Usually I Love Andrew Neiderman's work. However, this book borders on being unreadable. It was never even remotely interesting. It was a complete and utter disappointment and failure.

Andrew Neiderman does not take himself too seriously and that what makes his novels so gripping. As far-fetched and over-the-top his stories appear, the end-result always satisfies--somehow.

Take DUPLICATES, for example, the nightmarish journey of a family loosing it's identity. Neiderman doesn't waste any time with overlong character developments and descriptions that never ends. Instead, he dives the reader right into a suspensful and intriguing storyline which works aplenty.

What will happen to the Boxletters, now that they have become strangers to one another ? Will they ever be reunited ?

This neat-concept of a novel is sure to please anyone who likes fast-paced, intriguing, suspensful, and downright nasty when you stop to think about it, stories. What more can you ask for ? ----------M. Boucher

This was a great idea and scary because it probably can happen soon. I liked the way the author developed the idea of people in love falling in love even when they are turned into different people. It's romantic and yet it's in a science thriller. Great.

My interest in the classics, such as Faust, Paradise Lost and The Divine Comedy inspired my interest in the movie and book versions of The Devil's Advocate. Though it would not be appropriate to compare the modern story intended as popular entertainment with these literary classics, the subject matter is similar and might interest anyone with an appreciation of these works. I saw the movie first and felt that novel might have something more to offer. I felt that the book lacked much of the drama of the film - two-thirds of it is devoted to the saga of Kevin and Miriam moving from a suburb to downtown New York. I had expected it to deal more with the confrontation of innocence with ultimate evil. This is conveyed more effectively in the movie by the character of Satan as portrayed by Al Pacino. The character of Kevin's wife is drawn much more sympathetically in the film than the book. The ending of the movie is more convincing and powerful than that of the book, which tends to rely on theatrical devices. I thought picking on the legal profession as the Devil's chosen instrument of evil was a bit overdone in the movie; the book suggests that disreputable lawyers represent only one arm of Satan, and that everyone has spores of evil within them waiting for an appropriate opportunity to germinate. A reading of the book may stimulate more ideas than the faster paced movie, but overall the film strengthens some of the themes in the story and makes the characters more compelling. One must credit the author with an imaginative idea that was to some extent refined by the screenwriters. Those with an interest in classical literature are apt to be more critical of the book than the film, but both stimulate the imagination.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, don't! The movie is very good, the book is much, much superior. The author, Andrew Neiderman, is also the ghost-writer of deceased V.C. Andrews, but his writing under his own name is much better than with hers in my opinion. Everytime I read a book by Andrew Neiderman I am always shocked by the way his characters are developed, and how he are always surprised by their atittudes.

More to his credit, I'd say that Andrew has one of the most incredible minds. None of his books are similar to others, and his crazy mind is always working on an intelligent thing.

THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE is just a display. It's the kind of book you read in only one seat. Believe me, Andrew is good. And this book is just wonderful.

Marco Aurelio

The author of "The Devil's Advocate" Andrew Neiderman has created a readable story as well as a thought provoking composition.
One of the character's names is "John Milton," which immediately brought me back in time to a college lit. class and the classic "Paradise Lost" by John Milton.
"Paradise" is the prize it seems in this extremely well written tale about a young attorney with his eye on winning and establishing himself as a champion lawyer;headed for all the wealth and status that can come with it: hence, his paradise.
In the pursuit of his "paradise" main character Kevin must come to grips with what he may have lost in his all too quickly acquired "paradise." Is it all worth it?
Reading this novel after having seen the blockbuster movie (inspired by Neiderman's novel), I wish I'd read the book first.
Neiderman's creative genius was a little "lost" on me since I kept seeing actor Keanu Reeves, who played the role of Kevin and Al Pacino in the role of John Milton, instead of being able to imagine freely what the author crafted...but then again, seeing those two actors in my head wasn't all that bad...good job casting!
The struggle between what we believe "paradise" should be and what it needs to be is beautifully tackled in this outstanding tale of paradise(?)lost.....I highly recommend this book.

Rejuvenation is the central key to this tale of medical coverup and suspense. Webster Martin is drawn in after picking up a young woman at a posh nightclub. Little does he know that she is really old enough to be his grandmother.

The next morning she is gone and Webster feels a loss. But his friend who went out with her friend never woke up at all. He has been murdered and his date is also gone.

A brilliant doctor is close to the secret of second, and maybe eternal, youth. Some powerful men are funding him. They are also protecting him and his research. They will do anything to keep the secret to themselves. Even murder.

Webster, his rejuvenated date, and a pair of local police become enmeshed in the medical plot and try to discover the truth.

The plots culminate in a satisfying conclusion although no necessarily happily for all.

A good detective thriller that is not really medical thriller and definitely not horror. But there are good characters and some plot lines that keep the reader interested.

