Susan Van Kirk

“Nothing gets past you, Miss Marple, does it?”
-Agatha Christie’s Murder at the Vicarage


Susan Van Kirk’s first Endurance Mystery offers a small town retired teacher who is haunted by a past experience and needs to face the event all over again in this well structured novel. You can’t help but like Grace Kimball as she ferrets out blackmail, lies and secrets.
While Ms. Van Kirk may not be an Agatha Christie, her talent of developing a meaningful, enduring character is nicely accomplished.
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These Cliff Notes on Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men include the life and backround of Steinbeck, a list of characters, general plot summary, chapter summaries and commentaries, general meaning, character analyses, structure and style, questions for review, and a bibliography.

I read Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men before reading these Cliff Notes so, these did not really tell me anything I didn't already figure out myself. I thought it would give me more information on the foreshadowing and similes. However, for a person looking to get around reading the book, I would recommend these Cliff Notes.… (más)