Review: Another winner
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2014
Belinda Frisch, author of Cure, Afterbirth and Fatal Reaction, delivers once again. Better Left Buried is a gripping novel in the tradition of Joan Lowery Nixon. A troubled young woman is haunted by a childhood event she can't quite remember, one that continues to affect both her dream and waking lives.As always, the writing is polished and precise, consistently first-rate, whether the author is setting a scene, describing action or probing a character's mind,From the moment they appear, characters are flesh-and-blood real. That goes for bit as well as key players. Darker motives and secrets aren't shied away from. Midway through the book, as our insight into them deepens, relationships take on a sophisication which parallels that of the book's central mystery.There is plenty of suspense throughout--natural and supernatural--and a climax that had me riveted to the page. What's more, the author doesn't end on that note, but spends time exploring the consequences of what happened.Buy it. Read it. Keep an eye out for the next one.