Entombed
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Series heroine Alexandra Cooper, head of Manhattan's sex crimes unit, returns in a novel that might have been titled "Nevermore,": focused as it is on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. When the body of a two-decades-old skeleton is found bricked up behind a wall in a
soon-to-be-demolished building where Poe once lived, it looks like a very cold case indeed. But then that old murder is linked to a more current slaying, one that at first looks like the work of the
Silk Stocking Rapist, Alex's old enemy, who terrorized the upper East Side of Manhattan several years ago but hasn't been heard from since. As usual, Alex and her good friends, detectives Mercer Wallace and Mike Chapman, take the reader to an area of New York most tourists never see--in this case, the Bronx Botanical Gardens and its wild, forested environs--and bring it dramatically to life. Just in case Poe ever has his own category on Alex's favorite TV show, there’s enough trivia included about the master of the macabre's life and work to propel any reader to Final Jeopardy. Entombed is a smart, stylish, well-told tale.
Amazon.com
Series heroine Alexandra Cooper, head of Manhattan's sex crimes unit, returns in a novel that might have been titled "Nevermore,": focused as it is on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. When the body of a two-decades-old skeleton is found bricked up behind a wall in a
soon-to-be-demolished building where Poe once lived, it looks like a very cold case indeed. But then that old murder is linked to a more current slaying, one that at first looks like the work of the
Silk Stocking Rapist, Alex's old enemy, who terrorized the upper East Side of Manhattan several years ago but hasn't been heard from since. As usual, Alex and her good friends, detectives Mercer Wallace and Mike Chapman, take the reader to an area of New York most tourists never see--in this case, the Bronx Botanical Gardens and its wild, forested environs--and bring it dramatically to life. Just in case Poe ever has his own category on Alex's favorite TV show, there’s enough trivia included about the master of the macabre's life and work to propel any reader to Final Jeopardy. Entombed is a smart, stylish, well-told tale.
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I found this book to be surprisingly enjoyable.
I'm not a fan of Poe's work at all, but I thought that the way that the trivia about his life was worked into the story was amazing, and this book kept me up past my bedtime a couple nights in a row.
I've never read anything else in this series, or by this author, but I enjoyed the story and I don't feel like I lost anything by not having read it before.
This book is very well-written and highly enjoyable. I'm marking it available, but I may see if a co-worker who loves mysteries is interested in reading it.
I'm not a fan of Poe's work at all, but I thought that the way that the trivia about his life was worked into the story was amazing, and this book kept me up past my bedtime a couple nights in a row.
I've never read anything else in this series, or by this author, but I enjoyed the story and I don't feel like I lost anything by not having read it before.
This book is very well-written and highly enjoyable. I'm marking it available, but I may see if a co-worker who loves mysteries is interested in reading it.
I passed this on to my co-worker and told her she could keep it/pass it on as she likes.
