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The Trophy Wife |  | Author: Diana Diamond
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 1246355
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312974728
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780312974725
ASIN: 0312974728
Publication Date: August 15, 2001
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Product Description
From a makeshift basement prison in the middle of nowhere, Emily Childs lies drugged, chained to a bed. Her last memory is being brutally attacked in her home while taking a shower. Now her only hope of rescue lies with her husband who's been asked to pay an enormous ransom. But as her captors panic, Emily soon realizes she will have to save herself... As senior vice president to the world's most important bank, Walter Childs is poised to take the next step and become chairman. He's determined to have it all-even the beautiful and brilliant Angela Hilliard. But how far is he willing to go to have his trophy wife? For Angela Hilliard, a quickly rising star in the banking arena, nothing was out of her reach-not even another woman's husband. With Walter by her side, she could take her career all the way to the top. There's just one person standing in her way...Emily Childs. AUTHORBIO: DIANA DIAMOND is the pseudonym of a critically acclaimed mystery and thriller writer. She is also the author of The Babysitter.
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 Editing Errors and Typos Galore April 12, 2010
L. Chaney
I quit reading this book after page 32 - couldn't concentrate on the storyline looking for more errors in spelling and grammar. Injustice to the author - didn't "she" read the finished product?
 ehhhh..... January 3, 2006
Carrie (Cortland, OH United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I give it a 3 for holding my attention. I am a teacher, and I thought I was going to scream over the editing. It became a game to see how many typos I could find. I thought the ending was horrible! Emily could have been killed, and she was brutalized, but no one says anything about it. Argh....I bought all 5 of "her" books, and this is the first I've read. I hope they get better.
 The trophy for best kidnapper goes to...... February 8, 2004
James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia)
This is a pretty good thriller which is extremely exciting in the scenes with Emily and her tormentors. If the book was all like this it would have been five stars in rating easily but the lengthy scenes with Walter and other secondary characters do drag on from time to time giving the book a slightly less over all rating. Great thriller though, highly recommended. Current edition in Australia has none of thesse numerous typos some reviewers are going on about. If they bought books full of typos why did they not return them as they are obviously cheap rip off copies and not originals.Emily Childs, wife of Walter a banker who is at the top of his industry and in charge of billions of dollars of accounts is violently kidnapped. The kidnapper wants one hundred million wired to an account in the Cayman Islands by Monday or Emily dies. If Walter tells the police or his employer (they have a strict policy not to negotiate with terrorists or other extortionists) Emily dies. Even though he was about to dump his wife in favour of his much younger assistant and by following company policy under these circumstances he will more than likely be promoted, guilt and pressure from others plays on Walter's mind to do the right thing and pay off the kidnappers to save his wife's life. Andrew Hogan is an ex cop who left the force because he didn't want to be in anyone's pocket and is the bank's head of security so is the only man Walter can trust to get Emily back. Greed however is creeping into the minds of those holding Emily and she must be found before it is too late.
Predictable and TERRIBLE Editing May 22, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this book to be too predictable. Like another reviewer said, it was hard to feel sympathy for the wife because she was painted as somewhat negative from the beginning. Even though the story leaves a lot to be desired, the editing is absolutely AWFUL. The typos and other mistakes were extremely distracting. Otherwise, I would have given the story a marginal two stars.
Particulary annoying book May 19, 2003
Ellen b (Long Island United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The spelling and grammatical errors were so horrendous in this book that I felt it was a total insult to the reader. No wonder the author wants to remain anonymous! Some scenes were so overwritten that I skimmed many pages until I could see that the story line began moving again. I guess I probably missed even more mistakes. Obviously, someone was asleep at the switch when this book got published. Who is the real author anyway? I need to know so that I can avoid her future books.
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