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Title: Murder at Gettysburg (Mysteries in Time/Jim Walker) by James Walker, Jim Walker ISBN: 0-8054-1970-5 Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers Pub. Date: July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 1.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: a waste of time
Comment: Murder at Gettysburg works on none of the levels it attempts. As a murder mystery it is
dull and predictable-anyone could guess the murderer and murder weapon the instant the crime is discovered. The love story is completely unbelievable-a supposedly smart woman falls madly in love with a jerk in a day; and thinks someone her sister after having known her for an hour. But it is typical of all of the personal relationships in the book which are contrived and weak. None of the characters do anything believable, but only because the writer commanded them to. And the book fails as a historical novel. Walker's research seems to have consisted solely of reading "The Killer Angels"-from which he plagiarizes freely. He calls the Confederate battle flag the "Stars and Bars" has people from Gettysburg refer to their town as being in Western Pennsylvania. Walker may not have looked at a map, but if his characters acted like real people they would certainly know where they live. The forced inner dialogue and conversations written like a 5th grade lesson on the Civil War are repeated ad nauseam. The biggest surprise in this book is how it got published in the first place.
Rating: 2
Summary: Beware Mystery Lovers
Comment: Don't let the title mislead you, this book is a poor excuse for a mystery. I was surprised to find that I had actually guessed the murderer and motive before I was even a third of the way into the book. Perhaps for someone who isn't a hardcore mystery fan it would take a little longer to figure it out, but still there's no genius to the murder mystery part. The plot was fast-paced, perhaps a bit too fast paced for my taste, but by being fast-paced it always has a interesting change of scenery. The romance in it was okay, at times it dragged unlike the story. Jim Walker certainly makes use of his knowledge of civil war history. (as far as that's concerned I'm impressed with the book) Anyone who enjoys reading Gilbert Morris's work will enjoy this book.
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Title: Murder on the Titanic: A Novel (Walker, James, Mysteries in Time Series.) by James Walker, Jim Walker ISBN: 0805401989 Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Voices from the Titanic (Mysteries in Time Series/Jim Walker) by James Walker, Jim Walker ISBN: 0805417710 Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Murder at Pearl Harbor (Murder in Time Series) by James Walker, Jim Walker ISBN: 0805421602 Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: October Dawn: A Novel Based on the Cuban Missile Crisis (Walker, James, Mysteries in Time Series.) by James Walker, Jim Walker ISBN: 0805423249 Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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