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More enjoyable than I was expecting. Sweazy writes a very distinct, very comfortable voice when it comes to Marjorie. I would never have guessed this was the first in the series, considering how complete a character she felt like. And she was so different from the mystery protagonists in the books I usually pick up--a woman who's faced real hardship beyond a cheating boyfriend/husband.
At first I wasn't sure I was going to pick up more (how many murders can there be in small town North Dakota) b ...more
At first I wasn't sure I was going to pick up more (how many murders can there be in small town North Dakota) b ...more
This is an excellent murder mystery set in North Dakota, and both the story and the prose are evocative of the North Dakota landscape. The main character, who does indexing to earn money to support herself and her invalid husband (the indexing is something of interest to me, a retired librarian!), is a complex but very likeable character who unwittingly gets involved in the investigation when her neighbors are brutally murdered. She only solves the murder as she narrowly misses being killed hers
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Nov 23, 2022
Wanda
marked it as to-read
Apr 03, 2023
Traci
marked it as check-these-out-further
