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Book Review: A Shred of Evidence by Kathy Herman
I am delighted to be reading another series by Kathy Herman. This is the first out of four in her Seaport Suspense Series.
This book is 333 pages long. I began reading it last night and finished it this afternoon (and we were out today for a few hours). That alone speaks volumes as to how good this book was. From the moment I picked it up and started reading, I was hooked.
This book is chock full of intriguing story lines, likeable and interesting characters, and more suspects than you can shake a stick at. I kept turning pages because I really cared about the characters and wanted to know how everything was going to turn out. A prime theme in this book is how we often jump to conclusions with just the littlest bit of evidence. For instance, you see a neighbor out at a restaurant with someone other than her hubby and suddenly you become convinced she is having an affair. Or you overhear part of a conversation and you not only believe the worst of a person, but you run off and share your new found information with others.
Gossip is a horrible problem in our society. Whether our motives are 'good' and we are 'looking out for someone else' or whether we are using what we know or what we think we know to hurt someone or to pump ourselves up with self-importance because we are in the know, gossip is wrong and should be shied away from at all costs.
This book really brings that lesson home on many levels and shows several ways that gossip can become spread and how it can hurt. The thing is, that Kathy really explains this, but she doesn't tell us, she shows us in a gripping tale where the life of a child hangs in the balance and where the lives of others are on the chopping block.
I can't wait to read the next in the series. Be sure to tune in for reviews of the other three books in the Seaport Series and then a surprise for you!
