The North Shore.The North Shore Gunnard Landers Privately Published 1050 Hadley Avenue, #203, Oakdale, MN 55128 0878392254, $14.95 When Chief Investigator Favor Martin's resolves a twenty-year old murder in a small Minnesota community, he also finds that he must try to minimize the damage to innocent people and the threat of destabilizing their families with what he has discovered. "The North Shore" is a superbly written novel set against a background of the wild and magnificent beauty of the Lake Superior shoreline, populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. by deftly deft adj. deft·er, deft·est Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous. [Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft. drawn characters who react in surprising ways that are as unanticipated as they are problematic. A highly recommended example of a regional novel with universal themes, "The North Shore" is part mystery, part thriller, and part iconic i·con·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or having the character of an icon. 2. Having a conventional formulaic style. Used of certain memorial statues and busts. presentation of such basic human issues as love and self preservation Self preservation is part of an animal's instinct that demands that the organism survives. Pain and fear are parts of this mechanism. Pain causes discomfort so that the organism is inclined to stop the pain. , of innocence, of evil, and a truth that can destroy. |
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