The Cove [With Headphones] Book

I remembered reading some Catherine Coulter books in my early teens (when finding my grandma's hidden romance novels and reading them under my blankets was still cool), and I think I enjoyed them at the time. So, when I found this in a box of books I thought it might be good at least for a little frivolous reading. Unfortunately, she doesn't hold up well with age. The Cove manages to detail fantastically improbable events while being unbelievably BORING. Sally was insipid, James was cardboard, and despite the fact that I read the book last night I had to look up their names to write this review. The Cops and FBI Agents violate so many basic procedures of law enforcement that it crosses the line into the absurd. Worst of all, it perpetuates insulting stereotypes - just because a person is gay does not mean they have AIDS. If that little gem hadn't come at the very end, it would probably have been what tossed the book into the DNF pile.