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3.4 of 5 stars
Following "Merryll Manning: Trapped on Mystery Island" and "Merryll Manning: The Health Farm Murders," the third Merryll Manning mystery/suspense n... read full description

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Jan 20, 2011
Hetty rated it: 1 of 5 stars
I was a bit confused. It felt like I was reading two separate books. The first half was lots of dialogue between characters and internal dialogue from Merry, whereas the second half was more long descriptive passages, and at one point the narrative changes, but it took me a minute to realise. Once the murderer was revealed I was surprised, but not because it was a good twist, but because normally when you find out, lots of things drop into place whereas I would never have guessed who it was. More...
Feb 20, 2011
Philip rated it: 1 of 5 stars
I am a mystery reader and often find myself right in the thick of it. I try to identify with the characters and find myself trying to solve the murder from the first clue. There are times I start rooting for someone and hoping that the key suspect is not the villain.

Not so in this book! The characters were flat and I did not find myself liking any of them. There was nothing to make me feel sorry for the murdered girl and although the murderer was a surprise, I didn't care who i More...
Apr 27, 2011
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