4/5
This one was plotted better than the previous Dugoni. Nice twist at the end that was perfectly fitting. In character for all the characters. Setting (Washington state, Cascade foothills) done beautifully. Characters (Traci, Sheriff Roy, Edmund House) all well-drawn and interesting. Only thing that keeps me from giving this a five is that sometimes the vocabulary seemed oddly formal, stilted and sometimes Dugoni explains things that he doesn't need to explain at all because his book has already shown us.
Spoilers follow:
House was framed for the murder of Sarah, but he is actually the murderer. The various characters (sheriff, defense attorney, prosecuting attorney, Sarah's father) know he's guilty, know they lack evidence to convict him, so frame him. Traci, surviving daughter and intended target, figures out House was framed but not that he was guilty. She gets him out, he tries to kill her and everyone else involved in the frame, but she kills him first. Satisfying.
This one was plotted better than the previous Dugoni. Nice twist at the end that was perfectly fitting. In character for all the characters. Setting (Washington state, Cascade foothills) done beautifully. Characters (Traci, Sheriff Roy, Edmund House) all well-drawn and interesting. Only thing that keeps me from giving this a five is that sometimes the vocabulary seemed oddly formal, stilted and sometimes Dugoni explains things that he doesn't need to explain at all because his book has already shown us.
Spoilers follow:
House was framed for the murder of Sarah, but he is actually the murderer. The various characters (sheriff, defense attorney, prosecuting attorney, Sarah's father) know he's guilty, know they lack evidence to convict him, so frame him. Traci, surviving daughter and intended target, figures out House was framed but not that he was guilty. She gets him out, he tries to kill her and everyone else involved in the frame, but she kills him first. Satisfying.
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