Nancy A. (Chocoholic) reviewed on 12/10/2011 + 291 more book reviews

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This is the story of the married life of David and Alice Pepin. Alice has a number of allergies and has some health issues and David frequently contemplates her death. When Alice turns up dead, the story becomes a whodunit.... did David kill her? Was it suicide? Did something else happen to Alice? There is more than one story contained in this novel; the other being the story of Sam Sheppard, the detective investigating Alice's death and who was also charged with the death of his own wife in the past. The author has quite skillfully woven together the two stories in much the same way that MC Escher drew fanciful drawings of people, gnomes, birds, and fish on a continuum between black and white. This story is not to be read so much as it is to be experienced. Even now after finishing reading the story, I'm not entirely certain what happened to Alice and that is a testament to how well the author wrote this book. I enjoyed this book and it kept my interest very well although the chapters are very long; one chapter is well over 100 pages.

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