Almost the Truth
Worth buying if: You enjoy Margaret Yorke's restrained psychological suspense.
Skip it if: You prefer fast-paced police procedurals rather than character-driven inquiries.
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Summary
In Almost the Truth, veteran suspense writer Margaret Yorke peels back layers of deception as a local inquiry into a mysterious death unearths private histories, unreliable witnesses, and moral compromise in a close-knit community.
Why this book now
Yorke's precise psychological portrait and the book's focus on truth, memory, and local scandal resonates with today's appetite for moral complexity in crime fiction.
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- You enjoy Margaret Yorke's restrained psychological suspense.
- You appreciate domestic mystery set in a small-town community.
- You prefer fast-paced police procedurals rather than character-driven inquiries.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780446404792
Worth buying if: You enjoy Margaret Yorke's restrained psychological suspense.
Skip it if: You prefer fast-paced police procedurals rather than character-driven inquiries.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At 229 pages, Almost the Truth is a moderate commitment: steady reading over a few evenings to follow the novel's gradual revelations and character observations.
What stands out here
This Grand Central Pub 1996 edition preserves Yorke's measured prose and the novel's emphasis on psychological unraveling rather than forensic spectacle.
Best way to approach it
Read closely, noting shifts in perspective and small dialogue details—the novel rewards attention to character nuance more than plot twists.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780446404792
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