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Loading... Still Waters (1992)by Tami Hoag
None.  Aleusae | May 27, 2012 |  Pure escapism. Very professionally written, very - dare I say it? - American thriller, a bit too much "written by the book" to my liking, but a perfect passtime when you're a bit under the weather. (  ) mojacobs | Feb 21, 2012 | Another fast page turner from Tami Hoag and I enjoyed it so much more the second time. Sharply defined characters, especially Elizabeth with her sharp wisecracking dialogue.. Story was good and the slow burning friendship between Elizabeth and Dane blended nicely along with the murder investigation. (  ) gogglemiss | Nov 28, 2008 | Still Waters is one of Tami Hoag’s earlier novels, but doesn’t suffer a bit for it. We meet Dane Jantzen, ex-pro ball player and now sheriff of a small county in Minnesota. We also meet Elizabeth Stuart, ex-rodeo queen and single mom, who has recently been smeared in the press by her philandering ex-husband. Add in a gossiping town, a murdered real estate developer and sometimes loan shark, and a group of Amish folks who are not as separate from society as they would prefer to be, and the plot becomes thicker than some of the Southern analogies out of Elizabeth’s mouth. At times, the plot seemed a little clunky but misled me into thinking I had it all figured out. The Truth is that nothing is as it seems – something Elizabeth, the new publisher of the town’s newspaper, keeps pointing out. I realized the error of my ways, though, in the last ten pages when none of my assumptions were true and everything unraveled into “the Truth.” While this is not an overly heavy read, it is a thoroughly enjoyable one. If you want something entertaining and not dumbed down, this is one of the good ones. (  ) imaginelove | Oct 3, 2006 | no reviews | add a review
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Elizabeth Stuart and her teenage son move to the small town of Still Creek, Minnesota on the heels of her very public and very bitter divorce. When Elizabeth discovers the body of a murdered man, she and her son are both placed under suspicion by local sheriff, Dane Jantzen, and the rest of the town. Elizabeth is determined to clear her name and report the truth in her newspaper if no one else will.
The story deals a lot with confronting people's preconceived notions. Whether it is the preconceived notions of a small town against intruders from a big city, a jilted lover against an entire gender after a bad divorce, or fighting the stereotypes that arise from cultural differences.
Even though I figured out who the killer was fairly early on in the story, I really enjoyed reading Still Waters. (