Legacy: A Novel by Danielle Steel
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I haven't read any of Danielle Steel's books for a very long time, but someone told me that this book was different and it was.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  It is a story viewed by characters in the present and past and I like those.  One is a young woman who is working on an advanced degree and living with her boyfriend who is an aspiring archeologist.  Here life is like treading water only there is no shore even being looked for.  Suddenly, the boyfriend leaves to direct a dig and she goes home with virtualy nothing.

While reassising her life at her mother's apartment in the city she agrees to help her mother search for an Indian ancestor who marries a marquis and moves to France.  The genealogy project helps her get her bearings and gives her the strength to change to a life of purpose instead of staying on the same treadmill she has been on.


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The Retribution by Val McDermid
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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A Darker Domain by Val McDermid
My rating: 5 of 5 stars




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Fever Of The Bone by Val McDermid
My rating: 5 of 5 stars




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Christmas Mourning by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It has been a long time since I read this and it definitely is a book that you don't want to know the ending before you read it.  The suspense adds a lot to the story and helps to counteract the long philosophical passages. I read this in a book group and we all agreed that the house was a character in the book.  It's brooding menace fills the early chapters and you get the feeling that it wants to exact revenge for the crimes done on that spot of earth.


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Hard Row by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Winter's Child by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Death's Half Acre by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Killer Market by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Storm Track by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Home Fires by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Shooting at Loons by Margaret Maron
My rating: 5 of 5 stars




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Southern Discomfort by Margaret Maron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Now You See Her by James Patterson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars




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The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars




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Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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