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Marcia Meara

Autor(a) de Wake-Robin Ridge

3 Works 29 Membros 3 Críticas

Obras por Marcia Meara

Wake-Robin Ridge (2013) 16 exemplares
Swamp Ghosts (2014) 11 exemplares
Summer Magic 2 exemplares

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Swamp Ghosts is a novel that manages to combine romance, a murder mystery, and wonderfully descriptive passages of the animals, flora, and fauna of the St. John’s River. Quite a tall order, but I think on the whole Marcia Meara pulls it off very well. I enjoyed the interplay between the lightness of the two main protagonist’s developing love, and the darkness that lies hidden within a murderer’s heart. The killer’s portrait is chillingly believable and at times makes you gasp, wince and reflect. So even though Marcia Meara is an older lady , she sure doesn’t write like one! She crafts a story-line with a heck of a punch. So beware!

Having said that, Maggie and Gunnar fall in love very quickly. This seems somewhat at odds with Maggie’s inability to trust. Personally I would have liked to see the love interest develop a little more slowly. Though Marcia does a great job depicting Maggie and Gunnar’s enthusiasm for each other in the bedroom department! Wonderfully sensual, without being overtly erotic.

Swamp Ghosts is an absorbing, and at times disturbing read. There is an underlying sense of uncertainty that threads throughout the novel, twisting and turning like the St. John’s River itself. Is Maggie safe with this stranger, even if he looks like a Viking, in a canoe down the St. John’s river? Will Maggie ever be able trust anyone ever again, after all that has happened to her in her past? Will Maggie lay her soul bare to Gunn? Will Gunn be able to cope with Maggie’s insecurities? Will they find what they are looking for? Or will they find something so disturbing that they wished they had never gone? This list could just go on and on ……………

Temptation lurks at every corner, and both the innocent and the guilty can’t help but give into their differing temptations. Maggie is tempted by Gunn’s perfection. He has the physique of a Viking. Yet he never works out, he is naturally a hunk! The killer kills once and he gives into temptation to kill again.

This is not a novel that concentrates on a single point of view. Instead we see into the minds of several of the protagonists that are central to the plot.

Lester is chillingly portrayed in short punchy chapters, and believe me this works well. This weird guy who lives with a whole host of albino reptiles has many facets to his personality. He may be one of society’s misfits but he sure loves and cares for his creatures, and boy are they strange creatures just like him!

I particularly liked the twist in the tale towards the end of the novel, I won’t go into details, for fear of spoiling it for you. Oh, and I loved the title, Swamp Ghosts!



My rating:

4 stars.


Overall, I would recommend this to readers who enjoy a murder mystery, and readers who enjoy romance.
… (mais)
 
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marjorie.mallon | 1 outra crítica | Mar 27, 2019 |
I really enjoyed this book. I felt the way it started as two stories and as the story progressed they merged into one. Two beautiful love stories in one book. There was just a touch of the paranormal, that for about half the world is normal. There are so many ways Ms. Meara could continue in a series, I look forward to finding out what she does with.
 
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TracyJ914 | Oct 8, 2014 |
It seems like such a harmless book in the beginning. Thinking about a swamp tour actually made me think of the ride in Disney World. The idea may be similar, but no one gets hurt on the Disney ride. Technically, no one got hurt on this ride either, but people definitely got hurt elsewhere. I fell for the red herring, hook, line, and sinker. What a great mystery! I look forward to reading more of Ms. Meara's books.
 
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TracyJ914 | 1 outra crítica | Oct 8, 2014 |

Estatísticas

Obras
3
Membros
29
Popularidade
#460,290
Avaliação
½ 4.4
Críticas
3
ISBN
2