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Title: Dull as dishwater.
Review: Holly Barker is Police Chief of a small town in Florida called Orchid Beach. The book starts with her fiancé being murdered on their wedding day. Crappy beginning, especially considering Jackson, her fiancé, is the only really likable character in the book! In the hunt for his killers, she runs afoul of a possible cult, some neo-nazi types and the FBI.There is no emotion in the writing - no passion. The dialog is dry and dull - the whole thing reads more like a police report than a novel. This happens and then that happens, blah blah blah - I'm talking dull! Holly's father, Ham is the only character I cared about (other than Jackson who dies early) and the only reason I finished the book was to see what happens to him. A great plot is not enough for me (and there are holes in this one anyway). I want characterization. A plot hole the size of the Grand Canyon can be overlooked if there are fully developed characters who I can care about.
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