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Book Reviews #1

   WARNING: Spoiler Alert! And Then She Was Gone By Christopher Greyson  28th Jan, 2017: As I write this, I am traveling over the Konkan coast of India from Mangalore to Udupi. Tired though I was, I couldn't pause reading the book. The plot line of a young man, just turned 18, and looking to solve the crime he had stumbled upon, reminded me so much of an older Frederick Trotteville . Enlisted for army, Jack is a good Samaritan, a typical boys scout, who catches bag snatchers to help helpless older people, irregardless of his own safety. From running behind pickpockets and helping neighbours to setup their washers, Jack the do-gooder is requested by his foster mother to help her neighbour clear her son's name in an ongoing murder investigation. Stacy was a financial analyst, who just completed working on a shipping company portfolio. Upon discovering a discrepancy in the insurance values, after office hours she notifies her boss, who asks h...