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A murdered real estate agent. Unsatisfied home buyers. A possible celebrity scam. A secret society! Join retired police chief Henry Wright in figuring out who killed Palm Springs real estate mogul Rex Thornbird in this page turning thriller that will keep you guessing. This first book in the Henry Wright Mystery Series takes our detective from Palm Springs to the Silicon Valley. Newly revised!
azsarteacher
Posted July 14, 2010
Don't bother downloading this book. Very amateurish attempt, must be a first try. As an elementary English teacher, I'm appalled at the simplistic sentence structure and lame style. This would need a teacher conference if written by a 6th grader! No redeeming qualities whatsoever, and the grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors lead one to think that no editor ever took a look at this. Whole paragraphs of only one long run on sentence, an unbearable fondness for commas as the mark of choice, and putting whole conversations of dialogue into one paragraph.... really? The only thing I liked about this novel was its reference to a city I'm familiar with - Palm Springs - but even at that, the descriptions of places and locations I recognize are very limited. I grimaced my way through it, but it wasn't worth the time. This could have been SO much better!
27 out of 29 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 19, 2011
I enjoyed the story in spite of having some problems reading it. The writer needs to brush up on the proper use of paragraphs. I had a lot of trouble following the dialog, because the writer repeatedly had two or more characters speaking within the same paragraph. Should be a new paragraph for each character that speaks. The second problem, also involves paragraphs. Many paragraph were too long.
14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 23, 2011
This author can tell a good tale, but has horrible run-on sentences and improper punctuation and paragraph structure. Doesn't anyone edit these? A real shame . It just made it hard to read without this irritation.
11 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 15, 2011
Uggggggggh. It was so painful to try to get through this book. Not just because it was badly written, but because the author was trying too hard to make it interesting, without success. Too much information, too much detail, can be a bad thing. A very bad thing. Most of the book went something like this: "He looked deeply into his large, bright red mug of coffee, he liked coffee, usually he drank it with a bit of honey but regular sugar was all right too, not that fake stuff that left a bad taste in your mouth, and then he picked up the spoon and he stirred the rich, black coffee and wished he had just a little bit of that creamer his roommate brought home last week, the caramel flavor that tasted a little like fresh, lovely sweet candy." If you like run-on sentences, lots of overuse of the word "and", far too much detail with descriptive phrases that add nothing to the story, you might be able to get through this. But even for free, it is a waste of Nook space and a real waste of time. Advice to the author: Get an editor! Learn sentence structure!
8 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Posted June 15, 2010
I'm sad to say that my FREE Nook Book wasn't worth downloading. No involved mystery plot, not many characters or character build-ups, too much verbiage that had nothing to do with the mystery...basically a boring read that is easily finished in a couple of hours. I kept reading thinking the mystery would build and the author would introduce more characters, but it quickly became apparent "who done it". Way over descriptive.
5 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted August 8, 2012
i enjoyed this book. do not let picky english teacher reviews stop you from reading it. i have a ba in english as u can tell by my fancy sentence structure and writing style. my point is that there is nothing wrong with this author's writing. this is a well written and intriguing story. i support good writing bcz i love to read all kinds of books.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 5, 2012
The plot was ok, but there were so many grammatical errors through out the book that it was difficult and frustrating to read at times. Books need to be revised/edited before being published.... I don't think the author even read what he wrote with how many mistakes there were! :(
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 1, 2011
The sad part is that this could be interesting but it is badly written. It needs editing, polishing, and rewriting.
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Posted July 10, 2011
It took a while to get started but the wry humor and subtleturns made for an ibteresting read. I woold like tovsee more development if the characters.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted February 14, 2012
I thoroughly enjoyed reading "For Sale in Palm Springs." It held my attention from the very beginning and kept me interested with the twists and turns of events. Just about the time you think you have it figured out, something else happens and you go in a different direction. It isn't the type of mystery that will have you on the edge of your seat, but it is entertaining and well written.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 29, 2012
I did not find the problems with the text as ghe other reviews. Perhaps thecopy has been corrected recently. I found this a good page turner, although as with other mysteries, the outxome was predictable.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 21, 2011
Enjoyed the suspense of the Henry Wright Mystery's so much that after reading this one by Albert Simon I read his others; Drama In The Mother Lode, Coachella Valley Traffic Jam and Mystery On The Tramway.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 13, 2011
great mystery..highly recommended
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted October 21, 2011
Very suspensful book. Mystery readers will love it.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 27, 2011
The poor editing made the flow choppy and hard to follow.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 11, 2013
Despite alot of these reviews i enjoyed it. Its a fun quick read .
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted August 3, 2012
Quick mystery/crime read. I finished it in about 3 hrs. Worth it for free.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted July 11, 2012
I found it interesting enough to read others
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Posted July 4, 2012
I liked the plot and pace of this story as well as the characters.
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Posted June 25, 2012
Very entertaining as suspeseful
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Overview
A murdered real estate agent. Unsatisfied home buyers. A possible celebrity scam. A secret society! Join retired police chief Henry Wright in figuring out who killed Palm Springs real estate mogul Rex Thornbird in this page turning thriller that will keep you guessing. This first book in the Henry Wright Mystery Series takes our detective from Palm Springs to the Silicon Valley. Newly revised!