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This is Book #1 in this new series and to be truthful the jury is still out on this one. It had one really good point that will make it worth reading book 2, however there were more than one difficult points. To start with, Casey Duncan...the homicide detective, was the only character in the entire book that I liked and she is the reason I would even consider continuing with this series. The whole idea of a town devoted to deliberately housing people that have committed crimes or drawn the attention of unsavory types seems ludicrous to me not to mention extremely dangerous. They aren't in prison...they are escaping the law. The only way the sheriff and his department has of controlling them is by being bigger bullies than they were. Casey's friend(??) Diana was just a complete idiot and a total jerk. The sheriff spent most of his time withholding information that would enable Casey to solve the murder and trying to devise ways to make her "prove herself a good detective." Time will tell, and I probably will give book 2 a chance but I'm not going to be in any big hurry.
