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Title: Not In Keeping with Joyce's Usual Excellence
Review: I commend Ms. Joyce's efforts to shift into a more suspensful and mysterious gear, but for me, it lost the ususal in-depth romance between the characters. Maybe in an effort to write contemporary, Ms. Joyce is adopting today's common philosophy of casual sex between partners who never really get emotionally involved? I missed the communication and emotional turmoil that her characters normally have, and since I'm not much of a mystery fan - the plot that took it's place didn't fill that void. If you prefer a light romance, however, with a suspense twist - this might be more for you. In the meantime, however, I will be re-reading some of Ms. Joyce's classics like The Game and The Conqueror. Those were definitely her best.
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