Review: Clever, clever, clever
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2013
Clever, clever, clever!  Well written, well executed mystery story with some great twists. Took a few chapters to hook me, but once I was in, I wanted to see where this was going and read well into the night to get to the finish. The author did a great job developing the story line with many great clues that seemed to leave the author open to end the story with a few possible villains. I was guessing right up the very moment the truth was exposed - and I didn't see that coming at all!  I liked how the story was developed by featuring a character a chapter so it did give me the feeling I knew the characters relatively well - even with the surprise ending.  Character development was another strength the author has in her writing - I think I felt for the characters ( Likes, dislikes, could have cared less about a couple of them) in a way I think the author meant to invoke -that probably says a lot about how great a writer the author is - the fact I believe I feel as what she wanted me to feel about the characters.**spoiler alert below***There were 2 story lines that ran through and I wondered when the 2 would collide**spoiler here***they don't come together in any way I would have imagined them to ( I thought there might be a conflict brewing with Dylan/Manjits story that would intersect with Dylan defending Johnno in an appeal or something like that...something that would have caused Nat and Dylan to be at odds).So points to the author for not doing the obvious and intersecting the 2 cases in a manner that likely would have detracted from the key Nat/Amy/Martin and case "exposed truth" story line.Well done and I strongly recommend to any mystery/murder case readers.