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A review by annmaries
To Helvetica and Back by Paige Shelton
4.0
3.5 stars
A fun, quick read on a sunny spring Saturday morning. Star City is obviously a very thinly-veiled reference to Park City, Utah (the town and its environs are pretty recognizable if you've ever been there, and there are many references to the skiing and even the international film festival in January).
I needed a book set in Utah for my 2019 reading challenge, and this one was perfect: not shy of, but also not obsessed with, (as the author puts it) 'the state's dominant religion'. The mystery itself wasn't overly mysterious, but the story is much more about the people in it, and I enjoyed getting to know Clare (the narrator) and her grandfather, Chester, along with her police-officer best friend Jodie and new-boyfriend-the-geologist Seth.
A fun, quick read on a sunny spring Saturday morning. Star City is obviously a very thinly-veiled reference to Park City, Utah (the town and its environs are pretty recognizable if you've ever been there, and there are many references to the skiing and even the international film festival in January).
I needed a book set in Utah for my 2019 reading challenge, and this one was perfect: not shy of, but also not obsessed with, (as the author puts it) 'the state's dominant religion'. The mystery itself wasn't overly mysterious, but the story is much more about the people in it, and I enjoyed getting to know Clare (the narrator) and her grandfather, Chester, along with her police-officer best friend Jodie and new-boyfriend-the-geologist Seth.