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Published: April 07, 2012
Words: 62,320 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476023960
Short description
In one night Kate loses her husband, their unborn child, and her sight at the hands of a psychopath. She retreats into a world of computer games and gadgets until she goes to investigate a series of fatal accidents at a school for disabled children, where she finds herself.Extended description
Kate Talbot, blinded by the psychopath who killed her husband and unborn child, retreats from the world into an existence played out on her computer screen where life ends and begins at will. Her former partner in their detective agency has no right to ask her to investigate a series of fatal accidents at a school for disabled children, she keeps telling him, as she finds herself becoming interested. As she uncovers the plot sinister layer after layer, she finds her world again.Tags
1 womens issues, 2 blindness, 3 children, 4 schools, 5 small town detective agency, 6 staunton va, 7 augusta county va, 8 music, 9 computers, 10 catsAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Lea Tassie
on June 24, 2012 :
A Review by Lea Tassie, June 24, 2012.
Phyllis Campbell is a very good writer. I empathized with Kate Talbot the whole way through, feeling her pain when she remembers the brutal attack when her husband was killed and she lost her sight, her concern for the so-called "accidents" at the school for blind children, and her fear as she investigates the accidents. She felt like a real person, with the real problems most of us have. The plotting was excellent; I had no idea who the culprit was until the end. I would certainly read more work by this author.
My only quibble is that this writer needs a sighted person to edit her work for minor spelling and punctuation errors. These would not be apparent in an audio rendition, but as a sighted reader, I was aware of them. However, they were minor and didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Sharon King-Booker
on April 13, 2012 :
When she’s asked to look into unexplained “accidents” at a private school for the blind and multi-handicapped, Kate is reluctant to leave her secure home or to allow herself to care again. Two years ago she lost both her husband and their unborn child as well as her vision. Why should she want to get involved in real life when there were all those computer games to keep her occupied? But once involved, she is drawn into something far more frightening and bizarre than she could ever have imagined.
This is a fast paced mystery with believable characters and excellent plotting. While the protagonist is blind, don’t worry. She has more than five senses: a sense of what’s right, a sense of justice and, most of all, good old-fashioned common sense.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)
Review by:
Faith Elizabeth Cummings
on April 11, 2012 :
(no rating)
WHO WILL HEAR THEM CRY is not a typical mystery. While there are some elements of a typical mystery, unexpected deaths, sinister people pretending to be good, and an old house with secret passages, there is more to this mystery than meets the eye. Beneath the outward scenery and characters, there is a deeper, more complex plot.
The main character, Kate Talbot, is a blind detective. But she is not the super hero that you see on television. She is not using strange technology or weird devices to solve this case. Instead, she is a real person, with flaws and brokenness, dealing with her sight loss as best she can, and using her other senses and her sharp mind to get to the bottom of what is going on. She emerges from her brokenness, and finds that not only can she cope with her own blindness very well, but she can help the children in her care to do the same and to be triumphant in the face of terror.
This book is also a great example of local writing with a true Virginia flavor. Phyllis Campbell writes of people and places that have been familiar to her all her life. She shares them with us as if she were introducing old friends and invites us to enter the world of Kate and the children. She manages to keep us in suspense till almost the very end and then surprises us with how things turn out. This is a book to read in one sitting, with a hot cup of tea and your favorite cat close at hand.
(reviewed the day of purchase)