Intern

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Summary: I stayed up way too late because I had to find out
Review: This book grabbed me from the first page and wouldn't let me stop until I found out what really happened to the "intern". In each chapter, Hill gives just enough information to reel you in a little tighter but always leaves you wanting more.

This book shows both sides of this disturbing case - you feel the pain of the victim's family as well as the suspects family. The plot is very plausable - it is easy to see how one event led to the next but you never know what that next event will be.

I've enjoyed Hill's nonfiction books, but her fiction is even better. I can't wait for her next book.

Rating:
Summary: Roller Coaster
Review: This book is a hard one to review. I loved reading the first 90% of it. The problem arose in that I was pretty sure about a third in that I knew who-done-it and was reading just because it was a very well crafted story with great character development. The problem was the end started feeling more and more rushed to me, and when I finally got there, felt it was a let-down for such a great build-up.

Not a bad read, but I wouldn't rush out for it.

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Summary: Sizzling!! Beguiling!! Public Opinion!!
Review: This book was a grabber from page one. Not only was it masterfully written and cunningly plotted, but the characters were real (like them or not) and Bonnie Hearn Hill wove them through her story as if we had face-to-face contact. Intern brought to mind headlines of the past, and perhaps that is why it has both a nostalgic and tragic element to it. Be prepared, once you start reading Intern, it will taunt you until you finish it. Long after the end, I found myself thinking about the characters and what might have been different if. . . .