A Grave Talent
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A Grave Talent
by Authors:
LAURIE R. KING
Released: 01 June, 1995
ISBN: 0553573993
Paperback
Sales Rank: 79949
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Customer Review #1:
 I really wanted to like this book.
I really wanted to like this one because Kings Mary Russell books are so extraordinarily good. This first Kate Martinelli book introduces several interesting characters. But it didnt hold my interest at all. I guess I just didnt care about the characters -- I was never totally drawn in. I kept setting the book down and picking up a different one. The climax was intense and exciting, as Kings always are, but then theres a lengthy epilogue that made me want to fast-forward through it. I DID finally finish it, but the book was just too long. One of the hardest jobs of a writer is knowing what to leave out, and one of the hardest jobs of an editor is telling the writer that. I cant recommend the book unless youre a die-hard Laurie King fan. But DO pick up "The Beekeepers Apprentice." Thats one of the best of the genre.
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Customer Review #2:
 Heartily recommended
An excellent book Id heartily recommend to anyone interested in mysteries/thrillers with an art twist. It is a San Francisco police investigation, revolving around a famous female artist, Vaun Adams, who has been in jail (under another name) for the murder of a child. When three more little girls are murdered near her current home, a hippie enclave, shes the logical suspect. But the detectives almost immediately conclude that she was wrongly convicted the first time, and is the victim of a frame by someone who hates her. The art elements (the description of her work, of her studio, and of her) as well as the characterizations, settings, private lives, motivations and detection are handled extremely well. The identification of the criminal, and the police pursuit of Vaun Adams enemy, trying to catch him before he can kill again, is packed with suspense.As far as I know, King has not written again about the art world. I wish she would. I think Ive read every art-related mystery still in print, and a lot that arent, and this is one of the best. She includes the perfect amount of information about art and the artist, enough so the reader has a sense of it, an understanding of the plot, but not enough to bore the reader.
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Customer Review #3:
 Strong readable narrative
Do you enjoy great writing for its own sake? Then this book is for you. But I was dissapointed with the story. This book was recommended as being tops in modern mystery writing and I felt strained and cheated. I didnt like any of the characters. They were not believable. The situation of Tyler Road just wouldnt wash. A lot of writing seemed pasted in to make a bigger book. At the end I was hungry for a Linda Barnes book or a Donald Westlake. I wish I had started skimming earlier instead of waiting until I was 4/5 of the way through the book. If I donate this book to the Senior Center I will do so with a handwritten caveat.
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