Book Review: Forcing Amaryllis

Reviewed By: Ellen Garbuny - RAM

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Louise Ure
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Woman Main Character   Thriller   Amateur Sleuth   Legal Setting

Forcing Amaryllis is an engaging debut by Louise Ure. She presents a wonderful sense of place, the southwest, and introduces a new protagonist, Calla Gentry. This book unfolded carefully, and as it did, I became more ensnared by the plotting and the characters. Not to spoil, there were times I wanted to tell Calla, NO! don't go there! but this did not detract from my enjoyment of the book. Ure included some romance, but not too much. She made Calla a real person with real problems. Ure also described horrendous crimes very subtly, without the details clobbering me with an overload of unpleasant visuals.

Ellen Garbuny - RAM

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