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Summary: A powerful novel of mystery and history
Review: As always, Tom Piccirilli capably brings his characters to life thorugh the use of the secrets in their pasts, their complex emotional make-ups, and moral integrity. This story speeds along giving us an intensely personal view of the protagonists and some amazing action scenes. Definitely pick it up.
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Summary: A real page-turner
Review: Piccirilli gives us an exciting, gripping, dark but often humorous novel that makes extremely good use of the "amateur sleuth" team of Jon Kendrick and his grandmother Anna. A unique, believable, and wonderfully well-done mystery!
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Summary: welcome to felicity grove.
Review: The call came at about four in the morning, and Jonathan Kendrick knew it was one of two people: his ex-wife, complaining about some new biker-boyfriend, or his eccentric grandmother. And it was his grandmother, Anna, who called for him to come and visit... since a body was found, stuffed in a trashcan, in her front yard.Jonathan flew to Felicity Grove (thus why this is known as a 'Felicity Grove novel'), to see if he could calm Anna down - not that she needed it, being the cool character (and mystery fan) that she was. In time, he discovers the root of a twenty year old mystery, gains a girlfriend, and solves the mystery of why Anna's yard was chosen as the final resting place of Richie Harraday... and one of Jonathan's old friends. This book has quite a good plot, including many amusing things... such as the main character being a bookstore owner, and a mystery fan as a grandmother. Really, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this book, except for the dialogue. It was all rather stilted, and featured some completely unbelievable characters. For instance, Anna is a fan of complex talk... but how many people have ever heard a person mention the word "garish" in common place conversation? But that's all excusable, for how good a book this is. Check it out (if you can find it, of course)!
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