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Title: a mystery reader
Review: Clay Dancers has a good mystery which I did not guess, two suspenseful chases, and an interesting ending. However, I was often confused by what was happening, when it was happening and who was involved. There were too many characters. It also seemed as if the author were trying, unsuccessfully, to imitate the book Falling Woman by Pat Murphy--a lonely, eccentric female archaeologist, on a quest, spirits from the past, people being killed. Dawkins attempted to develop some interesting characters (especially Hooper John). However, the book is billed as a mystery and as a mystery it was hard to follow.
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