Excitement builds. Great plotting. Probably two murderers . . . reference to IN COLD BLOOD. Men meeting in prison. Killer hates Decker . . . but why? FBI agent is latest to die as killer steals Decker's old cop uniform and uses the uniform to get her to drop her guard. My worry is that the ending will be unsatisfying. Our murderer has killed a dozen people . . . vendetta . . . and Decker has no idea why? HMMMM.
"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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