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Great characterizations (including of several horses). Crime and a whiff of romance--and did I mention horses? I've read it to shreds.
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What a lovely story. Mildly suspenseful and foreboding (until the very end, when it's riveting), therefore interesting and compelling without being too nerve-wracking. This, like all good storytelling, is an inquiry into identity and place, a tale of lost people finding themselves and each other as they navigate a morass of circumstances and the various choices those circumstances present to each of them. It's about family and all that that can mean, including not only that family to which we ar
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The characters were so engaging that after I finished the novel, I found myself thinking about them. The mystery was good, if a little sad, and everything wrapped up nicely. The passages about horses could have been tedious but Ms. Tey did a good job and made them interesting. A nice, light mystery - a perfect antidote to the more graphic mystery/suspense novels I've been reading.
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