Beverly H. (GainesvilleGirl) - reviewed on 1/18/2015 + 215 more book reviews

I've read three of Hallie Ephron's books now, and very much liked two of them. The first, Never Tell A Lie, was excellent in my opinion. I disliked the second because of it's computer technology theme, however this, the third, turned out to be pretty good. Maybe not quite as good as the first, but close. This story gives the reader a sense of what it might feel like to be very elderly, living alone, and having no caring relatives or friends left to turn to. The plot centers around the greed of a development company, and how far its team is willing to go in order to get their hands on a small but lovely area of older houses whose owners are mostly elderly and helpless when it comes to dealing with the vicious and determined creeps who intend to move them all out in order to demolish their homes and make a fortune by building on the sites. The ending was decent, with a bit of a surprise, although most of it was fairly predictable. I enjoyed it as a quick read with a few hair raising moments to it. I wouldn't mind seeing more like this, or the first one, by this author.

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