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THE WILD AND BEAUTIFUL SEA ISLAND WAS A PLACE TO DIE FOR.
AND KILL FOR.
Of all the aristocratic dynasties that once reigned over Georgia’s Cumberland Island, only the Hill family survives. Now they too are threatened. Charlotte, the family matriarch, has died suddenly and mysteriously, leaving her sister-in-law, Hannah, to protect the unspoiled paradise Charlotte had so passionately loved. But Hannah’s own health is precarious, developers are closing in, and the younger generation—charming cousins Mary, Leah, and Johanna—don’t seem to share the family devotion to the land. Even the island folk, some as venomous as Cumberland diamondbacks, are closely watching Hannah’s struggle to breathe. Looks like all eyes are on the Hill house. And someone covets what they see.
Archivist and family friend Ben Reese knows, however, that appearances can be deceiving. And murder can seem so easy and so right when it gets you what you desperately crave.
- Sales Rank: #4306625 in Books
- Published on: 2004-06-29
- Released on: 2004-06-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.85" h x .83" w x 4.13" l,
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 320 pages
From Publishers Weekly
In her fourth Ben Reese mystery, Edgar nominee Wright takes Ben away from England and Scotland, the settings for the last two books, and deposits him on unspoiled Cumberland Island off the coast of Georgia. It's 1960, and Cumberland faces an uncertain future as developers and park service scouts try to convince key families to sell their property. Ben stumbles on the murder of a bedridden MS patient-a murder that initially looks like a natural death by pneumonia. But Ben (who learned all about biological agents in the third book, Pursuit and Persuasion) is suspicious, since the victim left behind a surprising will deeding the island to her niece rather than her avaricious daughter. As Ben sifts through numerous red herrings, Wright tackles strong ethical issues such as euthanasia, ecological responsibility and vengeance, offering a religious message that's wonderfully subtle and thoughtful. She also reveals something more of Ben's character; we discover what he did in WWII that still gives him nightmares, and learn of the existence of a wartime nemesis whom Ben believes should be brought to justice. Wright's writing style can be abrupt, particularly when things get exciting. She leans heavily on choppy sentences and tends to begin far too many of them with conjunctions. However, this otherwise impeccable mystery manages to take conventional plot devices-an isolated island, a startling will, a generations-old family feud-and make them fresh.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
“Archivist and amateur detective Ben Reese is a wonderful character, as far off the beaten path of fictional detectives as Brother Cadfael. It is delightful to get in on the ground floor with a mystery writer who, God willing, will be keeping us instructed, entertained, puzzled, and moved for many years to come.”
—National Review
“Wright has given us intelligent, literate (and literary) adult . . . mysteries that follow in the tradition of G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, Flannery O’Conner, and Russell Kirk. . . . Wright succeeds well in avoiding the preachy and predictable, and—most of all—the trendy.”
—Chronicles
About the Author
Sally Wright is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she earned a degree in oral interpretation of literature. She has also completed graduate work at the University of Washington. Ms. Wright is the author of Publish and Perish, the debut of the Ben Reese series, Pride and Predator, Pursuit and Persuasion (an Edgar Allan Poe Award finalist), and Out of the Ruins. She lives with her husband in northwestern Ohio, and she travels widely to research the Ben Reese books—to England and Scotland for earlier titles in the series, to America’s southeastern coast for Out of the Ruins.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
cerebral brainteaser
By A Customer
In 1960, Cumberland Island off the coast of Georgia is one of last barrier islands to be privately owned by an individual. Charlotte Hill MacKinnon, the owner of most of the land intends to keep it that way. When she dies, she leaves her holdings on Cumberland Island to Hannah Williams Hill, her sister in law. Hannah feels the same way about Cumberland as Charlotte did and she intends to fight off the developers and the Parks Department who want to take it by eminent domain.
Even though she is in the end stages of multiple sclerosis, her mind is clear and she asks her nephew, archivist Ben Reese to help her. Ben has one satisfying conversation with Hannah before she dies and he wants to help the new heir, Johanna Elliott, a shy retiring opera singer who intends to carry out her aunt's wishes. Ben isn't sure that Hannah died from natural causes so he starts his own investigation just to make sure that there isn't a killer on the loose ready to strike again.
Sally Wright is a very talented, very visual writer who describes Cumberland Island in such detail that readers will feel they have visited the place. The fourth Reese mystery is the best yet, primarily because the audience feels closer to the protagonist. OUT OF THE RUINS is a cerebral brainteaser that will appeal to fans of literary mysteries.
Harriet Klausner
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Great mystery reading here!
By Huntress Reviews
Cumberland Island had been in Charlotte Hill MacKinnon's family for over eighty years. She "suddenly" died from an aortic aneurysm, according to the reports. She willed the island to Hannah Hill, a widow suffering from MS, who would continue Charlotte's fight to keep the land from developers.
Ben Reese was Charlotte's nephew. He went to the island, visited Hannah, and listened to her tale about a disguised intruder who entered her room during the night to spray some sort of mist and wore a gas mask. Hannah had thought it a dream. Short days later, even though her own doctor thought Hannah doing better, she mysteriously died.
Ben suspected foul play and began asking questions. The killer knew of Ben's reputation for snooping whenever his curiosity became aroused. Ben would have to be watched closely.
**** Great mystery reading here. It was a bit hard to get into the story at the beginning. The characters kept dying after only being in the story for one or two chapters. However, when Ben Reese entered the story it became engrossing. A sharp man who not only copes with the Cumberland Island problem, but also a problem (sub-plot) at the Alderton University involving an old will and the new president. Recommended for true mystery fans! ****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch.
7 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
One of the worst books I've ever read
By Nancy J. Mize
I feel untrue in even giving this book 1 star. I have spent a great deal of time on Cumberland island and have a great love for the island and it's true story. This book did a complete injustice to Cumberland and to literature in general. The characters were flat and wouldn't have even been allowed into the worst episode of Murder She Wrote. Ben Reese was the only character that made me continue the painful experience of reading this book but even his scenes were as dry as reading a road sign. As far as mysteries go, this was completely unbelievable - the method of Hannah's murder and the steps that the the murderer would have had to go through are illogical and don't even really fit the clues. The innocent, sweet niece that the reader is supposed to care about is the biggest idiot of all time - 'I know you are acting very suspicious, and I know you've tried to kill me in the past, but I'll drink that coffee you are offering cause I'm just too stupid to live.' I cannot think of a single redeeming quality of this book. I never throw away books but I didn't want this one to remain in my house. I thought of giving it to a friend, but I don't know anyone I dislike that much. If anyone wants to read this book, I will gladly send you my copy free of charge.
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