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Summary: Flashback Genre
Review: A good read with uniquely crafted stories from the past intertwined with the present. The genre of the book is flashbacks every other chapter. Put off by this I realized the only way to complete the book was to read the old story in its entirety then read the present story. The first paragraph almost stopped me for the author starts with, "He climbed down out of the Siskiyous...". I envisioned someone trekking only to find in the last sentence he was driving a car. Fortunately, similar lapses are rare.
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Summary: Wonderfully different mystery.
Review: What a read. The Mystery Library sent me this book and I read it in one sitting. I am now going to read Mitcheltree's other book. This book is a wonderful blend of character study and mystery. Don't read it if you like nothing left to the imagination at the end of a book. If, however, you are looking for a mystery with a different twist to it, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Basic good story marred by too many implausibilities
Review: While much of the basic historical plot of this story wasgood, the contemporary portion was filled with so may annoying implausibilities, I lost interest. First, how come the researcher kept discovering info in the chronicalogical order of his subjects lives? Hardly likely. Second that the Baker Estate apparently existed in trust without any actual heirs/owners, and that the lawyer with control of the estate didn't just get the papers she wanted and had access to, but constructed an elaborate plot to get a researcher to basically steal them from her--please. The fish of water Easterner in the West also rang false as did almost all the modern relationships. Sorry.
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