Helpful Score: 2
I had this book and after reading the cover flap, I assumed a very different mystery/story that was presented. I expected the book to solve the mystery of why a graduating senior and a school principal and their suitcases were together when they were killed in an auto accident. So my assumption was it was a mystery.
Wrong! The mystery was why the sheriff of the town was trying to cover-up the true story with one that would save the principal's reputation. I did not like the book and should have stopped reading long before the end. To me the sheriff is nothing more than an immature 19 year old in a man's body who makes one dark dumb decision after an other.
After finishing the book I did what I should have done in the beginning...check PBS to see what genre is listed. Literature/Fiction. Well that fits. Definitely time wasted on what I thought was a mystery.
Even as Literature/Fiction not worth reading.
Wrong! The mystery was why the sheriff of the town was trying to cover-up the true story with one that would save the principal's reputation. I did not like the book and should have stopped reading long before the end. To me the sheriff is nothing more than an immature 19 year old in a man's body who makes one dark dumb decision after an other.
After finishing the book I did what I should have done in the beginning...check PBS to see what genre is listed. Literature/Fiction. Well that fits. Definitely time wasted on what I thought was a mystery.
Even as Literature/Fiction not worth reading.
Helpful Score: 1
This book was one of those that kept me guessing until the very last pages as to how the situation set up in the opening chapters would be resolved. The main character, Sheriff Jack Nevelsen, is someone I liked and disliked at the same time. The plot of the book underscored how the characters weren't necessarily the people others think they are and that events can take on lives of their own for better or for worse.
