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Title: A fine debut
Review: Highly recommended. The few minor things that were bothersome:1. The slow pace is perfect for building suspense, but once things start happening, the pace should have quickened considerably. About 50 fewer pages would have been perfect.2. Too many of the early chapters end with astounding revelations. They just don't feel so astounding when they pop up so often.3. The author has a few favorite words and phrases that get overused.I blame none of this on the author, she just needed a more attentive editor. For a first novel, it's excellent.For another book with subtle atmospheric horror (and, like The Historian, European settings) check out Gothic Wine, by Darren Speegle, the best such book I've read since . . . well, Edgar Allen Poe.
