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Needle In A Haystack (2006)

by Ernesto Mallo(Favorite Author)

3.11 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1904738567 (ISBN13: 9781904738565)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Bitter Lemon Press

series

Inspector Lascano

review 1: Dark, troubling, sad story. Set in South America during the period after a junta has occurred. The military is still in clean up mode, and no one knows who is who, or on which side, as corruption is the only game in town, very well written, though not at all pleasant. The thing that carried me was the balancing sentiments of the detective, a widower who is lonely and lives in the memories of his lost wife. The writing in these passages is beautiful. I wouldn't have expected to have liked this book, but I stayed with it throughout. 3.5 stars
review 2: Thank goodness this was a Free Friday Nook Book and I didn't spend any money on it. This book is very difficult to read. The timeline is confusing. But the worst part is trying to follow the dialog. Whe... morenever a person or group of people are speaking or thinking, the "conversation" is in italics, with no quotes, or breaks. So you can have three people speaking and you have to guess who is saying what or even when the dialog changes from one person to another. Add on top of that the depressing story line and we have a one or less star book. less

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