Double Edge - Softcover

Etchison, Dennis

2.8

20 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440218683 ISBN 13: 9780440218685

Publisher: Dell, 1996

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While working on a docudrama about Lizzie Bordon, Jenny Marlow's in-laws are inexplicably murdered, a black wreath is sent to her door, a channeler sees a frightening vision, and death begins to stalk the people in Jenny's life. Original.

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With his newest book, Etchison unfortunately proves that a great story writer is not necessarily a great novel writer. Although his short fiction is usually excellent, Etchison's dull Double Edge has the feel of a good short story padded out to book length. The thin plot concerns Jenny Marlow, who, along with her husband, has written a TV docudrama about Lizzie Borden that reveals their "discovery" of the real killer in the unsolved crime. Suddenly, friends and family are being killed (with an ax, no less), and-naturally-Jenny must try to survive and unmask the murderer. The characters are hackneyed and undeveloped and plot threads appear out of nowhere, only to be left dangling messily. There are a few suspenseful moments in the narrative, but they're all identically written, as if Etchison were a magician repeatedly performing the same parlor tricks with different decks of cards.
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