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Rochelle Owens is the award-winning author of many controversial and innovative plays and a pioneer in the experimental Off-Broadway movement. She has published nine books of poetry, the most recent being the series The Joe Chronicles. ... Read more

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As a teenage Jewish girl struggles with anorexia, her decisions about whether or not to live affect those close to her and are influenced by survivors of the Holocaust. ... Read more

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"No cause for alarm", says Detective Jessie Drake on the evening news. "Be alert and wary of unfamiliar faces, lock your doors. We have several leads..". But as the newly appointed departmental spokesperson, Jessie knows full well that there are no leads. At least no sane leads. Just insane clues, left by a serial killer who is as playfully clever as he is cunningly dangerous. Five victims have been murdered thus far. Five different neighborhoods. The only link between them is the cause of death: each died by a lethal injection of curare. The police are stymied. Not since Spider Woman has anybody used curare, blow dart poison, as a murder weapon of choice. As the odd and mystifyingly obscure clues mount, something begins to click in Jessie's mind. Why do some of the bodies have bank deposit slips and money attached to them while one bears a parking ticket, of all things? Jessie can't quite put her finger on the connection. It's something from her childhood, something so familiar....Suddenly, Jessie figures it out, and she is stunned by the killer's twisted brilliance: the game he is playing is all too real. The gameboard is the city of Los Angeles and the winner claims his prize in blood. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Monopoly game piece error?
This was a great mystery -- kept me entertained all the way through.But I have one question for the author.She referred to the different colors of Monopoly playing pieces: "He sat in the chair that was usually his and placed two pieces on Go.Purple was his father's favorite.He took it for himself and gave his father the yellow."Isn't Monopoly played with the well-known "tokens" -- hat, dog, race car, etc.?

Pretty good
This is a good mystery which is very easy to read. My one dissapointment was Jesse Drake. I'm tired of reading about gorgeous women cops that all the fellow officers harass in some way. I still have to find one book about women on the force which weren't harassed in some ways by the male species. Very tiresome. Still, this book is worth a read.

excellent, well written, original story
A friend lent me this book, and thought I would enjoy the plot. I am, I admit, a lover of thrillers and read this in one day.

A strange killer is on the moves (pun intended), and a woman detective (Jessie Drake) must identify him before it is too late. Will Jessie save her sister's marriage, and will she find the Curare Killer before he strikes again... Romance can not be avoided, as in most thrillers, but it at least is plausible and believable. Of course, the inevitable happens, the plot does get a little predictable, nevertheless the suspense is there all the way. Definitely deserves five stars.

Great Book
I ran across this book and decided to give it a shot even though I wasn't familiar with the author.I was not disappointed. The characters are wonderful and by the end of the book, you feel like you know them all as friends.There are nice twists throughout the book and it never bogs down.It's a great read. I highly recommend it. ... Read more

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Rochelle Owens takes us back to the 1970s in this ingenious and provocative novel written in the 70s about the journeys of a collection of intriguing and uniquely compelling characters towards personal satisfaction and fulfillment. On their quests for self-definition, each of them cannot escape a rich and unbridled inner life that impinges upon, at times, impedes, their getting to the desired destination, further complicated by the grips they imagine they want to and often succeed in putting on each other. Moved by brilliantly original modes of narration through their world s town and country, with stunning descents into their mythic and psychic undergrounds, Elly, Martina, and the unforgettable Chucky Craydon, the would-be American artist who has imprisoned himself in an upstate New York exilic condition out of which his compulsive and outrageous letter-writing is his only release, and all the rest of their company remind us with a nostalgic vengeance of a time gone by, though hardly over and done with. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Rochelle Owens, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 2215 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on September 22, 2000. The length of the article is 558 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Plays by Rochelle Owens.(Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Pamela Monk
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2000
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 74Issue: 4Page: 816

Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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