She didn't know who she was or where she was from, she only knows that she is in a Santa Fe bed and breakfast alone. She is told by the owner that her father carried her in and she was asleep. She immediately knows the man is not her father, so she takes his money and gun and heads for safety.
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A teenage girl wakes up alone in a bed and breakfast in Santa Fe with no memory of who she is or how she got there. The innkeeper explains that the man who brought her there said he was her father. But the one thing she knows for sure is that he is not--and that she must flee before he returns. Taking his jacket, money, and gun, she hikes into the surrounding mountains; in an unlikely scenario that only a writer as talented as Grimes can make plausible, she survives the harsh winter and even flourishes, seeking solace in the company of coyotes she frees from their illegal traps. When she reemerges from the wilderness a few months later, seeking to unravel the mystery of who she is, she walks into the life of 14-year-old Mary Dark Hope, a lonely orphan who becomes her ally and companion. Together they track the stranger who abducted her, who holds the key to the secret of her identity--the man she knows only as "Daddy."
The thrilling odyssey that takes the two girls into the murky world of illegal dogfights, hunting, and wild-animal profiteers culminates in a dramatic confrontation, but it is the brilliantly realized characters rather than the plot that capture the reader's imagination and keep the pages turning. Another tour de force for Grimes, and a cause for celebration for her many fans. --Jane Adams --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Engaging adolescent Mary Dark Hope, who appeared in Rainbow's End, returns in this uneven thriller/animal-rights polemic. After Mary befriends Andi, a teenage amnesiac who releases trapped animals in New Mexico's Sandia Mountains, the two girls head after a mysterious man who Andi thinks may have kidnapped her and knows her identity. Conveniently, the orphaned Mary has a bank account, a car, her dead sister's driver's license and gullible caregivers. The girls easily encounter garrulous informants along the way, finding a friend and protector in Reuel, a salt-of-the-earth dropout who knows everyone in Salmon, Idaho, where they've tracked their quarry. Once Andi identifies Harry Wine, a river expedition outfitter, as her abductor, the book shifts into a series of predictable episodes that show unthinking people gruesomely mistreating animals and that reveal the arrogant Wine's vile nature. Mary and Andi rescue an abused dog, go white-water rafting, spy on a "canned hunt" for endangered animals. In a violent scene near the book's end, Andi confronts Wine, then disappears. Although Grimes writes movingly of the plight of maltreated animals and gracefully evokes the beauty of the American West, many scenes are too long and aimless. Most of the characters are stereotypes, their individual motivations hard to discern. Andi's disappearance is especially puzzlingAlike the Lone Ranger, she stirs up the populace and vanishes, leaving the cleanup to others. This is not a Richard Jury book, and fans will miss him. Rights, Peter Lampack Agency.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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By Joann Simon
Format:Paperback
Martha Grimes is best known for her fantastic Jury/Melrose Plant (Plant, who is actually Lord Audry, but has given up his title) English mysteries. But in this book, she's broken off into a beautiful mystery about the south western and northwestern United States, with two fiesty young girls-incredible characters, taking risks. I recommend this book to all. It's a Grimes' success!
Joanna Campbell, Author and creator of the Thoroughbred Series, and author of the first 14 books.
By tauntonlake
Format:Paperback
I listened to the audio version of this book, which may have helped some; it was engaging enough, in spite of the frequent sordid plot twists around every corner - the canned hunt was especially disheartening - the only thing at the end that left me shaking my head was, what the heck happened to Andi ?? Mary Dark Hope waxed reflective on the Sandias, and how Andi's name was in them. Did Andi go back to the cabin in the woods ?? Was she a ghost, from the bus crash ?? I finished the book, feeling like I'd been left hanging.
If anyone picked up on the what happened at the end, could you please clue me in ? !
If anyone picked up on the what happened at the end, could you please clue me in ? !
By MacGeezer
Format:Paperback
two teenage girls take on amnesia, sexual perversion, dog fighting, white water rafting and canned hunts coming out on top every time in a story that defines the unbelievable; and while it's nice to see Mary Dark Hope again (she was the only interesting character in "Rainbows End") nothing else about the book is at all interesting if your IQ exceeds double digits and you are above the age of fifteen
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Never again
This is the first (and last) Martha Grimes book I've picked up. It is perfectly dreadful. I couldn't finish it. Thank goodness I had borrowed it from the library. Read more
Published on May 11 2001 by A reader
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What was Martha Thinking
I wish I had read the reviews of this book before I bought it. It is a very dark and disturbing story full of twisted characters and plot line. Read more
Published on Mar 21 2001 by "ls131"
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This One Really Does Bite
I wish I'd read all these reviews before I spent $12 on this novel--silly me, I actually believed the glowing reviews on the cover from the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times and... Read more
Published on Feb 20 2001 by KJsJoys
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A phoned-in performance
It is said when talented actors give a bad performance that they have "phoned it in." Martha Grimes phoned this book in, and on a bad line. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2001 by Denise Mccluggage
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Biting the Moon
If I could have, I would have rated this book negative five stars. Martha Grimes and her editor should hang their heads in shame. This book was obviously not researched at all. Read more
Published on Jan 1 2001
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If you love animals, you MUST read this book!
First, I loved the book because of it's many topics on animal cruelty. This book is clearly written freestyle-sentences lack structure, has a few typos, and a few loose ends. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2000
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Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Some plot devices require a greater suspension of disbelief than others. Amnesia qualifies for this category, along with the notion of two young orphaned girls hitting the road on... Read more
Published on Sep 27 2000 by Diane Davis
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MY FIRST AND LAST MARTHA GRIMES BOOK-A WASTE OF TIME
THERE WERE ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT PLOTS GOING ON, WITH NO RESOLUTION TO ANY OF THEM. CHARACTERS ARE FLAT. WHO CARED WHAT HAPPENED TO ANY OF THEM? Read more
Published on July 30 2000
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Did Martha Grimes write this?
If you love Martha Grimes, don't read this book. The subject matter (cruelty to animals and people)is certainly worthy of being written about even though I wish this book had... Read more
Published on May 28 2000 by Diane Neal
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I was very disappointed in this novel. The characters were very well drawn but I felt left in limbo at the end and did wonder what happened to Andi. Read more
Published on May 21 2000 by Polly Ann Viner
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