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Nancy
Jan 14, 2008 rated it it was amazing
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Nemo Raglan returns to his family home on a remote Massachusetts island after learning that his father had been brutally murdered. His sister, Brooke, was the one who found him in the smokehouse. She spent hours with him, sitting in a pool of blood. His brother, Bruno, who still lives on the island, is worried about Brooke’s deteriorating mental state as a result of her father’s slaughter. The three siblings attempt to figure out who could have butchered their father whi
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Djrmel
Apr 23, 2009 rated it liked it
A traditional setting for a horror story (windblown New England island, wintertime, qurky native background characters) gets upgraded with complex main characters. Three siblings come together when their father is murdered to lend support to each other and discover that there might not always be safety in numbers. One of the key mysteries in their younger days was a bit implausable, I thought, until it's revealed that it was a neccesary conceit for the bigger mystery. Once that was clear, I coul ...more
Brian
Oct 20, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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