- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Daniel & Daniel Publishers (September 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1880284324
- ISBN-13: 978-1880284322
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
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From Publishers Weekly
The best thing about LaPierre's sixth Port Silva mystery (after Old Enemies) is how the novel quickly sneaks behind the picturesque facade of a fictional town on the Northern California coast to reveal the hard truths of modern life. "So gradually that a busy, self-absorbed person could fail to notice, the empty storefronts had begun to appear.... Meg counted among the missing a small food store, a shoe store. A store selling kitchenware...." Meg Halloran, a high-school teacher and single mother, has recently married Port Silva's police chief, Vincent Gutierrez. The novel begins with her getting badly beaten by a gang of ski-masked teenage thugs as she tries to stop an attack on a homeless man. It ends with Vincent getting even more badly beaten by a crazed villain. In between, there are two murdersAof young Hispanic women who live in a seedy motel called the Winner's Circle and are connected to a controversial local fertility clinicAand the suspicious death by fire of a crusty old doctor who was like a father to Vince. There are also more relatives and friends than in one of Marcia Muller's novels, so trying to figure out who's who can be daunting. LaPierre is one of those writers who describes virtually every bite of food or swallow of drink her characters consume. Her new novel is absorbing, but its colorful landscape would be a lot less cluttered if she left more to readers' imaginations. (Oct.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
An apparent crime wave in Port Silva, an economically depressed coastal California town, results in the death of a young Hispanic woman with connections to a local fertility clinic. Schoolteacher Meg Halloran and her husband, police chief Vince Gutierrez, solve this one together. For series fans and others.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Much more than amystery, totally absorbing, Aug 13 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Baby Mine: A Meg Halloran and Vince Gutierrez Mystery (Paperback)
Small towns and villages feel the downswing of a depressed economy as much if not more so than the large urban centers. The small California seaside town of Port Silva is wracked with severe social and economic problems. Schoolteacher Meg Halloran, wife of Police Chief Vince Gutierrez, watches a group of teens attack a homeless person. She tries to intercede, but is beaten up by the gang. Meg goes to the police station to file a report, but the officer, not recognizing her relationship to his boss, blames it on the Mexicans. With employment down, the Anglos resent the Mexicans who are taking away their jobs while draining the local resources. Things turn ugly when someone murders Mexican Esperanza Moreno. Soon a pregnant Mexican teenager disappears. Protests within the town have turned violent. Vince believes a link exists between the murders and the other incidents, that once uncovered, will lead to the culprit behind the brutality.
BABY MINE is filled with several well designed who-done-its and other mysteries that blend together into a coherent and entertaining story line that dazzles the audience. Readers will find it nearly impossible to ascertain what will happen from one moment to the next. Small town life in a mixed community is vividly described. The sixth Port Silva novel is pure pleasure as old friends return after a long absence. This reviewer does not believe that absence makes the heart grow fonder because Janet La Pierre is too good a writer for readers to persevere that long between books.
Harriet Klausner
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another winner!, Oct 30 2008
By L. West - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Baby Mine: A Meg Halloran and Vince Gutierrez Mystery (Paperback)
Janet LaPierre's Port Silva series is terrific. You really get to know the characters as they blend together to form a picture of the community. I love the way each of the books develop different characters as well as deeper insights into the continuing characters. The generational and cultural aspects of the community add to the richness of the stories. The mysteries are original and suspenseful to the end. I highly recommend this series and I can't wait for the next one!
L. West, Martinez, CA.
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