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by Sue A. Lehman The Rat is written in a unique style that will keep you guessing until the final chapter. Each chapter is written from the first person viewpoint of a different character, and each one dies in turn. Ruth Crawford's death was no surprise to anyone... the elderly woman was frail and sick, and her passing seemed natural. Then the nice young man, Johnny Reinholt, who delivered Ruth's groceries, is killed in what seemed at the time to be a terrible accident. But when Melody Ming, the little girl Johnny had taken under his wing, and whom the kind Mr. Witherspoon then invited to live in his home, dies, Detective Doug Thomlinson begins to get suspicious. Each death looks more like murder than the last one. Thomlinson begins piecing the clues together, and decides to reinvestigate Ruth's death. She may have been killed for her money, but who would her money benefit? How about Johnny? He was not an heir, but was his death more than an accident? Thomlinson edges close enough to the killer to find himself in deadly peril, too. The story reminds me of the old con game of the pea and the walnut shells, with the deadly rat poison, Vacor, appearing in unexpected places, and in the possession of various suspects at different times. The tangled relationships in this story of escalating suspense are slowly revealed, leading to a surprising conclusion. The constants throughout the story are Ruth's dog, Nikki, and her attorney, Marcus. Sue Lehman, who also wrote Blindsided, is a master at characterization and has put together a complex thriller that pulls you into the plot and won't let go. |
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