Review: Thoughtfully crafted and rich in detail ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
Having just finished `Dead, Without a Stone to Tell It', the debut novel for writing team Danna and Vanderlaan, I was impatient to read their next just-published work, `No One Sees Me 'Til I Fall' and I downloaded it almost immediately.  Leigh Abbott and Matt Lowell are already firmly entrenched in my consciousness as characters with depth and appeal, and I was eager to see where these two clever authors would go with them next.I was catapulted back into their world from the first page; a body is dumped at a land fill, discarded with as little thought as were the piles of garbage that surround it.  Abbott, Leigh and their team of grad student techs work together to identify the victim and through that collaboration discover a culture of cruelty that can be difficult for us to comprehend.  A culture where woman have little value and horrendous practices against them are accepted.  In giving the victim back her identity and uncovering the perpetrator of this debasing crime, they give her back her dignity and humanity.  The journey there is fast paced and packed with drama and tension.Published as a novella, this story reads like a full length novel and has just as much impact.  It is thoughtfully crafted and rich with detail, an unexpected and satisfying accomplishment in a work of this length.  You can read this as a stand alone, but don't stop there.  Personally, I am champing at the bit to read the next full length instalment!