Hearts and Bones

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Summary: Transcends the mystery genre
Review: This is simply one of the best debut novels I've ever read. Set in the years following the American Revolution, HEARTS AND BONES will make you rethink how you view both the war and its painful aftermath. The quality of the writing is so extraordinary that I read this book from cover to cover in one sitting. Lawrence's subsequent novels are also first-rate, but increasingly bleak and grim. The universe her characters inhabit is a hopeless and futile one; one I'm not sure I want to continue to revisit. But this first novel is a superb piece of writing. Don't miss it.