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Death Notice (2010)

by Todd Ritter(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0312622805 (ISBN13: 9780312622800)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Minotaur Books

series

Kat Campbell

review 1: this was the author's first novel, so I'll give him some latitude, but... he had the bones of a good plot and originality- which isn't easy for a mystery novel. Unfortunately he took his good frame and filled in many spaces with some poorly thought-out characters/scenes It's set in a small town with a 2 person police force, yet it always takes them 20 minutes to travel across town? Overall though, it was a good first effort.
review 2: Todd Ritter's debut novel is the kind of mystery that keeps you turning the pages no matter what else you should be doing. Ritter, a small-town guy, captures the feel of a place where everyone knows everyone else, and how inexplicable, horrifying events at once polarize and enrapture everyone. (Full disclosure: I am a former co... morelleague of Todd's, having once hired him for a job, and grew up in the same region of Pennsylvania.) The mystery is as authentic in its emotions as in its small-town feel, with just a hint of pleasing melodrama. And if the ending is a bit more action-oriented than the rest of the book, it stays just this side of the over-the-top climaxes that plague many similar, erstwhile-thoughtful stories. A fun ride that makes the Ledger 2-for-2 in recent mysteries, along with former staffer Brad Parks' "Faces of the Gone." less

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