- Hardcover: 232 pages
- Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (Dec 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0826328881
- ISBN-13: 978-0826328885
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 445 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
Claire Reynier, the 50-something Albuquerque librarian last seen in Judith Van Gieson's Vanishing Point, returns to cope with a case of a stolen book (a first edition of Melville's The Confidence-Man worth thousands) and a stolen identity (her own) in Confidence Woman. Evelyn Martin was a friend from college whom Claire agreed to help get back on her feet, but when Evelyn turns up dead with Claire's credit cards, Claire becomes a suspect in her murder.
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From Booklist
The third book in Van Gieson's Claire Reynier series finds Claire in a difficult situation. Evelyn Martin, an old college friend, asks to stay at Claire's house while looking for a place to live. Later, Claire finds that someone is using her identity. When the police find Evelyn's body in a house in an upscale Santa Fe neighborhood along with credit cards belonging to Claire and three other women from their college sorority, Claire becomes a suspected murderer. As if that weren't enough, a rare signed first edition of Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man is missing from Claire's house. Claire uses her skills as a rare-book librarian to prove her innocence and solve the crime. This series grows stronger with each new case. This time Van Gieson combines solid character development with a fascinating plot, ambient New Mexico atmosphere, and a surprise ending. This series deserves a larger audience. Barbara Bibel
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Show, Judith,
By Kiwi (Outside the norm.......) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Confidence Woman (Paperback)
I loved the book. An entertaining book should take you away from your troubles during the course of the reading.....This one does....and does it well. Being from Santa Fe, I especially enjoyed the insights on Santa Fe women and the insights on women in general. The characters were very true to life and I know each one of them exists in my own world......By the way, Judith, we are passing the book around Santa Fe, pretty soon everyone in yoga class will have read it....!!!! Cheers to you !!
4.0 out of 5 stars
I LIKED IT!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Confidence Woman (Paperback)
I GRABBED THIS BOOK ON IMPULSE AND WASN'T SURE AT FIRST IF I WAS GOING TO READ PAST THE FIRST COUPLE OF CHAPTERS OR NOT, BUT I STUCK WITH IT AND REALLY GOT INTO IT. I ENJOYED CLAIRE, BUT WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE SOME CLOSER FAMILY AND SOCIAL INTERACTION.
5.0 out of 5 stars
That's the way I like it,
By Kirpane Katia (france) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Confidence Woman (Paperback)
I feel I owe Judith Van Gieson a special thank you for giving her readers consistently excellent novels. Ever since the Neil Hamel, and now with the Claire Reynier series, I've enjoyed her well defined, genuine characters, no nonsense plotlines as well as her remarkable ambience-rendering of the Southwest. The author sense of time and places proves once again right here. As a woman in her fifties, Claire Reynier has already had a share of ups and downs. She has settled for the best as a rare book expert at the Univesity of New Mexico and a life of her own spent between books, Tai-chi, a potential lover and a cat. When she becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a former classmate, she has to dig into a long-forgotten past and go through some sobering discoveries. With her sharp reflexion about what people really are about behind the scene, precise but thoughtful writing, Judith Van Gieson brings a definite plus to the mystery genre.
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