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  <default_description>Jack is driving north, away from the warm winters and wind-blown beaches of the Carolina coast, far from the shelter he has made for himself&amp;#8211;a shelter against the past and the memory of his dead wife and child. A Manhattan lawyer has hired Jack to find her missing nephew, last seen in Upstate New York, the same place where Jack lost his family, and where as a campus security officer he was unable to save a girl from a murderer. Now, for Jack, it&amp;#8217;s all about second chances&amp;#8211;and what lies hidden in the ground.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[<p><em>The Washington Post</em> notes that &quot;Dashiell Hammett's fingerprints are easy to spot&quot; in Busch's latest effort. The author knows how to stylize dialogue, pace a scene, unfold a story, and, of course, introduce the treacherous woman__and make it all seem familiar and surprising at the same time...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45460427">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Didn't like the characters or the story really (this might have to do with something that dies at the beginning and me having just lovingly acquired one).  Loved the writing style.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found it difficult to get into this book even though I have to date loved his work... I am thinking perhaps I just wasn't in the 'right' frame of mind. However, my partner and my son really enjoyed this one. They would give it a 4.<br/><br/>In fact, after he finished, my son wanted to know if I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36771801">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The narrator from Girls returns in a sequel of sorts. This isn't as good as Girls, and there are a couple of major contrivances to get past, but the strength and appeal of Jack's narrative voice remains undiminished, so it's worth reading if you've read Girls. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An absorbing book; hard-boiled yet lyrical at times.  ]]></body>
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