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Criminals
Criminals
Author: Margot Livesey
ISBN-13: 9780517193600
ISBN-10: 0517193604
Publication Date: 8/19/1997
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Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Criminals on + 60 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A decent harried young banker, already on the verge of distraction, hurries north to Scotland and his mysteriously troubled sister...A foreign mother struggles to make a home for her family in a society she only vaguely comprehends...A baby is abandoned in a bus-station rest room...And thus five lives and more are caught up in a binding net of affection and responsiblity, of sibling loyalty, romantic longing and maternal love.

A great book on how any common citizen unwittingly can become a criminal!!!!
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Helpful Score: 1
This is the first novel of Ms. Livesey's that I've read, and it's a doozy. It's got intrigue, mystery, masterful character and plot development, and no easy answers. I highly recommend this gripping book, but warn you that there are some disturbing elements. This is not fluff.
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I read one book by this lady and I liked it, so I requested this one. I liked this one as well. She has an ambience to her books that keep you coming back to get to the story, and when the book is over you are perplexed as to how much has happened and yet how little has changed. A certainly different atmosphere. Her books leave you with an eerie sense that something more needs to be explained, but then you realize that all her books are a little off-center.