Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2012/08/learning-to-swim.htmlLearning To Swim is a mystery. It is the story of Troy Chance. On a ferry in Lake Champlain, she sees a child fall into the lake. She jumps in and saves him. His name is Paul, and he won't say how a...
My dad, a voracious reader, recommended this book to me. He happened to come across Learning to Swim at the library, and the title intrigued him because I was a competitive swimmer for many years and he was always a supportive Swim Dad. The novel actually has very little to do with competitive swimm...
The premise is great, but the book really doesn't deliver. The characters make a lot of odd, unnatural choices. And the narrating voice is awfully flat. This should have been a suspenseful book, but it just isn't.
The story has a great hook and pulled me in right away. I did not guess what the outcome would be, and I think it got a bit improbable as it went along. But it was a quick read and I enjoyed reading about the locations (upstate NY, Vermont, Ottawa).
An adult book! Such a shock, I know. For some reason, I always think that I don't like mysteries. And I would say that in a sense, it's true. I'm not a mystery reader. I don't seek out reviews of mysteries, I don't follow the genre. But I do like mysteries, and actually, I like them quite a lo...
On a misty evening Troy Chance is standing on the deck of a ferry crossing Lake Champlain. Watching a second ferry carrying passengers in the opposite direction she sees something fall overboard. At the last moment before it hits the water she is positive she saw frightened eyes in the dark bundle...
First, I must disclose that I won this on First Reads. I am loving this book and it may even go up to 5 stars. Basically, it is a mystery about a woman who saves a boy from an intentional drowning. She must determine who would want the boy killed and what has happened to his mother. Just good readin...
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