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The Burning of Rachel Hayes
The Burning of Rachel Hayes
Author: Doug Allyn
Shortly after moving to northern Michigan to escape his checkered past, veterinarian David Westbrook responds to a mother's cry for help in rescuing her son who has fallen into an old well. While down in the well, Westbrook discovers a century-old skeleton -- the remains of a woman killed in a devastating fire. The discovery sets off a serie...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781410402028
ISBN-10: 1410402029
Publication Date: 11/2/2004
Pages: 357
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Five Star
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Wow, what a mess. I really enjoyed Allyn's short stories with Dr. Westbrook as the central character; and looked forward to a full length novel. Allyn writes well, but this book was, well, too full length to begin with.

Parts (the personal parts) were interesting and kept my attention. But the whole thing fell apart about half-way through as unpleasant things begin to occur. (WARNING: some of the unpleasant things concern dogs, which I thought was unnecessarily cruel to a dog-loving reader like me.)

I thought the supernatural element could have been dropped entirely, and when the plot devolved at the end into one of those tiresome conspiracies, I started skimming. Also, it's one of those stories where if the good guys had just killed the obviously horrible villain when they had a chance, a number of equally horrible events could have been avoided.

To sum up: great writing, interesting characters, terrible plot.


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