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Peggy K. (San Marcos, CA)
Iowa Corn
This is a rather ambitious mystery with tangled storylines but an author who manages to tie them all up very well. The main character is a woman with a past that still haunts her. Riley is a police officer who is struggling to find her way in her hometown.
A murder case will bring her past and the present together with a bang. She recognizes the victim and worries that her past will become common knowledge. However this case is about more than that. All the characters are well drawn and interesting.
The author also manages to bring in a subject that many readers might not know about. Farming and Big Agra not to mention the cultivation of corn and other vegetables are very hot topics.
This book has a rather in depth look at the heartland and farmers suffering while presenting a page turning murder mystery.
Readers age 16 and up might enjoy this one and book clubs will want to talk about the problems in the Midwest and about experimentation in our crops while also touching on serial killers. Excellent book for those cold winter nights.
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Bev C. (Latrobe, PA)
The Fields
The Field is a police procedural introducing us to Sergeant Riley Fisher, a newly promoted head of investigation for the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office.
The corn fields of Iowa are a new backdrop in my mystery reads.
Our author lives and writes in Brighton, England and really does a commendable job of portrayal set in the heart of America's corn-belt.
The characters are for the most part intense, fractured people with life stories that are thoughtfully and thoroughly presented.
The plot streams in many directions but all interfaces nicely.
The fabric of this small Midwest town was woven so well in the plot that I will be interested to see where this debut heads for the next installment.
I enjoyed the read.
Give it a try.
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Nanette S. (San Pierre, IN)
The Fields
Like a train leaving a station, Erin Young's debut novel starts slowly as she introduces myriad threads that require a reader's focus because as the story progresses and picks up speed, the characters and plots begin to mesh accelerating to a wild and surprising conclusion. She successfully creates two voices in partners Sergeant Riley Fisher and Deputy Logan Wood as they unravel a number of seemingly unrelated violent crimes. The reader is provided subtle hints as the story progresses and all loose ends are tied up in the final two chapters. It is impressive that Erin Young, an Englishwoman, is so knowledgeable of farming issues and life in America's farm belt.
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Stephany W. (Longmont, CO)
The Fields by Erin Young
I couldn't put this book down. The story is fast-paced and written from multiple points of view. Chapters are short, building suspense as the mystery unfolds. The prose will draw you in and drop you in the middle of Iowa. It is clear Erin Young did her research. Lends authenticity to the plot. If you like thrillers and police procedurals, I highly recommend this book!
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Cynthia A. (Grand Rapids, MI)
Good story, enjoyable read
I enjoyed reading THE FIELDS by Erin Young. It is a good story and I liked the characters. It gets very exciting and suspenseful near the end.
I would definitely recommend it.
I had one problem with it. The names of the characters. So many of the first names are last names to me. Riley, Logan, Jackson Taylor. Sometimes the author referred to them by last name and sometimes by first names. It was confusing to me. Probably my age.
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Tired Bookreader
It took a while to get interesting
This was a very slow story that took its time grabbing its audience. So many times i picked up the book only to thing of anything else I could be doing. A great book will hook the reader who will no longer even hear their spouse over the roar of the words.
The plot was nothing new; however, the story line did pick up just over halfway through the book. The stale character analysis hurt the pace of the book and had me rolling my eyes several times.
Having read several good books this year, it was disappointing to feel I was wasting time on a story that wouldn't stay with me. I could not recommend this book to anyone.
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Carolyn (Summerville, SC)
Out in THE FIELDS
I found this novel quite complicated. The premise was good, and the writing is very good, but I was somehow dissatisfied. I am not a big fan of "teases", and there was plenty of that regarding the main character's past. I think that there were so many characters that there wasn't enough development of their backgrounds or personalities, and it became difficult to keep track of who belonged to which group. A bit too much going on, some of it quite predictable (jealous male co-worker, dangerous weather). But promising.
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