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Hearts Of Sand (2013)

by Jane Haddam(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1250026016 (ISBN13: 9781250026019)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Minotaur Books

series

Gregor Demarkian

review 1: Thirty years ago college student Chapin Waring, from the upscale town of Alwych, Connecticut, pulled off a series of bank robberies, killing two people. Her suspected partner in crime, Martin, died in a car crash after the final bank job and Chapin disappeared. However, the $250,000 nabbed from the banks was never recovered or spent. Then - in the present day - Chapin reappears in Alwych and is almost immediately murdered. Suspects include the circle of Chapin's friends who survived the car crash, Chapin's family, and a conspiracy nut who has written a series of books about Chapin. Unable to solve the crime the Alwych police call in renowned detective Gregor Demarkian. In the midst of Demarkian's investigation another one of Chapin's former friends is murdered. Before h... moree can uncover the culprit Demarkian has to determine if the murders are related to the old bank jobs or if other forces are at play. Demarkian interviews suspects and uncovers clues and of course, solves the crimes The story's characters are interesting but the clues to the mystery are rather weak. Thus the solution almost seems to be pulled out of the air. Nevertheless I enjoyed the book.
review 2: I was confused reading this novel. The way the author wrote the first few chapters it appeared as the debutant, Chapin, killed herself. I was shocked in the end to discover that she was murdered. While the entire book talks about her murder, I was under the assumption that everyone was fooled and it was suicide. It turns out that I was fooled. The whole book is written in a confusing way and while I enjoyed the story I probably won't bother reading anything else by the same author. It is only three stars in my opinion. less

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