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Title: Suspicious Origin : A Novel by Patricia MacDonald ISBN: 0-7434-2358-5 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Half-Wit Britt, Always in a Snit
Comment: I didn't like the protagonist at all. Britt is a whining drone who is a news reporter in Boston. Estranged from her older sister Greta and abandoned by their mother in early childhood, Britt is a lone wolf who keeps everyone away at fang's length.
Things change radically when her brother-in-law informs her that Greta died in a suspicious fire and that his daughter, Zoe 11 wants to see her. Britt flies to their New England state where she meets an eclectic cast of characters.
A couple who is paying a young girl to turn her baby over to them once she delivers. They are an unlikable pair and the girl is rude, nasty and singularly unpleasant.
A young resident who has his own agenda.
The other locals.
Each character might have some insight into the fire that claimed Greta's life and destroyed their home. Only Zoe remains poignantly optimistic; she and her pop were the only likable characters. I like the way he was initially abrupt and dismissive of Britt because I didn't like Britt in the first place.
The ending was a disappointment and very predictable. You could see it coming from early on in the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: I loved it
Comment: when I read "Not Guilty" I thought I had read the best book by Ms. MacDonald. That was before I read Suspicious Origin. This book is fantastic. It's got you from the first page. It sure makes you think. I finished it in just a few days and that was only reading a few hours a day. I just didn't want to put it down. It is very easy to get involved with all of the people in this book & it keeps you guessing & when it gets close to the end you can start to figure out who the killer is. Ms. MacDonald is a wonderful author but this is her best book so far.
Rating: 3
Summary: A deadly fire throws a family into chaos.
Comment: Britt Andersen, a cable television news producer in Boston, is the heroine of Patricia MacDonald's latest thriller, "Suspicious Origin." Britt has been estranged from her sister, Greta, for many years. When Britt learns that her sister was killed in a fire, she goes to Vermont to attend Greta's funeral. Britt meets her brother-in-law, Alec, and her eleven-year-old niece, Zoe, for the first time. Only later does Britt learn that the fire was deliberately set, and that, in fact, Greta was murdered.
MacDonald sets up her plot reasonably well, and in Britt, she has created a sympathetic, smart and vulnerable heroine. Although I thought that I had figured out the mystery by the halfway point of the book, it turned out that MacDonald had a few surprises up her sleeve. Unfortunately, the book's weaknesses outweigh its strengths. The dialogue is often wooden and the ending is somewhat contrived. Still, fans of spunky heroines may find "Suspicious Origin" to be a diverting thriller.
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Title: Lost Innocents by Patricia Macdonald ISBN: 0446607592 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Secret Admirer by Patricia Macdonald ISBN: 0446516864 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 10 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Stranger in the House by Patricia MacDonald ISBN: 074342364X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Mother's Day by Patricia Macdonald ISBN: 0446516856 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 07 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner ISBN: 0553802526 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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