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Title: Indigestible prose mars plot
Review: I found the prose style of this book to be disjointed, jumpy, and choppy. It is definitely not the clean, clear, direct, stick-to-business prose of say, Agatha Christie. The writing is not smooth. The "plot" or story line seems to get lost at times; it becomes rambling, episodic, and seemingly endless. At times, it reads like a "bodice ripper" instead of a mystery. It is told in the first person by Ellie Haskell, interrupted by occasional comments from the Tramwell sisters. But would Ellie really tell her most personal and intimate thoughts to the Tramwells--complete strangers? I think not
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