Customer Reviews

1 Ragged Ridge Road

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I purchased this book based on a review in the Harrisburg, PA newspaper. I absolutely loved this book. Being close to the surroundings of the true story of the inn, Chambersburg, certainly peaked my interest. I love to stay at old historic inns and I really felt I was there and part of the mystery. This is a book you will not want to put down. I have this book as a must keep for my permanent library. Great suspense, great read.

wonderful book! The first book in many years to grab my attention from the first chapter and keep it! I, normally a slow reader who takes her time reading only during boredom, was searching for time to finish this book. However, when I finished it I wished there were more, just because I became so attached to the characters.

I come from the town that this book was based on, and i live only about 3 miles from the Ragged Edge Inn, as it is called in my town. I found this book to be totally captivating, and to me it was especially intersting because i can relate to the places in the town, and there are just a few changes in names, but basically all the land marks talked about in the book actually do exist here. The authors recently came to the playhouse where i worked this past summer, the playhouse refered to in the book itself actully to help it raise money. The authors are great people, and i respect them for coming to a little town like mine and help its summer stock theatre get some always needed money. I strongly recommend this book to any reader, it has been one of the best books i have read this year.

I loved, loved, loved, loved, love, loved it! It's a story that takes place in two different times. Each chapter is either in the present or in the past and the way time slides back and forth is just way,way, way cool. It's perfect for a nice summer read or even for rainy days. Kept me turning page after page after page. But I recommend you do not read it at night. Although it doesn't seem scary as you read it...you get absolutely spooked out when night comes...

This strikes me as an American version of the British "cozy" mystery. No gore, no vulgar language, no sex, just local color, a couple of relatively "clean" murders, and a strong yet still vulnerable woman solving the mystery in the nick of time. It's utterly predictable and rather flat in style, yet I was sucked in from the first page and read it in practically one sitting. Highly rcommended for summer reading (or, since Christmas has quite a bit to do with the plot and setting, snowbound reading). It'll make a fun TV-movie someday, I'm sure!

I wrote a stellar review on this book when i first read it but, for some reason, amazon chose not to print it.....????? anyway, this was such a marvelous curl-up-in-your-comfy-chair-in-front-of-the-fire and read in one sitting book....the characters are reallly interesting, there is very definitely a mystery here.. it elvolves at a delicious slow pace, weaving its web and entrapping you in a 'murder she wrote' type of story...very well crafted and i would love to read more from these two very talented authors!!!! this is the book to grab if you're on the run at the airport...it will calm you down during your take-off and make the flight a complete delight!

I just finished this book and loved it! I really enjoyed the weaving of the past with the present. Also, I thought I knew who was responisble for the murder, but I was surprised. I think the book was an excellent read! I have to wonder what is wrong with the people who gave it a one and tossed it before they could finish. I can't imagine that we read the same book.

Grabs you from the first page. I could not put it down

If you like to read about the restoration of old houses, which I do, this is an enjoyable read. Some interesting subplots occur while trying to solve the murder that happened 60-70 years previously within the house. A troubled marriage, a developmentally disabled child, a romance, secretive townspeople, and the restoration of the house blend well with the main story.

I stayed at the inn that this book was written about. The owner told me about the book and as soon as I got home I tracked down a copy. While I read it I felt like I was back there. I loaned my copy to my mother and she didn't want to give it back, so I ended up buying a second copy.