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Title: Solid central character, solid mystery debut
Review: "A Field of Darkness" is a satisfying, moody mystery that mostly plays fair with its dispensing of clues to readers. I liked the way our heroine, Madeline Dare, came from money but is now living a more-or-less middle-class existence with her blue-collar husband. That means she spends half her time looking down at the "trailer trash" surroundings of her Syracuse, New York neighborhood and the other half feeling guilty about how her family poisoned the environment and exploited the region's labor pool to make its millions. I like complicated characters like that. Good supporting characters and a couple of skillfully prepared surprises round out this enjoyable debut novel.
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