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    You Can't Stop Me

    By Max Allan Collins

    3.5/5

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    From the New York Times–bestselling author and Edgar Award winner: Reality TV sets the stage for “a terrific cat and mouse thriller” (The Mystery Gazette).
     
    Field agent for the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation, J.C. Harrow made headlines when he apprehended a would-be presidential assassin—only to come home that night and find his wife and son brutally murdered. This tragic twist of fate launched his career as the host of reality TV’s smash-hit, Crime Seen! But while media star Harrow tracks down dangerous criminals coast to coast—with the help of viewers’ tips—a killer with a twisted agenda is making his own bloody path to fame.
     
    As the trail of violence draws closer, Harrow goes off script in a manhunt for the psycho who slaughtered his family. The cameras are rolling. And all of America is watching—including a serial killer with a very specific target audience.
     
    “Mov[ing] like a semi down a mountain road with the brakes burned out,” You Can’t Stop Me is the Shamus Award winner from a renowned author at his breathtaking best (Pulp Fiction Reviews).
     
    “A killer yarn from a master of suspense.” —James Rollins
     
    “I did not move from my chair till I was done.” —Crimespree
     
    “No one can twist through a maze with the intensity and suspense of Max Allan Collins.” —Clive Cussler
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 1, 2010
    ISBN9780786024513
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    You Can't Stop Me
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    Max Allan Collins

    <p>Max Allan Collins is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. He is the author of the Shamus Award-winning Nathan Heller thrillers and the graphic novel <em>Road to Perdition</em>, basis of the Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks. His innovative Quarry novels led to a 2016 Cinemax series. He has completed a dozen posthumous Mickey Spillane mysteries, and wrote the syndicated <em>Dick Tracy</em> series for more than fifteen years. His one-man show, <em>Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life</em>, was an Edgar Award finalist. He lives in Iowa.</p>

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    • 3/5
      The twist to this crime drama is the police officer investigating the crime (against his family) goes does so by becoming a reality TV host investigating crime.While the writing was fast paced and help my interest while reading, it was ultimately so forgetable that a week later when I went to write this review I had to look up the description on Amazon for even the basic plot info.I got this free on kindle, and while I don't feel my time was wasted reading it, I'm glad I didn't pay for it.
    • 4/5
      Collins and Clemens borrow from the TV show America's Most Wanted and its host John Walsh. In You Can't Stop Me, J.C. Harrow is a cop who loses his wife and son to a serial killer. Circumstances send Harrow into the limelight and, consequently, he becomes the host of a reality crime show. He uses this show to assemble an expert crime team and they travel the country tracking the killer with TV cameras following their every move.This is a quick read, with believable and likable characters. I found the authors had a thing for making most characters cute blondes and for describing what everyone was wearing. And the last line, in my opinion, was just plain silly. But those are minor things. Overall I enjoyed this one and would read another by these two authors.
    • 4/5
      Basically, I liked the storyline and J.C.Harrow has definite possibilities! I was a little disappointed with the predictability of the story, but then I've always preferred books with twists and surprises. I would have liked to have seen a bit more depth of character, but overall enjoyed the book enough that I read it completely. I believe this is a first novel for this author and if that is the case, I would definitely be interested in reading the second one.
    • 3/5
      3.5 stars. This was a very good, interesting mystery story. Not as much action as his Quarry novels, but better in many ways. The look into the twisted motivations of a serial killer & the exciting way the story played out were riveting. The setting was different - a take off of Alan Walsh's example. I liked the early CSI TV shows (Collins writes novelizations of them) & this story is similar. Well worth reading.
    • 3/5
      Synopsis: JC Harrow is working crowd control when a gunman tried to assassinate the president. His quick thinking keeps this from happening, however later that day he returns home to find his family murdered. There are no clues; Harrow vows to find the killer. In the process he becomes the leader of a TV show that tracks down criminals. Eventually, one of his staff finds a clue that reveals a serial killer that may have begun with Harrow's family.Review: I might have liked this better if I hadn't already seen it on TV as an episode (or several) of Criminal Minds.
    • 3/5
      At first the reality show concept was interesting. Then it just became annoying. I wanted more action without some strange sort of characters running around with a camera to solve murders. Don't get me wrong, I loved the story concept, but the TV aspect sort of ruined it. However, the conspiracy theories and the killer's motives were interesting. If possible I'd rather give this story a 3.5 instead of just a plain old three.
    • 4/5
      A sheriff, John Harrow, finds himself rescuing the President of the United States from a man wielding a gun at a county fair only to return home to find his wife and son had been shot to death and no clue as to the murderer. Years later, another sheriff's family is murdered in a similar fashion, but this time, a corn leaf is found in the driveway, noticed only by an assistant to a crime solving TV show. This clue leads John, to form a team with the backing of the tv network to hunt down the killer.With cameras by their side, they discover more similar murders and a common thread. All surviving victims of the murders are male members of the civil service. Soon they realize they are hunting for a serial killer. The Messenger follows their progress on tv with fascination and hope ... His message is getting through after all, and John Harrow will find him and understand the message he's been sending all these years. Uncovering the clues of his twisted mind and also of his brilliant plans takes the team down false paths and danger.
    • 3/5
      I hate reality TV. Hate it, hate it, hate it. Even shows that have a moral center, such as "America's Most Wanted." So, once I got into "You Can't Stop Me" I thought I'd have trouble getting past the basic concept of a former Iowa sheriff becoming host of a true-crime show in an effort to find the killer of his wife and children. But, I liked it. The main character, J.C. Harrow, is admirable, but while the supporting characters all have distinctive characteristics, many are not well fleshed out. As usual, one of the most interesting characters is the serial killer (given the number of books and movies featuring serial killers, it's a wonder any of us is still alive). The author's approach to the television is both sanguine and cynical - television can do good work if the talent can just work around the executive suits. The author also seems to have affection for small-town law enforcement officials - until the unnecessary surprise ending. In the final pages, the author's bio reveals that he wrote the graphic novel, "Road to Perdition," which was made into an under-appreciated film with Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Jude Law, and Daniel Craig. Like the film, the dialogue in "You Can't Stop Me" is generally natural, dipping into the expository only when a character is developing a stream of conversation before the TV cameras. As someone who's done a lot of TV interviews, it is pretty spot on. This is a good crime procedural, mixed with an appropriately ambivalent perspective on television and the emotional effect participatory journalism can have on all parties concerned.
    • 4/5
      Picked this up on the kindle for free. It is the story of a sheriff who comes home to find his wife and child murdered. He them becomes the host of a TV reality crime show which he uses to find the person who murdered his family. It was an easy and quick read but it is not one that will keep you up all night because you can't put it down.
    • 3/5
      This was a fast paced search for a mass killer. It was very easy reading and held my interest throughout the book. I thought the tie-in between the search for the killer and reality TV was well done.
    • 5/5
      Former sheriff Harrow comes home from saving the POTUS and discovers his dead wife and son. He starts a reality crime show (similar to America’s Most Wanted) and receives information that will help him go after the killer of his family. This is incorporated into his show. It sounds cheesy, but this was a “can’t put it down” book. Each chapter kept me wanting to go on to the next.