Nov 23-29, 2014

Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce - Tara disappeared 20 years ago and then suddenly turns up on her parent's doorstep looking no older. The story she tells them and her brother seems impossible. Is she delusional, lying or could it be the truth? Told from many different viewpoints.

4 stars
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The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey - a solicitor is in his office feeling bored when he receives a telephone call from a woman saying she and her mother have been accused of a bizarre crime. A young girl is saying they kidnapped her, held her for many weeks, and beat her. The women claim to have never seen her before and yet she can describe their house and the room she was held in. This is supposed to be an Inspector Grant book but he hardly makes an appearance. Published in 1948.

4 stars
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Brass in Pocket by Stephen Puleston - someone has lain in wait for two police officers and killed them with a crossbow. The killer sends the police a song lyric that seemingly has nothing to do with the case. A series of murders that seem unconnected soon follow.  A freebie on my Kindle.

2 stars
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The Intercept by Dick Wolf, the producer of the Law and Order series on tv. A failed terrorist attack on a plane leads Jeremy Fisk to believe it was a decoy for a real attack on the 4th of July.

3 stars
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Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel - a pandemic has swept earth and there are very few people left. A touring orchestra's story is intertwined with a strange prophet, an actor, and an almost paramedic. The story goes back and forth in time a lot but I didn't find it confusing. Just the kind of strange book I like.

4 stars