An Isolated Incident

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Summary: Not a Mystery
Review: While the author has a fine ability to describe the setting and an interesting array of characters, I knew the murderer very early in this book--and I rarely can do that. Also a main character acts out-of-character two-thirds of the way through which distorts the plot. But my biggest disappointment was with the ending. This is not a mystery to solve but a drama of prejudice and racism, and I found the ending left a bitter taste. I live in the Pacific Northwest and to characterize it with such unrelenting--and unresolved--bigotry is unfair and untrue. Such a shame that an author feels readers want that kind of book.

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Summary: Not as good as her first novel
Review: Guilt by associaton is my favourite book and I eagerly anticipated Sloan's next book. Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed. A good read all the same.

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Summary: small town murder
Review: A very interesting story of a murder that happens in a small town and the consequences. The characters seemed very real, as did the community. I had a hunch of who the killer was and had to speed all the way to the last page to see if I was right! Wasn't a nail biter, but good all the same.

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Summary: Not a mystery at all...
Review: I had guessed who the murderer was after about the first couple chapters but kept reading thinking there had to be a twist - which never came.

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Summary: The Review of a Great Book
Review: A fast paced thriller with a mystery and almost no before hand ending. One of a kind and a must read if you love mystery and suspense. This novel keeps you guessing from first page to last. Has real life situation and a real life solution.

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Summary: A Great Read!
Review: I was fortunate to discover this author! This book was a great read providing lots of suspense and a surprising ending that shocked me! Susan Sloan is not your average fiction writer. A must read-great entertainment!

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Summary: Couldn't put it down
Review: This book is a well-written suspense. I thought I had the mystery figured out in the first two or three chapters and was reading to verify that I was correct. The author never once loses sight of making the reader believe that the police are on the right track, that the real killer has been released on a technicality, that the sniper has a good motive even though he is legally wrong. The identity of the killer is not revealed until the last paragraph -- but when the reader reviews the clues, the solution is airtight. I couldn't put the book down.

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Summary: WAY TO SURPRISING!
Review: IT WAS A GREAT BOOK BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFERENT. IS THE FIRST BOOK I READ FOM THIS AUTHOR AND I'M WILLING TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. THE END LEFT ME A SOUR SENSATION OF NOT KNOWING PEOPLE THE WAY THEY REALLY ARE. IT WAS AMZING HOW AT THE END THE KILLER REVEALS HIMSELF SO INDIRECT. THE ROMANCE WAS OK BECAUSE THE NOVEL DID NOT BASE THE STORY ON THAT. READ IT! IS A TWO THUMPS UP!

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Summary: First half is great! A bit muddled and elementary later.
Review: An enjoyable book...The first half is engrossing and suspensful..good character development between Reuben and Ginger...The last 100 pages were a let down...Ending was predictable.

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Summary: highly entertaining, a good fun read
Review: I have read the other reviews and while I see there were loose ends, etc, I do think it was a great vacation book, unexpectedly picked up from the library and enjoyed. I will look for her first book.