Without Mercy

Rating:
Summary: Strong characters, Weak plot
Review: I enjoyed Dorrestein's prose and her themes of a damaged couple struggling to reconnect after their family tragedy, but I had a big problem with the plotting of the book, the trip to the inn and especially the entire clumsy sequence with the teenage girls were big missteps. This is the only book I have read by this author. I like her characterizations and mood, but the plot development failed her.

Rating:
Summary: Lives shattered by a murder within the family
Review: Renate Dorrestein, author of A Heart of Stone, relates the sad tale of a "perfect marriage" ripped asunder when the teenage son is murdered. Although the story is situated within the confines of one single weekend, use of flashback orients readers to the causes of the love and guilt and recrimination that surface. Heartbreaking, yet sometimes funny.

Rating:
Summary: Lives shattered by a murder within the family
Review: Renate Dorrestein, author of A Heart of Stone, relates the sad tale of a "perfect marriage" ripped asunder when the teenage son is murdered. Although the story is situated within the confines of one single weekend, use of flashback orients readers to the causes of the love and guilt and recrimination that surface. Heartbreaking, yet sometimes funny.