Walks Like a Duck? Probably a Swan

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

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Several years ago, (we’re talking decades here), I read a book by Iris Johansen called The Ugly Duckling. In it, a mousey woman with a domineering husband and a daughter she adores and to whom she is fiercely devoted, winds up being murdered…or at least appears to be murdered when her husband’s nefarious deeds result in the kidnapping of her and her daughter. In fact, she winds up being rescued by some James Bondish good guys. Being very close to...