The Death Dealer - Heather Graham
Novels are difficult to write - I know, I’ve tried - and as a result I will usually give an author the benefit of the doubt. This was not a good book, and I had to force myself to the end, hoping all the while that something would change, shock me a bit. Nope. This story hinges on members of a Poe (as in Edgar Allen) Society being killed, and has the stock characters of butler, private investigator, and distressed girlfriend. The dialogue is very disappointing, and in the final eight pages, the killer was revealed with absolutely no build-up, that is, nothing pointed to this character at all. The “paranormal” aspect of the story that initially intrigued me involved a few people that could see ghosts, the latter of which showed up as emergency beacons. This book, in my opinion, held no positive attributes besides the ability of the author to fill nearly 300 pages.
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Posted on August 10th, 2008 by toddg
Filed under: Books, Mystery
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