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Penumbra
Penumbra
Author: Carolyn Haines
Jade Dupree is a beautician and undertaker's assistant, and her work with the dead is not the only thing that sets her apart from the rest of Drexel, Mississippi. Jade was raised by a black family but everyone in town knows that her real parents are a well-to-do white woman and a black man who had an affair in New Orleans. — In the 1950s, tha...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312351601
ISBN-10: 0312351607
Publication Date: 4/4/2006
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Beckie avatar reviewed Penumbra on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
If you enjoy Carolyn Haines "Bones" series, you'll love Penumbra. Set in the south in the 60s, it keeps you guessing right till the end. The social climate plays a big part without over-shadowing the story. Jade is a very likeable character and I hope we hear more from her.
jade19721 avatar reviewed Penumbra on + 115 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I don't particularly like thrillers, I don't even like mysteries because they are all normally written the same. This, however knocked my socks off. Where has Carolyn Haines been all my life? I am just blown away by her writing. She took something so usually boring and cliché and turned into a spine tingling, OMG what is going to happen next kind of story. There are so many stories inter-tangled with each other and that worked out beautifully. I am defiantly looking forward to more of her writing.
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