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Rebecca (Missoula, MT)
A fictionalized account of a very real, but very forgotten, massacre in the 19th century American West, Hand . . . brings to life not only the hero, GAR veteran, ex-county sheriff and all-around good guy Judge J. K. Vincent, but the nearly 40 Chinese miners so cruelly murdered because of greed. It's rare, even in this day and age, to have a Western with a deeply Eastern—so to speak—heart.
Jennifer (Twin Falls, ID)
Although the depictions of the murders are gruesome, this is a beautiful read. The main characters (especially Joe) are well-drawn and the story unfolds at a nice pace. The back stories are revealed slowly, adding just a little bit of a thread to the overall weave of the plot, which I liked. The novel also makes readers think about the treatment of those who are different. Hostility against immigrants is nothing new; a sad commentary on how things have not really changed.
Ellen S. ("BookMom"), Chicago, IL
Crime, justice, family, long-lost love: this book has all the elements I like. "Deep Creek" is a fast-moving thriller about a terrible crime in 1887 Idaho. But the characters are so well portrayed and the issues so important (then and now) that it ranks with any historical novel I have read. The villains, male and female, are genuinely scary. The trio of investigators, like their families and friends, are ordinary people forced into heroism. There's a touch of the supernatural, too, just enough for eeriness, and in the end we witness justice done, though in an unexpected way.
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