Monday, September 23, 2013

COLD FLAT JUNCTION

By Martha Grimes. New York: Viking, 2001.

Emma Graham continues to try to solve a murder that occurred in her small town forty years earlier.

One of the things which bugs me about a lot of novels is the authors don't portray children accurately. This is not the case with this book, however. Emma is a very realistic 12 year old (solving a murder notwithstanding.) Things she says and does, such as acting indignant more or less because she can, take me right back to when I was her age.

At the same time, Grimes has created a character who is wise beyond her years, such as the way Emma describes the colours coming off things.

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