Review: Good story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2013
The story of a Colorado almost-sheriff going to Italy to solve the mysteryof his brother's death is well plotted and engages the reader.  Of course, he is aided by a very beautiful policewoman who also speaks perfect American English.  The main drawback to me was a lack of editing.  It sometimes seemed that the author had kept a thesaurus beside him to vary his word choices.  All of these words mean 'to move from here to there' but the mental images conjured up are very different: stride, tip-toe, shuffle, tread, skip, walk, glide, shamble, etc.  I found distracting instances where the mental image of the word the author chose didn't fit what I thought he was trying to convey.  And PLEASE don't confuse 'sight' with 'site'.  The word 'site' was consistently used when the other was meant.  That could simply be a spell-check error, but a proofreader should catch it.  Don't even get me started on "lie/lay".Note to e-book authors:  If you want someone to proofread/edit your book for this type of error, see me!  I gladly offer my services.  If I read a review that says the book is full of typos, word usage errors or grammar errors, I will not purchase the book. Period.