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46 ratings, 3.30 average rating, 4 reviews
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published
October 6th 2005
(first published 1988)
by VIRAGO (LITT)
binding
Paperback, 288 pages
isbn
1844081877
(isbn13: 9781844081875)
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
women who love thriller/mysteries
This book was another great one by Dunant, except that it dealt so much with the cocaine trading world that I was lost in the details several times. She did make it easy for those of us who don't partake in either using or selling the drug, but the details about that lifestyle were quite lengthy. I wasn't bored, just exhausted by the time I got through a chapter or two.
Her character development was good, as always. She really gets inside the thoughts and dreams of her characters, which ...more
Her character development was good, as always. She really gets inside the thoughts and dreams of her characters, which ...more
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Read in January, 2007
This book, which I came upon by accident, is dark and a bit shocking, but the most amazing fast page turner that you can't put down. Strange actually, but a great read for a vacation when that's just what you need.
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Very different from Sarah Dunant's other novels. A fun mystery, but not as well written at Birth of Venus or In the Company of the Courtesan.
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Karen
Another strange plot..but definitely worthwhile to read it!
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