Genre · 3 BOOKS · 3 ROUNDTABLES
Crime & Thriller
The fights here are about plumbing, not motive: readers keep checking whether the mystery's mechanics, an aging detective's stamina, an imaginary friend nobody else ever touches, a rumor with no real source, hold together once the emotional scenes have finished doing their work.
What RNKD readers said
Roundtable 3 READERS
Mad Mabel
EMILY YES
I finished the book because I cared about Mabel, Persephone, Roxanne and the small group of neighbours who gradually stopped treating care as an embarrassing accident.
JESSICA YES
Even so, Mad Mabel earned its emotional conclusion.
SARAH DEPENDS
I would recommend it to readers who enjoy domestic thrillers with an elderly narrator, dark humour, found family and a strong emphasis on female friendship.
Roundtable 5 READERS
Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Novel
DAVID YES
The best reason to read Only to Sleep is not to find out whether Donald Zinn has faked his death.
JAMES DEPENDS
Readers who are willing to treat the mystery as the frame around a melancholy character study will get more from it.
JESSICA DEPENDS
My final judgment is favorable, with a clear condition.
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The Fall of Iris Henley
