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Title: "Less is more"--or it would be in Rule's books
Review: Rule's expertise; her experience; her knowledge and research about this book (the subject) and any book I've ever read by her seems almost flawless. She knows her subject and she has a splendid law enforcement background.She's also a gifted author.That should combine for the best true crime books in America. But it does not.THE PROBLEM: Rule's problem is flooding the readers with details that get in the way of the narrative; details that mean nothing; that makes her books so long one can become lost. I don't question the factual nature of these mundane, boring facts, for Rule is accurate; as far as I know no author is more factual.The book needs 60 pages edited out. Like all of her books, it is 20% too long because of the boring details.For readers of Rule, it would be wonderful if she decided that sometimes, less (really) is more.
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