Helpful Score: 3
Although not my favorite book by this author, it was still so beautifully written that it's hard not to be drawn into the story. A writer is haunted by the murder of his son seven years ago. He meets a retired cop who's obsessed with the case of a woman who disappeared 20 years ago. It's a story within a story and the author weaves them together brilliantly. It's more character driven and slow moving, with a slight supernatural element. It's dark and eerie with eloquent language. It may not appeal to some, but the way this guy writes he could make the phone book interesting to me....
Helpful Score: 1
Thomas Cook has written a complex story-within-a-story-within-a-story that examines the nature of evil. George Gates is a newspaper reporter of human interest stories whose only son was brutally murdered at the age of eight by a person who was never apprehended. He becomes interested in, and begins to explore, the case of Katherine Carr, a woman who disappeared twenty years earlier. Added to the poignancy is a child dying of progeria, whom he befriends. Together, they explore Katherine Carr's story. Supernatural elements blend with random facts throughout this novel.
