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Summary: A winner; this work is truly frightening
Review: Alaska is considered by many people to be the last frontier on the North American continent. The land appears to be pristine and clean, but like the rest of the United States, evil walks the land. Dog musher and trainer Jessie Arnold is internationally renowned for her canine breeding program and her participation in races like the Iditarard. Although she can not fathom who would hate her enough to hurt her, she has recently been under siege from an unknown antagonist. Her assailant's campaign of terror is frightening Jessie. The culprit has placed traps in her kennels, leading to severe injuries to her dogs. Jessie herself barely escapes from the teeth of one of the traps. She receives threatening calls and letters. Her brake line has been cut, leading to Jessie and her friends being hospitalized from the subsequent car crash. Jessie's significant other, state trooper Alex Jensen, devotes his full attention to capturing the maniac stalking his beloved before the cat and mouse game turns fatal. Sue Henry brings out the feral isolation of the sparsely populated part of Alaska that provides the reader insight into a region where the law exists only as far as an individual can personally enforce it. DEADFALL imbues the audience with the primal fear that a person feels when a stalker makes them his prey. The imaginative story line with its solid mystery, in which the assailant's motives are as important as uncovering his identity, compels readers to want more novels from this talented author. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: What happened?
Review: I am a great fan of Sue Henry and could't wait to read her 5th book. All her other books kept getting better and better. This one just does not have the mystery and smooth writing of her other books. In fact, I found this one rather boring and felt Ms. Henry was reaching for something that was not there. I can only hope her next book gets back into the beautiful discription of Alaska and has a better believable mystery.
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Summary: Great Suspense
Review: I enjoyed this book for the suspense - it had plenty. Jessie shines in this one. I was puzzled by the convoluted motives of the bad guy.I guess Sue Henry wanted to make the book as mysterious as possible. I felt the frustration that the main characters had, but went along with the story anyway. I felt strongly agitated when the bad guy went after the dogs. I would give a lot to have a friend like Tank.:) The ending was really a reach but all's well that ends well. Altogether it was a competent and enjoyable read. On to the next.
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Summary: Great Suspense
Review: I enjoyed this book for the suspense - it had plenty. Jessie shines in this one. I was puzzled by the convoluted motives of the bad guy.I guess Sue Henry wanted to make the book as mysterious as possible. I felt the frustration that the main characters had, but went along with the story anyway. I felt strongly agitated when the bad guy went after the dogs. I would give a lot to have a friend like Tank.:) The ending was really a reach but all's well that ends well. Altogether it was a competent and enjoyable read. On to the next.
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Summary: Good plot, Poor writing
Review: I found the Alaskan scenery and way of life to be very interesting, however, as a mystery this book didn't cut it. Jessie was about as dumb as any main character I have ever read about. She carried a 44, was supposedly competent with firearms, never took a shot at a stalker who was shooting at her, and eventually gave her gun up to the stalker while cooking his breakfast. What drivel. Who in their right mind when someone is trying to kill them, would be furious at anyone for sending help because their independence was threatened. The story is inprobable and needed a good proofreading.
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Summary: Deadfall falls flat.
Review: I have always enjoyed Sue Henry's books, but this one leaves me feeling puzzled. I am one of those people who gets frightened in a movie when somebody pops out of a closet. When Jessie was alone on an isolated island and heard noises -- well, I had to quit reading. I read in the middle of the night, and frankly, I got scared. It took me over a month to get up my courage and read it in the daytime, only to discover there wasn't much to the story. How contrived can a plot get? Her descriptions are wonderful as always, but they won't hold a novel together without a decent plot. I hope our Sue hasn't lost her touch, and can come up with something better than this in the near future. Also, she better make up her mind, or maybe her characters should make up their mind for her, about their relationship in the future. It hurts to have them confused. Wake up, little Susie!
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Summary: Great Mystery
Review: I have to disagree with some of the other reviewers here. I thought this was a very well plotted story. The action was reminiscent of Murder On The Iditarod Trail which I thought was exceptional. Even the everyday chores Jesse performs are made interesting. I'm glad that the relationship between Jesse and Alex is continuing unchanged. If they were to marry, I think a lot of the spark would be lost. The only trouble with Ms. Henry's books is that they are finished too soon.
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Summary: Reading this book was a pleasure, but there were faults
Review: I have to say that the quality of writing, the setting, action and details in this book were excellent, and the story well put together. I guess I would give it 3 and a half stars really. I haven't read the other books in the series, and this book is prompting me to find the others to read. Dispite the problems with the book, the richly described setting and conflict pulled me in. The book does something of a "time jump" in which every other chapter is devoted to charachters in seperate places, and are also seperated by a day. I think this was a clumsy, and somewhat confusing way to let readers in on some facts. Like other readers, I found the motive too far fetched to involve the people it did. Why didn't the perp just go directly to the problem he had?? I would say more but I don't want to give it away. Jessie took some actions which I keept thinking "No! Don't do that!" at her in the final conflict. Also, Jessie's conflict of independance vs. commitment to Alex, was, I felt, an afterthought to the story which soured an otherwise good ending.
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Summary: Reading this book was a pleasure, but there were faults
Review: I have to say that the quality of writing, the setting, action and details in this book were excellent, and the story well put together. I guess I would give it 3 and a half stars really. I haven't read the other books in the series, and this book is prompting me to find the others to read. Dispite the problems with the book, the richly described setting and conflict pulled me in. The book does something of a "time jump" in which every other chapter is devoted to charachters in seperate places, and are also seperated by a day. I think this was a clumsy, and somewhat confusing way to let readers in on some facts. Like other readers, I found the motive too far fetched to involve the people it did. Why didn't the perp just go directly to the problem he had?? I would say more but I don't want to give it away. Jessie took some actions which I keept thinking "No! Don't do that!" at her in the final conflict. Also, Jessie's conflict of independance vs. commitment to Alex, was, I felt, an afterthought to the story which soured an otherwise good ending.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: I just discovered Sue Henry and thoroughly enjoy her books. I read number 4 first and then went and bought the first three. They seem to me to reflect Alaska in a true fashion as related to me by my relatives from there. I recommend this series to all who enjoy a good mystery.
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