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Books reviewed by Beth Hemke Shapiro at BookBrowse.

Beth Hemke Shapiro

Beth Hemke Shapiro has a BA and a JD from Northwestern University. She also reviews books for ForeWord magazine and for the Review of Contemporary Fiction. She lives in Columbia, Missouri where she is actively involved in the arts.

Books reviewed by Beth Hemke Shapiro

Everything Asian (05/06/09)
Hands of My Father (02/19/09)
Eon (02/19/09)
Forecast (01/21/09)
The Big Necessity (11/12/08)
The Shadow Walker (11/12/08)
Murder on the Eiffel Tower (10/01/08)

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The Rose Arbor
by Rhys Bowen
An investigation into a girl's disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense.
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The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters
A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl disappears, leaving a mystery unsolved for fifty years.
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