Fatal Obsession [Import] [Hardcover]

Stephen Greenleaf (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd (October 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0709019335
• ISBN-13: 978-0709019336
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stephen Greenleaf is a very literate mystery writer, July 1, 2004

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M. C. Crammer (Decatur, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fatal Obsession (Mass Market Paperback)

The writing was so great in this book that I found myself reading sentences over again just to savor the language. This is my second Greenleaf book, and it is great to know that I have at least half a dozen more awaiting me (assuming the rest are as good as the two I've already read).

The plot involves Greenleaf's lawyer-turned-private investigator, Marsh Tanner, returning from San Francisco to his Iowa home town to discuss what to do with the family farm. Two of his brothers want to sell it (but to whom -- coal strip miner, wildcat oil company, neighboring farmer, the town?), whereas his sister wants to keep the land in the family and let her daughter and SIL farm it.

Not long after Marsh arrives in town, however, his bad-boy nephew is found hung -- although it appears to be suicide, Marsh has reason to question this verdict. He starts poking around, and in the course of poking around, learns a lot of things about the people of his home town that had been kept secret.

Greenleaf's characters are vivid and memorable, and I was kept guessing about what happened to nephew Billy until the final chapter -- but it all made sense.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Home again, August 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Fatal Obsession (Mass Market Paperback)

I grew up in this town! It was amazing to picture the settings of my youth as the story unfolded.I look forward to Greenleaf's next Tanner book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, September 6, 2000

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David Aman "davidam" (Plantation, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fatal Obsession (Hardcover)

Most interesting of the John Tanner series. Interesting plot twists and turns inter-woven with period settings. Great book to read as escapism. Kept my attention throughout and such that I didn't want to quit reading and looked for excuses to interrupt other activites to finish reading.