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An Impressive Heroine, All the More So Seeing As She Is Still in Middle School

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker

June 13, 2024 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

In a small town along the cliffs of northern California, a young girl has disappeared.  Walk and his best friend, Vincent, are both teens and join in the search.  Walk wants to join the police force, like his dad, and when the girl’s body is found along the roadside, he forces himself to give evidence that implicates Vincent.  Vincent ends up in prison and after killing a man in a prison fight, ends up there for thirty years.  Walk does what he can to stay […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Cali style, Chris Whitaker, Coastal small town, True Grit vibes, Twisty plot, unreliable narrator, Young protagonist

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Cali style, Chris Whitaker, Coastal small town, True Grit vibes, Twisty plot, unreliable narrator, Young protagonist ·
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