The Edge of the Crazies

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Summary: Went Directly Onto My Keeper Shelf
Review: For those of us whose every day is off-kilter, Jamie Harrison has created the ideal town with the perfect sheriff: Jules Clement, Ph.D., of Blue Deer, Montana. Home after a decade of archeological exploration, Jules finds that the duties of a small-town sheriff are more dangerous than excavating in Tunisia or Turkey, because in Montana he has to cope with sibling rivalry, nouveau riche newcomers, duck killers, naked men peeing in the town park, and memories of his father's murder twenty years earlier. Walking on the wild side has never been better.

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Summary: Terrific
Review: Funny, tough, startling, believable -- the characters and the setting are likeable, the plot is accessible, and Ms. Harrison writes very well. It's much too much fun to discover Jules Clement on your own to tell you more, and the book is well worth reading. This is a mystery to treasure.

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Summary: The Edge of the Crazies
Review: I first found this series at the library, and I have bought them all because I like them so well, I want to be able to introduce friends to them.
Literate, funny, the characters are eccentric and believable. And for all those woman who love Martha Grimes' Richard Jury, get ready for Jules. Catches the flavor of a small town and Montana.

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Summary: An impressive debut
Review: I love a good mystery, but I was intrigued by this author because her father (Jim Harrison) is one of my favorite authors. She stands on her own as a mystery author though, creating likeable, human characters in a fresh setting. I was still guessing up until the last dozen pages. I look forward to more adventures with Sheriff Jules Clement

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Summary: Excellent.
Review: Jamie Harrison is without peer - more novels about Jules please!

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Summary: Went Directly Onto My Keeper Shelf
Review: Jamie Harrison writes more into the first 80 pages than most authors put into an entire book. Characters, scenery, emotions, undercurrents and tensions between characters, they are all there. In a world of a lot of ho-hum writing, Harrison really stands out head and shoulders above the rest! I am reading her second book in the series, GOING LOCAL, right now, and it's another excellent book proving that the first was no fluke. For a book like this, I wish the ratings included more stars. It's just that good! Get it, read it, and put it on your keeper shelf. I'll be reading this series more than once!