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Title: This linen is not a fine weave
Review: This latest entry in the Nuala Anne McGrail series by Andrew M. Greeley is a big disappointment. The main plot line promises more than it delivers, both in the solution and how the answer is found, and the secondary plot line wouldn't be a puzzle at all if the characters simply read faster. When the book doesn't drag it can be annoying. The sex scenes and discussions thereof are not as steamy as the author seems to think they are; overall they struck me as sophomoric. The voice in Desmond's head (carried over from earlier books) appears only sporadically and not to great effect, and Nuala's ability to "see things" seems to have some convenient gaps. There are hints of possible post-partum depression or some such that are neither developed nor resolved. I found it difficult not to just skip to the end to see how things turned out; but honestly, having read the whole book, I don't know that I would have missed much by doing so.
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