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Book Review of The Lantern

The Lantern
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If you miss the kind of romantic suspense plied by Phyllis A. Whitney etc., then you'll want to at least give this book a go. Lawrenson has a gift for rich language that engages all the five senses and creates a sense of place - so important to this genre. Ultimately, though, I felt the story did not justify a book of this length (almost 400 pages) and it lacked a big "reveal." If you don't need it to be a true whodunit, you should be fine.