"Great plot. It's 15 years after the death of two teenagers in a "train" accident. Now, more teenagers from the high school have died. Our policeman, the twin of one of the dead boys, investigates. A top-secret Nike base was near the tracks. The dead kids were all part of a "Conspiracy Club." Did they see something they weren't supposed to see? Have they all been murdered? Are more murders to come?"
"To all humankind, Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends, she was only a frequently passing thought." Angel Clare is a good character. He's "enlightened," in so many ways, but when Tess's confesses her "crime," he reverts to ancestral form . . . Tess's "confession" comes earlier than I expected, right after Angel reveals that he has had a bad moment with a woman. Tess points out the similarity in their transgressions, though his is the only true transgression, expecting forgiveness. She doesn't get it. She returns to her mother . . . realizes she can't stay with her. Thoughts to suicide. Unhappiness that divorce is not possible. Departs. Tragic in that the two, if Angel could just see clearly, would indeed be a great couple, each adding to the other. Nature as a definite force involved in the tragedy. It's not neutral--when things go bad, the very skies mock Tess. Tess as unaware of the power of her bea...
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