Dedicated to the victims of a serial killer in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, The Forgotten Girls by Owen Laukkanen is a police procedural that starts with gruesome pictures on a phone and ends with the hunt for a serial killer. It follows the police chase both from the perspective of the detectives, the girls, and the killer - "the ghost rider." The book is a fiction with a reminder that these things sadly do also happen in real life.
Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.
Though I'm a little late in posting it (it went up the day I left for a week-long trip with minimal Internet access), my twenty-ninth podcast is now up on the New Books Network site. In it I interview Owen McGee about his biography of the Irish editor and revolutionary Arthur Griffith, who is one of the founders of modern Ireland. Enjoy!
Introducing the authors who will be appearing at the Tenby Book Fair (part of the Tenby Arts Festival) in Tenby, South Pembrokshire, Wales, on September 24, 2016 (the festival runs through October 1). Rats, now I really wish I could travel this year ...
Anyway, great interview!
It has gryphons! (Or gryfons.) I need to remember to read the excerpt tonight and decide whether I'd like to download it. I'm just sad that it's only available through Amazon. Not everyone has a Kindle or wants to read all their e-books on tablets, you know?
I really enjoyed this one; it’s best for the kind of reader who likes books that take their time, with plenty of attention to details of world and character. It’s fresh, unexpectedly funny, and a bit heart-wrenching. I very much liked how Johnston resists the easy and cliched in favor of a more interesting take on dragon, relationships, and friends. Plus, there’s a Canadian setting, and what I swear is a Doctor Who joke.
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