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This one gets all the way to the end before the mysterious creeps in, where it felt completely natural.
I find Traffordās novels both engrossing and enlighteningāgenre-merging legal/psychological thrillers that are also thoughtful and literary. I loved the books prior to this one, but this is the one that first introduces a little supernatural healing that was surprising and then . . . good. Intriguing. He carries it forward into the second book of the Dark River series.
The bridge in this book is an actual bridge over an actual river (the Mississippi) connecting Missouri and Illinois at St. Louis.ā¦
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