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Plain Secrets (Willow Trace, #1) (2012)

by Kit Wilkinson(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0373444990 (ISBN13: 9780373444991)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Love Inspired

review 1: This mediocre book could have been a really good one with a little bit of proofreading, editing, and helpful hints from friends or a good police consultant. It was better than your average generic re-cycled bonnet romance plot with a little more danger and mystery, but it succeeded much better in the romance part than the suspense part--which was chock full of holes and hokey. It really bothered me how people would mysteriously show up at places they couldn't have known about, at homes of people they didn't know existed, specifically to find someone that they had no way of knowing was there. ESP? It also bothered me that they came by totally silent cars--like when the bad guys surprised the heroes at the hunting cabin deep in the silent woods arriving by a car that no o... morene heard coming. No plausible explanation of how the bad guys knew to find them in that secret place, of course. How about when the creep attends an Amish gathering and nobody, except Daniel, in the close-knit community where everybody knows everybody noticed--"hey, there's a strange Englisher here who doesn't speak Deutsche but is dressed Amish and pretending to be a member of our ordnung," at a time when several violent crimes have occurred in their previously crime-free community putting people on edge? Multiply things like that by about 100 and you get the idea--way too many aspects made no sense--it seemed almost like paranormal fiction with people having special senses but totally lacking basic human common sense. This was a generally entertaining read interrupted by way too many annoying goofs; a well-developed romance interrupted by a really poorly-developed mystery. Recommended only for romance readers who have never read a quality mystery by someone who is knowledgable about police procedures.
review 2: A thoroughly enjoyable read. Set in Amish country, this mystery mixes the Plain ways with the outside world when an Amish teen is found dead. Having left the People without joining the church to become a cop, Elijah is neither Plain nor Englischer. He's brought home from Philadelphia by request of the governor to look into the murder of his former girlfriend's stepdaughter.Now widowed, Hannah is devastated by the loss of the girl she's mothered for so long. With Eli back among the People, her old feelings confuse her. He's of the world; she will never be.This is well-written, with sensitivity to the Amish culture and an interesting mystery interwoven. I enjoyed it and will look for other books by Kit Wilkinson.Having been in a reading group, I found the discussion questions in the back of the book useful and well thought out. less

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