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Title: Not so Puzzling
Review: The way the writer sways back and forth timewise in telling the story is frequently confusing. The many characters introduced are more baffling. Some of them play small parts in the whole yarn yet they are emphasized with an abundance of details. The first three-quarter of the story reads like a soap opera spiced up with puppy love. Most of the dialogues are intriguing and a handful of them are quite hilarious. The mystery itself lacks intensity and suspense. Some oversimplified aspects of crimes involving computers elaborated in the tale might scare part of the technology challenged population. When put into context with identity theft, the uncomplicated procedures involved that are portrayed in the book would easily worry anybody. Nonetheless, the ending is predictably satisfying. It reminds me of an episode on any police investigation series on TV.
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