[bksvol-discuss] Re: Reflections
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:49:20 -0800 (PST)
Sounds like a lovely, cheerful book to read on a
dreary day. grin
Cindy
--- Jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi List,
> Just submitted Reflections by Jo Bannister.
>
> From Publishers Weekly
> Set in Northern Ireland, Bannister's third Brodie
> Farrell suspense novel (after 2002's True Witness)
> tells the emotionally draining tale of two sisters,
> 14-year-old Juanita and 11-year-old Emerald Daws,
> left alone in the world after their father allegedly
> murdered their mother in revenge for her frequent
> affairs with local teenagers. In the aftermath of
> the tragedy, the girls' uncle hires Brodie, who runs
> the search business "Looking for Something?," to
> find a missing relative to care for them. Brodie
> disappears for most of the story, leaving Juanita
> and Emerald in the custody of her friend,
> out-of-work teacher Daniel Hood, who soon becomes
> emotionally attached to his young charges, despite
> their intense hostility toward anyone older than
> themselves. Wracked with panic attacks from the
> misfortunes he suffered in True Witness, Daniel
> proves ineffective as both an instructor and
> investigator and is nearly killed several times
> before Brodie returns to help solve this sordid
> case. Suspense builds gradually in the uncomplicated
> plot, which at times could use clearer direction
> with fewer psychological digressions. Bannister's
> occasional use of Irish slang and syntax may confuse
> some readers. A tense final scene redeems an overly
> drawn-out resolution to a disturbing case of mayhem
> in the wilds of Ulster.
>
>
>
> Jim B
>
> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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