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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cole Is Getting Better, But...,
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This review is from: Falling Down (Laura Winslow Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
I really want to like David Cole's Laura Winslow mysteries beause they are set in Tucson, Arizona, my hometown and a city I still visit often. I've found the books, however, frustratingly difficult to read due to numerous errors, mistakes, and omissions. I had pretty much decided to skip the 7th book in the series, "Falling Down," when I read on the jacket that it centered around one of my favorite places in Tucson, Tohono Chul Park (Tohono Chul means desert corner in Tohono O'odham or what used to be called Papago). While "Falling Down" certainly contains mistakes (for example, Laura tells Ken Charvoz, the new man in her life on three separate occasions about being dumped by her previous lover, and each subsequent time it's as if the other conversation(s) never took place), there are far fewer mistakes than in the earlier books. Moreover, the story is generally well told and holds your interest.
Having said that, if you are interested in reading some really good mysteries set in the deserts of Arizona, there are better authors than David Cole. In addtion to J. A. Jance's Joanna Brady series (set in the historic former mining town of Bisbee), I highly recommend Jon Talton's David Mapstone mysteries (set in Greater Phoenix), Sinclair Browning's Trade Ellis series (set in Greater Tucson), and Betsy Thornton's Chloe Newcomb mysteries (set in the fictional town of Dudley, which is a thinly disguised Bisbee). |
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Falling Down (Laura Winslow Mysteries) by David Cole (Mass Market Paperback - June 28, 2005)
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