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Liked It Rated 4 stars “The 37th Hour is a long yet enjoyable book. The book is based around an investigation by a woman named Sarah Pribek. Sarah is in search of her husband who has disappeared on his way to a training detective training camp. She knows that it is impossible to find a person after 36 hours after they...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 3 stars

  “enjoyable read, good build up, not sure about the ending, all in all good, worth looking out for other books from this author”

  Anna S. wrote this review Monday, July 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “Sarah Pribek, a police detective, must find her husband, who set off for FBI training and never showed up. Her search for Shiloh leads her back to the killer (Royce) of her best friend's daughter. The search also helps to develop Sarah's personality as she considers (and rejects) the possibility that SHiloh may have left her. Her friend, Genevieve, has withdrawn from society and the police force as she recovers from her daughter's death. She tells Sarah that Shiloh is dead and Sarah (and the reader) starts to believe that. When SHiloh is found in an ER in another town after having attempted to kill Royce (but at the last minute abandoned the attempt). Shiloh thinks he killed though and confesses to the murder. things get complicated when Royce is killed (by Genevieve while Sarah was there). Now Sarah and Genevieve have to hide their killing while also getting Shiloh released. Shiloh is indicted for theft (he stole a truck to commit the murder) but not for murder and has to spend two years in prison. When he leaves, he and Sarah are at odds. The book ends there, setting up the next book in this series.”

  Mary v wrote this review Thursday, May 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “The 37th Hour is a long yet enjoyable book. The book is based around an investigation by a woman named Sarah Pribek. Sarah is in search of her husband who has disappeared on his way to a training detective training camp. She knows that it is impossible to find a person after 36 hours after they go missing, but she doesn’t give up her search there. Sarah go’s through all the steps she does during her normal line of work as a detective. She tracks down anything that might have been the cause for his disappearance or anything that might have made him run away. At the end she finally realizes what has happened to her husband. The book in general is great, it has a lot of detail and talks about every detail of the investigation.
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  ADRIAN G wrote this review Monday, January 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “I had not read a Jodi Compton before and decided to start with her first book which features Sarah Pribek, a missing persons detective in Minnesota. Compton uses a lot of Minnesota dialect in her writing -- some of which I find a little odd -- however, I did enjoy her plot. What do you do when you are a missing persons detective and your own husband mysteriously disappears? Sarah had recently married another police officer, Michael Shiloh who is the type of guy no one seems to know really well. Her previous mentor and partner, Genieve is taking personal leave after her daughter was raped and died as a consequence so Sarah is struggling to solve his disappearance alone and travels back to his childhood home to meet his estranged family to search for clues to his past so she can track him down. Compton creates a great deal of mystery and suspense as well as a very surprising ending.”

  Ann P wrote this review Saturday, July 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “Compellingly written; newly married cop realizes her husband never made it to Quantico for his FBI training. She begins to investigate ahis diappearance and finds herself delving instead into an old murder, and the recent release of the man who muredered her partner's daughter. Unfortunately, the early promise does not continue with the climax and denoument--- really strains credibility and does not seem true to the characters as delineated up to that point.”

  Mum-Z wrote this review Thursday, December 20 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No