You might enjoy these three books June 16, 2008
Posted by Mrs. Roy in Reading Recommendations.trackback
If you enjoy mysteries I suggest you give these two books a look. “Monkeewrench” by PJ tracy and “Don’t Look Back” by Karin Fossum.
“Monkeewrench” is written by a mother daughter team. The setting is Minneapolis; so close to home. Someone is murdering people and these murders duplicate those murders found in a new video game designed by the Monkeewrench Group. Who is the Monkeewrench Group? In additon to the Minneapolis murders there is a murder in Wisconsin. Is this murder tied to those in Minneapolis? The story plot and characters kept me reading late into the night. Watch out for the ending—
Another mystery for your summer time reading is “Don’t Look Back” by Karin Fossum. Ms Fossum is a popular Norwegian mystery writer . This book is the first Inspector Sejer mystery novel to appear in the US. Enjoy.
A young girl disappears from her neighborhood, then returns home unharmed. While searching for the missing girl the search party discovers the corpse of a teenage girl from the village. Who wished this well liked girl dead? Is there a link between the disappearance of one girl and the death of the other? This story plot shifts often. You are given glimpses into peoples lives and secrets. Small towns are not necessarily any safer than big cities.
A change of pace for this next story. ” ‘Mudbound’ is a story of racism and well kept secrets. Set on a desolate farm in the Mississippi Delta at the end of World War ll, the novel explores the complex relationshop between two families; the owners of the land and the sharecroppers who live and work on it.” The landowner’s wife, Laura, is trying to come to terms with living in the Delta, its deprivations and social expectations. The son of the sharecropper and the brother of the landowner have returned home from World War ll. It is their friendship upon which the story turns. I found this story to be heartbreaking, stark and then hopeful. This is Hillary Jordon’s first novel. She won the 2006 Bellwether Prize for her book.
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