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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Another mystery. . .

I was in a thrift shop the other day and saw Stranger in the Woods: A Hattie Farwell Mystery for 25ยข. I thought it looked interestring, and bought it. The only bad thing I have to say about the book is this: the dialogue doesn't seem natural. For instance, Hattie tells the police office she saw a hand "protroding". Wouldn't the more natural thing to say is "Sticking out from under the leaves"? The dialogue that seemed forced was at the beginning of the book, and this was a real spine tingler. The basic story is a man is stalking a lady who just moved into a new sub-division -- so new that her family is the only one living there. Hattie solves the mystery but not in time before . . . I won't give the ending. The only thing that I didn't like about this book was the dialogue in the beginning, but if you can look past that, you'll have a great read!

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