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Summary: A lot better than Agatha Christie
Review: I got this book from the library, and even though it was translated I liked a lot. I love to read crime mysteries, but I like a better plot than the ones given by Crime-Queen Agatha Christie. I like the Maron's style, I like the duality of Deborah. It's not only action, there's a lot of charachter describing too. It has all the ingredients for a good book. I'm glad I found amazone, now I'll be able to read Maron's novels in english.
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Summary: it's good, but not that good
Review: I had great expectation from this book, but it kind of let me down. The pace is rather slow.
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Summary: Far more development that "Sigrid", classic Maron
Review: I have said on here and elsewhere that Margaret Maron is a fine enough writer to convey just about whatever mood or ideas or setting she wishes. Despite that skill, her eight Sigrid Harald mysteries are a little dry -- skillful plots and good detective work seem to hold one's attention, but the entertainment factor is a little low. All that goes away with the 1992 debut of rural North Carolina's attorney (and judge wannabe) Deborah Knott. From lengthy settings on the farm, gone fishin', even in court, we get a real flavor of the locale and the people appearing herein. And our new leading lady gives us plenty to like as she not only toils to solve an 18-year old murder (shades of Lee Harris' Christine Bennett), but also rails a bit against the local magistrates and decides to run for district judge herself. The plot is fairly compelling, with a nice prequel to set the stage, and then the mainline occuring two decades later. Before it's all over, two more murders lead to a fairly surprising ending, and one that not everybody may like real well. Along the way we get brief exposés on blacks in the south and gays in bible belt territory (even Deborah seems to have a pretty good stable of verses memorized which she hauls out from time to time). It's clear from the rest of the series that Knott gets her judgeship, and I for one look forward to see how that transition goes. As for "Judging Deborah", a thumbs up so far!
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Summary: Far more development that "Sigrid", classic Maron
Review: I have said on here and elsewhere that Margaret Maron is a fine enough writer to convey just about whatever mood or ideas or setting she wishes. Despite that skill, her eight Sigrid Harald mysteries are a little dry -- skillful plots and good detective work seem to hold one's attention, but the entertainment factor is a little low. All that goes away with the 1992 debut of rural North Carolina's attorney (and judge wannabe) Deborah Knott. From lengthy settings on the farm, gone fishin', even in court, we get a real flavor of the locale and the people appearing herein. And our new leading lady gives us plenty to like as she not only toils to solve an 18-year old murder (shades of Lee Harris' Christine Bennett), but also rails a bit against the local magistrates and decides to run for district judge herself. The plot is fairly compelling, with a nice prequel to set the stage, and then the mainline occuring two decades later. Before it's all over, two more murders lead to a fairly surprising ending, and one that not everybody may like real well. Along the way we get brief exposés on blacks in the south and gays in bible belt territory (even Deborah seems to have a pretty good stable of verses memorized which she hauls out from time to time). It's clear from the rest of the series that Knott gets her judgeship, and I for one look forward to see how that transition goes. As for "Judging Deborah", a thumbs up so far!
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Summary: A Great Book!
Review: I loved everything about Deborah Knott...she's everything I want in a heroine. She's smart, exciting and human. The only thing that I regret is that we didn't see more of her relationship with her father. I'm picking up another Margaret Maron book right away. She spins an exhilarating tale!
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Summary: Mrs. Mystery
Review: I really enjoyed this 1st of the Deborah Knott series. I was guessing right up until the end. Margaret Maron had me right there (actually, I am anyway)in rural North Carolina.
Get it!
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Summary: SO GREAT BUT ENDED SO SAD!
Review: I truly enjoyed the book until the last two pages. I did not want to put it down when I started reading it. Deborah Knott is ans attorney running for district judge. She is asked to find out who murdered a woman eighteen years earlier. She starts asking questions and someone else is murdered, she keeps digging and there is another murder. Maron is a very good writer, she makes you feel like you are there and you can relate to the people involved. You will be very surprised who the killer is. At least I was. I gave it a four star instead of five because of the last two pages. I am so sad the book ended in this manner. I could not stand the lack of ethics. Talk about a gift. I really hate it happened this way. Can't say any more.
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Summary: SO GREAT BUT ENDED SO SAD!
Review: I truly enjoyed the book until the last two pages. I did not want to put it down when I started reading it. Deborah Knott is ans attorney running for district judge. She is asked to find out who murdered a woman eighteen years earlier. She starts asking questions and someone else is murdered, she keeps digging and there is another murder. Maron is a very good writer, she makes you feel like you are there and you can relate to the people involved. You will be very surprised who the killer is. At least I was. I gave it a four star instead of five because of the last two pages. I am so sad the book ended in this manner. I could not stand the lack of ethics. Talk about a gift. I really hate it happened this way. Can't say any more.
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Summary: I'm hooked on Maron!
Review: I'm so glad I found this book, this author!
Deborah Knott, the heroine, is to be admired for the risks she takes while maintaining a fine balance between common sense, family loyality, political aspirations and community responsibility!
Can't wait to read all of Margaret Maron's books!
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Summary: A good start to a promising series.
Review: Margaret Maron is a witty and humorous writer and has done a great job with this first book in the Deborah Knott series. In this the first book we find out that Deborah is the youngest child, and only girl, in a very large family. Many mentions are made of her numerous brothers (but it isn't until the fourth book in the series that we actually find out how many brothers she has). Deborah currently resides with her Aunt Zel and Uncle Ash. She is asked to solve an 18-year-old murder by the murdered woman's daughter (who was just an infant at the time of the murder). Digging into this leads to two more murders in an attempt to cover up the original. The only downside can be trying to keep track of family members and whose kids are whose, etc. (if those types of details matter to you). Definitely a book worth reading.
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