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- Publisher: Pocket Star Books (1999)
- ASIN: B001ZUPX1U
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Sally Gunning lives with her husband in Brewster on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where her roots go back over three centuries. She came to writing at a young age, driven to it in desperation one rainy day when she ran out of books. Today Gunning focuses on digging out the back story to the history that we thought we knew but didn't, and giving it a human face. She is the author of three historical novels set in New England during the tempestuous years that led up to the American Revolution: The Widow's War, Bound, and her latest - The Rebellion of Jane Clarke.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
leave the past behind,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fire Water (Peter Bartholomew Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
I have read all of the Sally Gunning books and I think they are great vacation, escapist reading. Here is my complaint: we know all about the affair that led to the divorce, we know about the problems with getting back together. The couple is back together, how about if the books stop living in the past and move forward? What does it add to the characters to relive yet another old romance? Move on, leave the past behind. Still, I would recommend the book. It is entertaining and adds a bit to the development of the characters. Now, if Gunning would just stop these peole from living in the past...
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Author's talents are wasted on mysteries,
By Curmudgea (Georgia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fire Water (Peter Bartholomew Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
Having just read Gunning's The Widow's War, I thought I might enjoy her mysteries. But after reading just this one, I think I'll pass. There were too many characters to keep track of; and they so lacked dimension that I didn't even want to bother. The author really is wasting her large talent for writing historical fiction if she produces more of these mysteries.
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PETER BARTHOLOMEW stood on the bank of the creek and watched the five-year-old Lucy Suggs as she scrabbled in the mud like a terrier after a bone. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Susan Jameson, Weams Point, Roger Coolidge, Baby Hughie, Manny Rose, Clem Rogers, Gull Island, Alice Rose, Hugh Peletier, Ben Fox, Rum Creek, Coast Guard, Phoebe Small, Reese Rogers, Nicky Peck, Back Street, Peter Bartholomew, Rita Peck, Joel Crawford, Lieutenant James, Rosella Jameson, Eastside Marine, Budge Lorimer, Cape Hook, Sarah Abrew New!
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PETER BARTHOLOMEW stood on the bank of the creek and watched the five-year-old Lucy Suggs as she scrabbled in the mud like a terrier after a bone. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Susan Jameson, Weams Point, Roger Coolidge, Baby Hughie, Manny Rose, Clem Rogers, Gull Island, Alice Rose, Hugh Peletier, Ben Fox, Rum Creek, Coast Guard, Phoebe Small, Reese Rogers, Nicky Peck, Back Street, Peter Bartholomew, Rita Peck, Joel Crawford, Lieutenant James, Rosella Jameson, Eastside Marine, Budge Lorimer, Cape Hook, Sarah Abrew New!
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- ICE WATER (A Peter Bartholomew Mystery) by Sally Gunning on 5 pages
- DEEP WATER (Peter Bartholomew Mystery Series) by Sally Gunning on 5 pages
- MUDDY WATER by Sally Gunning on 4 pages
- DIRTY WATER by Sally Gunning in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Double Take by Judy Mercer in Back Matter
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