Who Killed My Daughter?

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Summary: The most heartfelt story I've ever read
Review: I could not put this book down. I read it in 2 days the first time I read it. I've read it many times and I get more out of it everytime I read it. My heart goise out to the Arquette family and Lois Duncan is one of my favorite authors.

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Summary: Well written, recommanded for anyonone who enjoys her novels
Review: I find this book very well written. It must have been hard for Lois Duncan to write this book. It's very detailed.It's the great search for the murderer of her daughter.I would recommand this book to people to who like her young adult novels. I wouldn't recommand this book to people who have lost a loved one. ENJOY, the choice is your's!!

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Summary: Astounded
Review: I have never read the book, but I was a friend of Kaitlyn's brother at the time she was killed and saw what it did to him. As a matter of fact, I had met her and her Vietnamese boyfriend not long before that unfortunate night. I think it's sad the killer(s) haven't been found, for Lois' peace of mind. I haven't been in contact with Kait's brother for quite a long time, but he and his family were good people and it's about time they found the answers. God bless the Arquettes. I hope the new year will bring an end to their sorrow.

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Summary: too much psychics!
Review: I read a lot of murder investigations, but this book makes me very uncomfortable because its constant reference to visions, psychics, religion to a high degree, and reincarnation. To such an extend that it becomes quickly irritating. Some of the things the author writes about are totally unbelievable, such as her ability to see into the future. All in all, I felt after having read this to have been wasting my time and will switch straight away to Ann Rule.

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Summary: A Novelist's True Crime Story
Review: I read this book after listening to Lois Duncan speak earlier this month about her continuing search (15 years on) for the persons who murdered her daughter. This a compelling account of mother facing the unthinkable. I am somewhat astonished by the reviewer who critizes the book for not revealing the true killers. Readers hope for a clean ending will be disappointed; those requiring it will miss the point. Lois had always written of law enforcement as heroes, competent and tireless pursuers of justice. In reality, she got resistance, not assistance from the police. Lois loses not only a daughter, but also her trust for our justice system.

There are two reasons the book stands out and is worth reading. First, Lois writes well. Hers is not the only family to become victims of unsolved crimes, but she tells the story we don't often hear -- precisely because it does not have a neat or hopeful ending and reminds us that, in the end, we are all at the mercy of our fellow human beings. The second reason this book is different is because of the use of psychics. I am quite skeptical, generally, and wondered at first whether Lois and the psychics used each other: Lois to feel better; the psychics to self-promote. But the useful information that inexplicably emerges through the psychics is uncanny and too plentiful to be the product of sheer chance or coincidence. It really requires one to consider one's views on the nature of life and death.

If you want a thought provoking looking inside and mother's nightmare, then read this book. If you want a happy ending, then do not.


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Summary: Who Killed my Daughter?
Review: I really liked this book. Lois Duncan does a great job writting about her daughter's murder case. Her daughter only 18 died while driving to a friends' house. The police would ahve been helpful, if they did their jobs.

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Summary: Unfinished.
Review: I stayed up until 2:00am to find out the conclusion to all the mysteries only to find that Duncan stopped writing before the story ended. Overall, a good piece of non-fiction for a fiction writer. Next time please have the patience for the story to play out before ending it.

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Summary: very touching but frustrating
Review: I was very touched by the honesty and pain that Lois so clearly wrote with. I am very frustrated that no one has been brought to justice over the murder of her daughter, I give Lois alot of credit for her strength.

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Summary: Unbelievibly Wonderful!!!
Review: I've always been a fan of Lois' books, and have read every single one of her young adult fiction books, plus her autobiography. When i decided to read this book i thought it would be yet another suspencefull book and interesting story about her daughter's murder. Throughout the book i was astonished by the physic readings and how true they turned out to be. I was already interested in physic things before i read the book, but now i really believe in them. It also was fustrating to see how the police really didn't care at all about getting the truth out. They insisted it was random, when it was obiviously not if you look at all the evidence. This is not your average book and i believe it would be solved right now if the police were to actually do their job. I don't think there's anything wrong with this book and i can't wait to read the sequal!

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Summary: ~~A Chill in the Thrill of True Crime Novels~~
Review: I've always been a fan of true crime, but this book included such a personal view that it left a chill in the thrill of reading true crime novels. Never has an autobiographical novel been so honest and forthcoming, so human in its account of a family's tragedy. When you read this Lois Duncan book, you feel like you come to know the writer behind those printed words. You'll find yourself gasping from surprise and twitching in suspense simultaneously with Ms. Duncan. It was a book I couldn't put down until it was read, and then I wanted to pick it up again to reread this unsolved mystery. Underneath the mystery and intrigue, there is a beautiful story of a mother and daughter relationship that truly transcends this earth.