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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 8
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator
- By NANCY GUYETTE on 08-01-19
By: Blake Pierce
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- A Novel
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees postings soliciting "eligible women" to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter, she has nothing to lose. She joins 43 other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west. None are prepared for the hardships they face on the trek or for the strengths they didn't know they possessed. Maggie discovers she’s not the only one looking to leave dark secrets behind.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting!
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Publisher's Summary
Family. Secrets. Murder.
Newly promoted DI Kate Fletcher has reluctantly returned to her hometown after a 20 year absence and a recent divorce. The discovery of a child’s body near the estate where Kate grew up has her rushing back to Thorpe - a place of bad memories and closed mouths.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-16-18
Boring
This story drags on and on. I quit listening half way through the book. Boring.
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- Marta
- 03-08-20
Dark story with realistic language (foul)
Well done police procedural, dark themes, foul language, gritty, lies, wallowing in evils of dark side of society.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Andromeda's Twin
- 06-24-19
Disappointing
The narrator was the first hurdle with this one, the narrative was very stop/start , emotionless, not exactly monotone but Ms Cass does not seem know to how or where to emphasise. The second hurdle is the story itself, it sounded good, it should have been good, but the end reveal, just sad and unbelievable (I don't often say that but in this case it's true) children murdered (no abuse involved) for the sins of distant relatives and perceived sins of not so distant relatives, it was all rather ridiculous but it SHOULD have been a good story if only Ms Hammersley had concocted a better reason for the killings.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Julie
- 07-18-18
Didn't draw me in.
Enough book about the abuse of young children very sad. No sure about the narrative. suppose I got used to it
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