Deadly Echoes by Nancy Mehl is about two sisters, Hannah and Sarah, whose parents were murdered but the case was closed saying it was a burglary gone awry. The girls got separated and when the older girl was 18, she tried to get the cops to re-open the case and look at it as a murder. Then years later, Hannah is murdered and there are similarities to her parents' murder which the younger sister, Sarah, sees and then once again, the case is closed with it classified as a burglary and the burglar hanging himself in jail. Sarah, who is a single school teacher in a rural community, becomes the guardian of Cicely, Hannah's ten-yr.-old daughter who was at a sleepover when her mother was killed.
I had high hopes for this book but was disappointed in the writing. It moved along very slowly, the only suspense was at the very end and I had figured out who the murder was. This is one of those Christian fiction books that just was not well developed and I didn't care for it. There was a self-esteem theme running through it; however, it fell flat for me. I finished it but just having read two really good books, this was a big let down. If you like a slow moving, kind of cozy mystery, then you may like this one.
(Karen's review, 2 stars)
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Survivors--Storm of Dogs by Erin Hunter is about a group of dogs called the "Wild Pack." They live a good happy life and they all have their role to play to help the pack. They live in fear of another pack of dogs called "The Fierce Dogs" who are killers.
