The Collage.The Collage Rene Natan Juppiter99 3137 Napperton Dr., Strathroy, Ontario For other places with the same name, see Strathroy (disambiguation). Strathroy (2006 population 13,500) is a community in southwestern Ontario, Canada, part of the Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc. , CAN ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0968635229 $8.00 (CAN); $5.00 (U.S.) Rene Natan was a faculty member of the University of Western Ontario Western is one of Canada's leading universities, ranked #1 in the Globe and Mail University Report Card 2005 for overall quality of education.[2] It ranked #3 among medical-doctoral level universities according to Maclean's Magazine 2005 University Rankings. in Computer Sciences. Her previous books are entitled: CROSS OF SAPPHIRES and MOUNTAINS OF DAWN, and both stories deal with beautiful and vulnerable women, the world of art, uncommon accidents, and a secretive organization called THE INVICTA. Allison Summer should have the perfect life, but she married a cruel and demanding man who isn't all he seems. Having moved back home to help her grandfather with his farming corporation, Allison reconnects with her confused and tragic father; discovers the true source of the evil her husband spews; and finds new love with her father's most trusted employee, Marvin Garland. But the murder of her husband and an older murder she believes she somehow committed places Allison and Marvin at the top of the list of suspects, particularly when the police discover a videotape that Ian, Allison's husband, used to extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of money and control her life. Ian is dead, and Allison's father, Mike, has disappeared to leave her to fend for herself: "She'd spontaneously talked about the content of that tape. That was the testimony Charles had collected before the arrival of her attorney. It was probably the most incriminating in·crim·i·nate tr.v. in·crim·i·nat·ed, in·crim·i·nat·ing, in·crim·i·nates 1. To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act. 2. piece of evidence against her. She's been totally cooperative. Until Keith Sample appeared, she was clearly under the impression that she'd been brought in for the murder of Albert Borodin. After a brief consultation with his client, Keith had asked for a rescheduling of the interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. ." Natan has carefully woven a tale of intrigue, murder, and deception in this delicious tale. The heroine is rather helpless and clueless clue·less adj. Lacking understanding or knowledge. clueless Adjective Slang helpless or stupid Adj. 1. , and the many men around her with the exception of her rotten husband and a crafty newspaperman seem determine to rescue her from herself. However, love blossoms, some sacrifices are made, and Allison seems destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to finally find herself after being chained by hardship. The reader wonders how Natan will pull all of the loose ends together, but she manages to do so with a flourish. THE COLLAGE is a well wrought mystery that leaves room for further adventures with THE INVICTA, an organization formed to help citizens. Allison and Marvin's relationship also cries for additional plot lines, so this reviewer is hoping that Ms. Natan will continue with this series. |
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