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Review title: Sally Wright, please . . .
Product review: Sally Wright, you don't have to hit us over the head with a character's accent. I was so put off by "nevuh," "eithuh," etc. that I couldn't finish this book. All you have to do is say that one of your characters speaks with a soft Southern drawl and let your readers do the rest. In the previous Ben Reese mysteries, which I enjoyed for the most part, I got very tired of "a-tall," but I didn't quit reading. Not so with Out of the Ruins.
