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Originally Posted by daffy4u
It was the Editorial Review that was wacky. I hadn't read the reviews from book purchasers (but I will look for yours  ). It's full of question marks.
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"When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of At Risk, the result was electrifying:???At Risk is Cornwell???s finest novel. It works in every way possible???fascinating characters, solid plot, great pacing and expertly crafted prose??? (St. Louis Post-Dispatch); ???Absolutely the best. Here???s hoping we???ll see more of Win, onique, Nana and Sykes in the coming years. They are the best characters to emerge from Cornwell???s creative pen since . . . well, Kay Scarpetta??? (The Denver Post). At Risk featured Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano, a shrewd man of mixed-race background and a notinconsiderable chip on his shoulder; District Attorney Monique Lamont, a hard-charging woman with powerful ambitions and a troubling willingness to cut corners; and Garano???s...
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That happens a lot at Amazon. Apparently someone did a copy/paste from a UTF-8 or UTF-16 document rather than a plain text document and the editor substituted ??? for special characters such as curly quotes and apostrophes. In plain text, this review would have looked like this:
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When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of At Risk, the result was electrifying: "At Risk is Cornwell's finest novel. It works in every way possible--fascinating characters, solid plot, great pacing and expertly crafted prose" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch); "Absolutely the best. Here's hoping we'll see more of Win, Monique, Nana and Sykes in the coming years. They are the best characters to emerge from Cornwell's creative pen since . . . well, Kay Scarpetta" (The Denver Post). At Risk featured Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano, a shrewd man of mixed-race background and a notinconsiderable chip on his shoulder; District Attorney Monique Lamont, a hard-charging woman with powerful ambitions and a troubling willingness to cut corners; and Garano's...
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