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  <title><![CDATA[Evan's Gate (Constable Evans Mysteries #8)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Welsh constable Evan Evans has found the most delightful shepherd's cottage, but before he seals the deal, a five-year-old vanishes from a seaside caravan park--and he must consider all the suspects. But he can't help wondering if the abduction is related to the disappearance of another girl, twenty-five years ago. Now, as he and his fianc&#233;e try to build their dream house, he must also build a difficult case against a possible double murderer.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">5</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">4</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2005</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Evan's Gate (Constable Evans Mysteries #8)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Rhys Bowen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Up until the ending of &quot;Evan's Gate,&quot; the story seemed to have jumped from the somewhat lighthearted-murder mystery (if murder can be lighthearted) into the more serious, grown-up type of mystery.  <br/><br/>This time it deals with child abduction and a 25 year-old missing-child case as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75025993">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[  Don't know why our mystery f2f group picked #8 to read rather than starting with #1. I don't generally like to jump into the middle of an established series. This was enjoyable. Good local color with wonderful peeks at Welsh history and folklore. Bowen seems to have a good feel for her male charac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73168321">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Now Detective Constable Evan Evans, North Wales, he is no longer the local policeman for Llanfair, so he is a plain clothesman.  The story involves the disappearance of a 5 year old from a beach caravan park and, as Evans works on the case, it takes him back 25 years to the disappearance of another ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3074824">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[EVAN’S GATE – VG<br/>Rhys Bowen – 8th in series<br/>Contstable Evan Evans becomes involved with two cases of missing children; one new, one old.  Although the cases are 25 years apart, there are striking similarities in the age and appearance of the children.  Evans feels a particular involv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5840041">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Nov 02 16:52:06 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[My not enjoying this book was largely due to the problem of a child's death...ugh.  I have read other books by this author and have enjoyed them, but if I had known that the story involved the death of a child I would not have gotten it. Tell me I am putting my head in the sand, but we get too much ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36780719">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[ALL the Evan Evans book are delightful]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Evan is digging a water line for the cottage he and his bride to be will be renovating. He discovers the skeleton of a child. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this mystery series. Interesting characters, good plots]]></body>
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