michael's New York mobster friends and their sleazy associates. Her depiction of Michael's younger daughter makes the girl sound 38 rather than 18, but remains consistent. McDuffie's soft, formal delivery, however, never quite captures Collins's racing pace and sharp edge. Her performance works too hard on what should be simply a fun read. The sound levels and pervasive hiss on the tapes don't help matters either. R.P.L. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

From Booklist
Things aren't going well for Madison Castelli, last seen in Lethal Seduction (2000). Her father, Michael, is accused of a double murder (well, he is a mobster), and her photographer boyfriend has been missing in Colombia for 10 days, "which is pretty damn worrying." Needing "a break to get her head on straight," Madison heads to L.A., where she is promptly involved in a hostage situation in a trendy restaurant. And so it goes in Collins' glitzy, melodramatic world. Seemingly flying on automatic pilot, Collins throws together her usual grab bag of outrageous events stitched together in alternating story lines and described in laughable prose. The dialogue consists of gems such as, "You treat me like crap, Michael, then you expect me to fall gratefully into your arms like God's gift." or the ever popular: "Give it to me, Mike, give it to me good." But to give Collins her due, she is a master of pacing. Each short chapter, alternating between the past and present and exploring the lives and loves of Madison's family, trots briskly along, filled with drugs, sex, murder, and mayhem--and concluding, just like a Jane Austen novel, with an oh-so-happy wedding. For the addicted. Ilene Cooper
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review
Associated Press Very addictive. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.