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Summary: Opened my Eyes and Heart
Review: Every once in a while, a book comes along that touches your heart and mind in such a way that it holds a special place among all others. If you're looking for such a book, then this one is it. The death of a parent is more than many of us can bare. This book held my attention and described it perfectly. Yet there's more. This is only the beginning. The search for the father's will surfaces a number of forged documents that were prepared by the stepmother and her accomplices. Nothing is sacred to this evil woman. First, her brother. Then, her father. Now, she's out to claim all of her husband's assets for herself and disinherit his six children. I loved this book and the hunt for the will. It opened my eyes to how easy identity theft can happen inside the home today. I give this book 5 stars!
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Summary: Unanswered Questions
Review: I agree with the other people who gave reviews that this was a very good book. My beef is that the author didn't answer any of the questions posed on the cover of the book - namely: "Is their father the man they think he is? How was he able to buy all the guns, diamonds, land and mineral rights that he owned? How involved was he in the gambling and prostitution rings along the Galveston Bay? Were his connections to George Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird and Joe Bonanno much deeper than they seemed? Was he truly involved in the JFK assassination?"I was left with more questions than answers. Maybe they need to use their investigative skills to uncover these more intreging questions.
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Summary: Unanswered Questions
Review: I agree with the other people who gave reviews that this was a very good book. My beef is that the author didn't answer any of the questions posed on the cover of the book - namely: "Is their father the man they think he is? How was he able to buy all the guns, diamonds, land and mineral rights that he owned? How involved was he in the gambling and prostitution rings along the Galveston Bay? Were his connections to George Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird and Joe Bonanno much deeper than they seemed? Was he truly involved in the JFK assassination?" I was left with more questions than answers. Maybe they need to use their investigative skills to uncover these more intreging questions.
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Summary: Very Interesting book! You evil stepmoms better watch out.
Review: I bought and finished this book in two days. I can't wait to find out how this winds up. I hope Sydney and her family get their rightful share of their dad's inheritance. This kind of thing happens way to often.
I hope the sequel comes out soon. Hopefully pictures will be in the next one. It makes it more real to know what each person looks like.
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Summary: A Page Turner!
Review: I couldn't put this book down once I picked it up. If you're looking for a super page turner and gripping mystery, then this book's for you. The evil stepmother is definitely evil. She's had years to spin her web in an attempt to gain her third husband's assets and disinherit his six children. Creating a second signature for her husband, is just the beginning. She's used it to forge a number of documents, including his will. Sydney and her sister Heather do a remarkable job of searching for the truth and justice. This book has opened my eyes to how easy identity theft can occur inside the home by a loved one. I give this book 5 stars!
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Summary: Has all the signs of a Best Seller
Review: I laughed, I cried, and I chewed my fingernails. All are signs that this book could easily become a Best Seller. It's a fascinating mystery, thriller, police story. Although Sydney's father dies early in the book, his presence remains alive throughout the hunt for his lost Last Will and Testament. The evil stepmother is hateful, manipulative and two-faced. While attempting to right a terrible injustice on their deceased father's behalf, the adventures of Sydney and her sister Heather draw them closer together. It's a wonderful book. If you like Ann Rule and Dan Brown books, you'll like this one.
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Summary: Pretty Good Read
Review: I read this book in only a couple of days. It was pretty good for a first-time author. I got a little confused with all the characters. However, I could visualize the story coming to life in my mind's eye. Hopefully there will be a sequel.
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Summary: The Best Texas True Story I've ever Read!
Review: I received this book as a Christmas present and couldn't put it down once I started reading the first chapter. The author did an excellent job of writing this book in present tense and made me feel like I was involved in the hunt for the Last Will and Testament. If you liked Nancy Drew mysteries, you'll like this book. Thoughts of the TV show Dallas, the Black Widow Stepmother and the Anna Nicole Smith trial came to mind. I've recommended this book to several people, and they felt the same way. It's an adventurous and heart-wrenching story that you'll stay up late at night to read. Thank you Sydney for sharing your true story with the world!
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Summary: deception is the key word........
Review: If you are looking for a book a long the lines of "Blood and Money" You won't find it in this book! I found this book very drawn out. It did not deliver! The author was very self serving. It was Money ($25.00) ill spent!
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Summary: Unfocused meandering through Texas via Fone & Fax
Review: Maybe this vanity self-published (1st Books) memoir "couldda been a contender" in the True Crime book genre. But there's more rotten in the State of Texas and this book than just the allegations that Stepmomma forged Daddy's will. Daddy had six kids with wife #1. When he dies, married to wife #2, the kids in Family #1 are unhappy that Daddy didn't leave them the proverbial farm and all the underlying Texas mineral rights thereto. So, two of the Family #1 daughters waltz across, zig zagging back and forth around, Texas trying to prove that Wicked Stepmomma forged a Will not giving them what they feel to be their due.
This saga is all relayed to the reader in screenplay fashion - via expository cell phone conversations and faxes in the present (so she goes to Betty's and like, opens the door and goes...) Valley Girl lingo tense as the amateur sister sleuths try to grab the Texas gold. The author (Sister Sleuth # 1) writes of herself in the 3rd person. There is totally too much extraneous information and conversation in this 553 page tome that would have greatly benefited from an experienced editor and proof reader at a "real" publishing house. Grammatical and syntactical errors abound. And buried in the middle of it all, warranting only scant mention, is the bomb that maybe Daddy was involved as an assassin of JFK (!)
At the end of all the traversing of Texas, the reader knows little more than she did at the start of the journey about who did what to whom - except that those Newman girls think all attorneys are idiots.
And, Owen, there are no pictures here.
/TundraVision esq Amazon Reviewer
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