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- You and Me and the Dead Man
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- Author: Carol Papenhausen
- Reviewer: Rita Porter
- Publisher: Write Words, Cambridge, MD 21613
- Format: Adult, Fiction, E-book
- ISBN: 1594311404
- Rating: * * Quills
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- Suzanne heads back to the home ground for a visit with Wynn, the stepbrother with whom she grew up. They have almost nothing in common. Suzanne likes to tell him about all the things he has that remain the same, how he needs to change his life, among other things. However, besides criticism, this time she brings with her a mystery.
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- Suzanne tells Wynn about the man she had living with her, Casey Rollins, and the thoughts he had on their parents and the inheritance. She fills his head with ideas such as not receiving all that was his due. Wynn takes exception to this and begins questioning Suzanne on their figuring all this out. Wynn would love to talk to this Casey fellow, until he learns that the man is supposedly deceased (and owes money to Suzanne).
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- Unusual happenings begin to make Wynn question things, that normally, he wouldn’t have thought much about. Setting out to investigate all the mysteries, Wynn finds that things are not as they have always appeared to be; what he took as fact is something altogether different when looked into.
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- A combination of mystery and family dysfunctional issues make this story sort of dry. The mystery is solid and gives the reader something to grasp onto and delve into. But there is not enough drama or detail to fulfill the dysfunctional aspect, leaving the reader to wonder just what it is the family members even bother getting together for.
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- The main characters seem to irritate each other without the reader ever really finding out why. The secondary characters go well with Wynn and Suzanne. But at times, their parts hold more importance than the main ones; instead they should all intermix well together.
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- I felt the overall story line worked alright together. However, I would like to have had more detail and maybe exaggerated examples to some of the lingering questions. Overall it was a smooth read. The whodunit aspect of this book might be enough to entrance the mystery lover.
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