Sally Anders is dead--raped and beaten to death. A pretty teenager in a nice, quiet town. Too nice; too quiet; too much is hidden. But that quiet is about to explode under the spotlight of the police investigation.
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Ranking with the best of Waugh's 35-plus novels, this mystery by the 1989 MWA Grand Master recalls his powerful Last Seen Wearing . . . . Here the citizens of affluent Crockford, Conn., tell their versions of the events following the rape-murder of "nice" Sally Anders, age 16, whose body was found outside the house where she was babysitting. Dorothy Meskill describes a suspicious stranger who had approached her after her husband Edward left for his high-school teaching job; everyone hopes this intruder, "not one of us," is guilty. But the investigation uncovers shabby secrets about the local minister and others in the seemingly upright town. Sally's brother and friends make the strongest impressions as young adults living in a world of dangers unknown to previous generations. And the teenagers' unclouded vision leaves them unsurprised, unlike their elders, when the murderer is caught.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A nice part of living in a small town is that when I don't know what I'm doing, someone else does." Unknown source,
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Sixteen year old Sally Anders seems to have a normal life. She sings in the church choir, babysits and has the occasional arguments whith her younger brother. However, when she doesn't return from babysitting one night, a search is conducted and her body is found. She had been raped and murdered by the home of the family for which she was babysitting.
The story is told in brief sequences of people's thoughts and reactions to Sally's murder. In gives a picture of life in a small New England town which has a ficticious name but is actually Guilford, Connecticut where the author lived and served elected office. We are given a step by step account of people's activities around the time of the murder. This approach doesn't give the reader any insight into Sally's thoughts and there is never an emotional sympathy for the character. It is as if the reader was viewing the information in a newspaper. The book was written in 1989 and that was the year that Hillary Waugh was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writer's of America.
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The last day of pretty sixteen-year-old Sally Anders' life began much as any other. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sally Anders, Walter Wallace, New Haven, Wilfred Greene, Reggie Sawyer, Shoreline News, Thursday May, Bartholomew's Church, State Street, Millie Stone, North Ferry Street, Herb Hickey, Bert Richards, Jim Anders, Mystic Point, New York, Peach Lane, Board of Education, Episcopal Church, Laird Armstrong, Peggy Bodine, Chief Herbert Hickey, Church Street, Clinton Center, Dudley Bishop Elementary School New!
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The last day of pretty sixteen-year-old Sally Anders' life began much as any other. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first selectman, police commission Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sally Anders, Walter Wallace, New Haven, Wilfred Greene, Reggie Sawyer, Shoreline News, Thursday May, Bartholomew's Church, State Street, Millie Stone, North Ferry Street, Herb Hickey, Bert Richards, Jim Anders, Mystic Point, New York, Peach Lane, Board of Education, Episcopal Church, Laird Armstrong, Peggy Bodine, Chief Herbert Hickey, Church Street, Clinton Center, Dudley Bishop Elementary School New!
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