Vicki S. (curledupwithabook) - , reviewed on 5/15/2010 + 169 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

This is a mystery that creeps up on you. Interesting story about a hard-working woman who, in order to maintain her own household after her husband is laid off, starts a business cleaning up homes where there has been a "trauma" - typically a murder or two or three. She also works at a small cosmetics company for a boss who's interested in more than her sales figures (wink, wink). In only 218 pages, Masterson draws you into this woman's life, makes you feel the potential she has for making it on her own, and the weight of her reality and responsibilities. You're given glimpses into the lives of other families, brutally ended, the traces of death wiped clean. The author wraps it all up with an unexpected twist of a mystery at the end. Quick, interesting and enjoyable little story.

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