Although Neiderman is one of my favorite authors in the genre, he is losing his talent. This idea of this book seems to be a recycled, but different writing of The Immortals, which is one of my favorite novels by this author (or any novel, for that matter). I'm sorry to say this, but maybe Neiderman needs to sit back awhile and reflect before writing another novel with a storyline that's been either recycled or done before.

I know Andrew Neiderman has written some good books such as Surrogate Child but to me this wasn't nearly suspenseful enough to hold my attention! I've got some more books to read by him and hope that there better!

"The Immortals" by Andrew Neiderman is the story of Leon Enterprises, the manufacturer of unique youth-restoring products. Their products are expensive, are sold to a select clientele, and are sold directly at the customer's home. Mr. Leon, head of Leon Enterprises, enjoys and exercises power. He personally runs his enterprise with an iron hand and demands cult-like obedience from his employees. Faithful employees who make the required sacrifices are rewarded with renewed youthfulness, wealth, and privilege.

"The Immortals" is interesting because of its youth fixation -- a twentieth century replay of vampirism (customers' sustained youthfulness requires sustained financial drain) and Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (employees' sustained youthfulness requires increasing depravation). Also, Leon Enterprises *could* be an allegory for organized crime's reputed sales of drugs like ecstasy and cocaine.

This was kind of hard to follow I think Neiderman should rename this Dr Frankenstein and the Stepford kids! No offense I usually like Mr Neidermans writing very much! This story tended to drag a little to me! Read it when your run out of other good stuff to read.

I didn't find this book to be spooky or exciting at all. The characters were boring and so was the story. I'm sorry I wasted my time trying to read this one.

Having read 'The Need' which is a wonderful book by Andrew Neiderman, I eagerly picked up 'Surrogate Child' in the belief that it, too, would be a worthwhile read. I am sorry to say that it is one of the worst books that I have ever read. The characters are one dimensional and not believable. The plot, while somewhat interesting, never reaches its potential. Poorly written, with a ridiculous ending, the book is not worthy of Mr. Neiderman.

this book was very good but some things just didnt add up. i recommend this book too anyone that likes stories that are some what freaky but yet weird...

A synonym for jeopardy is danger and this is exactly what Andrew Neiderman gives us in his book, "In Double Jeopardy"; danger of high shattered exceptions through lack of explanation and subetly, and danger of boredom through unoriginal characters and predictable plot, that is. Not only is the plot foretellable, but it, along with the characters and settings of LA and New York City, makes the novel read like one written after a movie - not before. This is interesting, since Neiderman is the author of "The Devil's Advocate" which was made into an A-list movie. Perhpas he hoped the same for this work and got a little too ahead of himself. Although the plot idea is intriguing - a man sentenced to death row gets his wealthy and powerful father to fake his execution and allow for his son to undergo plastic surgery and walk free again - there seems to be something missing from the entire work. More original and insightful characters could have helped along with additional plot twists. Too many references to celebrity status and the life of the well-off make the book seem somewhat cheap - like it's trying to be something it's not. Also, unrealistic character progression is seen in the antagonist, Dirk Stoner, (again, a less Hollywood-esque name could have been used here) leads to a climax that ironically is anticlimactic as we've been waiting through the entire book for it to happen and when it does, we are neither surprised or on the edge of our seats, biting our fingernails in anticipiation because we could see it coming from a mile away. Although the protagonists do eventually become likeable as there is a sympathy factor worked in and we hope for a happy ending, the hero of the book is typical and contrived - we can sense that from the very beginning. The bottom line for "In Double Jeopardy" is as follows: bland characters, hoaky, movie-script plot and unengaging dialogue and description make this novel a borer and disappointer, not a chiller/thriller. Steer clear of this book because the only jeopardy you'll be in is the danger of wasting your time.

A daughter is murdered by the son of a very wealthy man. The son is tried and convicted, and sentenced to death by lethal injection. What if the wealthy father, aware that the appeal processes will not free his son, uses his vast resources and connections to surreptitiously defeat the will of the people?

This is the premise of Andrew Neiderman's In Double Jeopardy. It is a well written novel that not only takes a reader down a not improbable path of conspiracy and deception, but it also does a very good job of showing the consequences of a violent crime on the victim's surviving family.

While the suspenseful moments in the novel do not occur mainly until near the conclusion, the planning, "execution" (pun intended) and aftermath of the son's avoidance of the death penalty make this novel a fascinating read. The characters, particularly the father of the murdered daughter, are convincing. A great deal of thought went into the writing of this novel, and it would be an enjoyable read for fans of thrillers and the X Files.

so there's this dog-creature going round thinking evil thoughts. it will punish the humans, yes it will. it lurks, it stalks, it even comes to bite a human and then disappear again. then it wants to punish other humans. this was really uninteresting, stereotypical, dull. bad plot. just a lot of evil thoughts and nothing much going on. a creature walking around thinking evil thoughts, sometimes attacking? what was the author thinking? there is no reason to buy this book, no matter what taste you have in books, you won't be satisfied anyway.