The Scanners Guild Blog » reading http://scannersguild.com Read a book, change the world Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Death In The Devil’s Acre http://scannersguild.com/reading/death-in-the-devils-acre/ http://scannersguild.com/reading/death-in-the-devils-acre/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:30:47 +0000 Monica Willyard http://scannersguild.com/?p=270 Death in the Devil's Acre: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Death in the Devil’s Acre: A Charlotte and
Thomas Pitt Novel by Anne Perry


My review


rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is one of my favorites from this series. That’s because it showed both the good and bad side of society with its often
mixed motives and reasons. I felt sorry when I discovered who the murderer was because I liked the character.

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Devil’s Corner is a fast-paced thriller that grabs and holds you from the first page. I dare you to put it down till you’re done with it. :) It’s about a female prosecutor who thinks she’s looking into a minor case that turns out to plunge her into something much larger and dangerous. She is the only living witness to the shooting of a DEA agent and has to travel into the underbelly of the city to find out who and why. My description doesn’t do it justice because I sound like a commercial.

All three of these books are available at Audible if you’d prefer an audio download version. For anyone who is blind and lives in the U.S., most of the Scottoline books are available from NLS on cassette as well. In fact, NLS offers 15 titles.

If you know of an author with a similar writing style or know of an awesome mystery I should check out, please post a comment here. I’d love to hear from you.

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