it would be a crime not to read this. (Almost a Crime - Penny Vincenzi)

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Product:	Almost a Crime - Penny Vincenzi
Date:	13/01/09 (37 review reads)
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Advantages: Well written and a book with a bit of everything.

Disadvantages: ?

I have to admit that this would not be my normal choice of reading matter but I was laid up for a few days with the flu and a friend handed this in for me to read, she told me it had been hanging around in her house for about 6 years having been read three times in the time she had owned it and she promised me it was a great read.

I found myself finishing the book in a little over two days, partly because I had no energy to do anything but read and partly because I could not put it down.

Almost a Crime - Penny Vincenzi is a story of an average but somewhat high flying couple, they are mad about each other and are sure they could never live apart but at the same time they are driven by their separate careers and eventually their marriage fails and they separate.

The reason for the separation is not only the career paths driving them apart but also because the husband has an affair with the wife's best friend, the wife's best friend has lost a baby and she goes on to abduct the once happy couples child.

Too much more info would give the whole story away but it is suffice to say that this book is very cleverly written and offers some very happy and some very sad moments and will definitely tug at your heart strings.

I would recommend this book to anyone it is not just for lovers of certain types of stories, it has a bit of everything and is a hard book to put down once you start reading!

Summary: A hard to put down book, recommended to everyone.