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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. THE ECHO KILLING is the story of a young woman, Harper McClain, who discovers that her mother's murder fifteen years ago has been echoed when Harper, in her job as a crime reporter, is covering a murder scene. For Harper, this murder brings back memories of the day she came home from school and found her mother brutally murdered. Could the murderer be back? But, why fifteen years later? Is there some connection between Harper's mother and the murdered woman? Harper can't let this go and, despite the risk of losing both her job and alienating the ones close to her, she is hell-bent on solving this murder. 4.5 stars READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW OVER AT FRESH FICTION! This is not a good book. If you’ve ever read a mystery before, you will probably figure out whodunit by page 50. This is also fairly stereotypical, in my opinion. The African American is names Miles. The love interest is Luke Walker. Star Wars anyone? Also, and this is most likely the fault of the editor, but every time the word “alright” was used, I wanted to get out my red pen and correct it to “all right”. Pick something else to read. Despite the fact that I guessed very early on whodunnit (it wasn’t hard to guess), I found this book compelling, notwithstanding the irritation of the author’s (and, I guess, her editor’s) ignorance of how to say, ‘I better *do something*' (The phrase has a verb, dear both; it’s: 'I had better *do something*'). At the back of my mind, I kept thinking, yep, this is going to get a good review from me. But then it all went to pot at the end. One fairly major thread was left hanging, along with one minor one. One of my pet hates. Our heroine, Harper McClain, has a lot more story in her, without doubt…and I do like characters with mileage: I can quite happily read half a dozen plus in a series. But: the stories must stand alone. I consider the ‘to be continued’ ending a tad arrogant of an author, who obviously assumes you will have enjoyed his/her book so much, you will undoubtedly pick up the sequel. That very attitude will probably make me jump off the wagon trail. Harper is a difficult character to like. Finding the body of her viciously murdered mother when she was only twelve has, naturally, had a profound effect on her. She’s very guarded, insular almost and stubborn. But she has grit, determination, stamina and does her job as a crime reporter very well…even if she does blur the lines a little. However, when, fifteen years later, a twelve-year-old is walked out of the house after finding her brutally murdered mother, Harper is on a mission. This has to be the same killer. Her conviction of this threatens her entire future. And her discovery is almost sure to make her question everything she’s trusted. Despite the aforementioned editorial faux pas, this really was very well written and riveting. Even realising at an early stage who the perpetrator was, I was totally committed and gripped to find out how it all panned out. Will I read the next book? Probably…I think I’ll have forgotten my annoyance of the untidy ending by the time I get round it. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
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