This was my final holiday read for Christmas this year and it was excellent! Otto Penzler, the owner of The Mysterious Bookshop in NYC, each year commissions a short mystery from a well-known author, to be published in a small pamphlet and given to customers at the holiday season as a way to say ...
Well, that was pretentious.Extended version: I didn’t get too far into this. Extremely early on comes this line, and I noted it wondering if it might be a pre-emptive strike: “I, the stay-at-home literary critic, whose primary gift was in dissecting novels that, no matter how awful, were certainly b...
How well do you really know your friends?That is the eternal question raised in this fine cerebral mystery, as an author's suicide sends his best friend on a journey into the heart of darkness, peeling away the layers of a lonely life, to discover the shadowy secret hidden in their shared past, whil...
Taken by Thomas Cook is based on the 2002 TV miniseries of the same name. It spans five decades and four generations. The story centers on three families. The Keys, who have been taken by aliens. The Crawfords, who are trying to cover up the truth about aliens. And finally, the Clarkes, who took in ...
Very well written and surprisingly enthralling book, in light of the consistently depressing nature of the subject at so many levels. A mystery that gradually unfolds, with each new revelation becoming more disturbing, leading to a denouement that surprises in many ways.
The Crime of Julian Wells is an absorbing read and I truly enjoyed this introduction to Cook's work. Cook masterfully weaves elements of Julian's past, his fervent belief that a father is the most important element in a child's life into a compelling and tense narrative that makes you consider the ...
Okay so I found this book at the bottom of a stack of already read books at a yard sale a couple of doors down from where I live. It was clear to me from the get go that it had not been read by anyone in the family of it’s current home, it’s pristine condition leaving no doubt on that score. I q...
Niektóre opowiadania lepsze, niektóre gorsze, ale ogólnie książka moim zdaniem słaba. Trochę mało realistyczne, ale niektóre potrafią wciągnąć. Chociaż nie przepadam za krótkimi, kryminalnymi opowiadaniami.
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