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robinsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
This is the third in the Skin Kadash series and it was a lot more complicated than the first two (LOST DOG and CHASING SMOKE). In fact, don't even think about reading this if you haven't at least read CHASING SMOKE. That being said, this was an intricate mystery that goes back and forth in time, often getting confusing, but if you keep reading you will ultimately be rewarded with a satisfying ending.
The plot involves a woman fleeing the Klamath Falls area due to an abusive husband who ends up in Portland, and a shooting in the house across the street from Kadash's (a retired Portland homicide detective). From there the story is told in various time periods over the past two years, and you think the parallel stories will never meet but they do all come together in the end. A friend and I agreed that if not for the Oregon settings and landmarks, we might have well bagged the book but were glad we kept reading.
The plot involves a woman fleeing the Klamath Falls area due to an abusive husband who ends up in Portland, and a shooting in the house across the street from Kadash's (a retired Portland homicide detective). From there the story is told in various time periods over the past two years, and you think the parallel stories will never meet but they do all come together in the end. A friend and I agreed that if not for the Oregon settings and landmarks, we might have well bagged the book but were glad we kept reading.
bigchipper's review against another edition
3.0
Decent crime novel. Some of the plot devices (shifting storylines across time) wear thin after a while.
brancrisp's review
5.0
I read this book as slowly as I could to savor it and it's quirky cast of characters. I have always thought that Stephen King wrote female characters really well. I never thought any other male writer came close until now. I loved all of these characters, good and bad. None of them were flat or cliche. I loved the use of jumping back and forth in time. Never too far back and always conscious of the present. I even loved simple things like the perfect chapter lengths for reading in chunks and the interesting graphical use of drops of liquid at the start of each chapter. A wonderful book I would highly recommend.
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