Title: Good despite a few flaws
Product review: Since each week seems to bring another tragic news story of an abducted and murdered teenage girl, you couldn't ask for a novel on a more current topic. Beyond the book's timeliness, however, is an absorbing and compelling story that I found I enjoyed more than I was expecting for a first-time novel. The book has its faults, of course, but overall it's a creditable effort, and except for a few purple prose passages I could have done without, it's a well written, suspenseful, and moving story.
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