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Praise for Jefferson Parker:
'Insanely imaginative' New York Times
‘Parker has only one rival – Thomas Harris’ Washington Post
‘One of our top writers’ Harlan Coben
‘I rank the crime novels of Jefferson Parker up there with the best’ Sue Grafton
Praise for Black Water:
'An expertly plotted thriller … Parker gets better and better' Literary Review
‘A well-plotted psychological thriller that keeps the reader guessing’ Time Out
‘A superior thriller’ Mail on Sunday
‘Parker at the top of his form’ Los Angeles Times
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Praise for Jefferson Parker: 'Insanely imaginative' New York Times 'Parker has only one rival -- Thomas Harris' Washington Post 'One of our top writers' Harlan Coben 'I rank the crime novels of Jefferson Parker up there with the best' Sue Grafton Praise for Black Water: 'An expertly plotted thriller ! Parker gets better and better' Literary Review 'A well-plotted psychological thriller that keeps the reader guessing' Time Out 'A superior thriller' Mail on Sunday 'Parker at the top of his form' Los Angeles Times
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It all starts with a boyhood rumble in 1954 between two neighborhood families—the Vonns and the Beckers. After the Becker boys triumph, they watch as the little Vonn girl stares at them defiantly with an orange in each hand. Now the year is 1968, and nineteen-year-old Janelle Vonn is dead. She was raped, strangled, and her head was cut off. It’s Det. Nick Becker’s first homicide case; Andy Becker is the reporter writing about the case; and David Becker was Janelle’s minister. This mystery is one that will take all three Becker boys, working together, to solve. Taking place in the late 60s and early 70s, this tale is expansive and more about the time in which the characters live: rock & roll, drugs, communism, and Vietnam. Parker’s approach is refreshing and yet nostalgic. The different storylines are well plotted and give the reader a good sense of the brothers’ personalities and motivations. The only flaw is the unsympathetic character of Janelle Vonn, which makes the brothers’ drive to solve her murder a bit forced. Yet I think their motivation has less to do with her as a person and more about the evocative image of a California Girl from a much simpler era. Had I been alive during this time period, I probably would’ve enjoyed this book even more.
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I bought this book sometime ago, because I have read some other books from the author and liked them. This book however didn’t excite me as much as it told a story from the sixties. So when I finally started to read this I was nicely surprised as the story was well written and easy to read. This is a story of two families and how their lives follow each other thru violence.
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