Rating: 
Summary: The best of its kind.
Review: This is the best mystery novel I have ever read to date. However, I am not here to go details about how good is this book, but just like to say some words over some reviews I just happened to read here.
I find those reviews quite disturbing in which people usually complain about animal cruelity written in this book. To say so, I am most devoted animal lover (cats included of course) but I believe one cannot mix up the reality with fiction. And also I do not think the book's description of cruelity to cats either surpass or worth remembering than the cruelity, wickedness and dark psychos of human characters played in this book. And above all, real and pure cruelities directed to both human and animals alike are being taking place in the real world out there with every passing second of our lives.
So my suggestion is try to recognize and rejoice in a good book when you have the privilege and be disturbed and offended by the real world cruelities.
Rating: 
Summary: Different
Review: This is the first book by Minette Walters that I have read. It was a good book, because it has a good structure and an interesting build up until the end.It was interesting that the victim, Annie, had tourette's syndrome. Walters writes about Annie's struggles, as she deals with her problems. Sadly, Annie is badly treated by cruel people that live in her neighbourhood. Very few people try to help her, because they do not understand why she behaves as she does,and because they want to keep out of trouble. Annie also suffers because she is the only black person who lives in the neighbourhood. 20 years later, one neighbour tries to find out what really happened to Annie the day she was murdered.
Rating:
Summary: A Sweet Turn Around
Review: You cannot ever fault a Minette Walters book. This superb story will keep you reading to the last. What makes this book so special is that it is not your standard crime novel with the police seen as always the good guys. It is obsessive until the end and you will really wonder where it is leading you. Love crime read this one.
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