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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. I enjoyed this book very much. It reminded me of the old Perry Mason TV show except the main character was a small town reporter instead of a big city lawyer. There were parts of the story that I found extremely frustrating, particularly when it touched on domestic abuse (those parts made me furious). The story dealt with the reinvestigation of a railroad accident and the premise that the man convicted of the crime didn't do it. The investigation hit several snags along the way and I would fear that all hope was lost but then there would be another break and things would start moving again. The story was well paced and the action was believable, sometimes even too believable. Once into the story I was pulled along by the action which resulted in a relatively quick read. It also offered a nice peek into small town 1950s Midwest America, what happens in a small paper newsroom, and the snags that occur in the investigation of crime. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. A journalism procedural crime novel (like a police procedural, but centered on a journalist). And as such, a little dry, but the setting and characters are likeable and the plot engaging. We know who did it and how by about the middle, but how to catch him? Reporter Stan Ellis gets in deeper than he expected when a straightforward story turns out to be anything but. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. Very good mystery book with engaging characters. Enjoyed tremendously. Kept my attention and hard to put down. Looking forward to reading more books by this author. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. I enjoyed this book about a young small-town journalist who sets out to investigate and right a wrong. Due to the setting and Stan Ellis's right-minded but sometimes not very well thought out actions, I read him with a little bit of Jimmy Stewart/George Bailey feel. The characters were authentic, the plot believable and the writing clean. Even though it deals with a train wreck, wife-abuser and more, it's generally a gentler mystery. I hope this will be the first in a series. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The year is 1958. Stan Ellis, a young reporter for a small-town Wisconsin newspaper, can't forget the call he got from a woman who claimed a man convicted of causing a train wreck four years before was falsely imprisoned. After a night of sleeplessness, he searches for the woman hoping to latch on to a big story. When he tracks her down, he finds she is the ex-wife of George Cashman, the train engineer who was operating the train that crashed. She identifies the man she believes sabotaged the train, but refuses to go to the authorities herself out of fear for her safety. She begs Stan to go instead and to ask them to open a new investigation. He agrees, not realizing that he is opening up something bigger and more dangerous than he ever anticipated. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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At some points the story telling is a little clunky, predictable, and heavy-handed. There's not much mystery or nuance, and the attempt to throw in 1950's sports references just came off as more awkward than I think the author intended.
Overall, it's a pleasant read with fairly developed characters and a decently interesting story line which takes the reader on a narrative journey that thankfully doesn't fall too far "off the rails." ( )