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Loading... The Mysteries (2005)by Lisa Tuttle
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Ian finds lost people for their parents, when he can, and his latest case echos his first where finding isn't straight detection. A strange variation and fugue on Tam Lin where what's lost is not always as clear as an individual. ( ) The book started very well. It had these asides where documented disappearances were described. I enjoyed the sections, and would google the names to find more details. The plot started off well, with cool ideas and well executed. The book didn't stay interesting though. The asides became annoying and not seemed to be based on actual events. The plot dragged in places, seemed to just be filler. I am not sure exactly what the ending was all about, and wasn't interested in thinking about it and re-reading it to try and figure it out. 240 members; 3.39 average rating; 3/17/2018 Is it a detective novel? No. A thriller? No. Mystery? No. Fairytale? No. Fantasy? No. The truth is it's all of those things. Its seductive charm pulling me in, and not letting me go. Making me wonder, believe and disbelief. It's the story of Ian Kennedy, an American working in London as a PI. His new case is about a girl gone missing 2 years ago. Why did Peri go missing? She was happy? Was it foul play? But then why did she call 6 months later? The more he investigates, the stranger it gets. And he is not new to strange. He had another case years ago that made him interested in things most people believe to be fairytales. Scattered though out the book are small stories about people, I guess real stories? About people have gone missing. People taken by the Fae. Yes you so, hello, I call myself Blodeuedd online, of course I love Celtic mythology. So stories about the Tuatha de Dannan brings out my attention. Makes me wonder about every hill and what kind of fairies might be sleeping there. But this is a mystery after all. He gets closer and closer to the answer. Will he find Peri, or can she not be found? Is she dead? Murdered long ago? I kept reading and hoping. And then the end, aww yes I want to read more of her books. She has a lovely style. Now who to recommend it to? Honestly everyone. If you like fantasy, yes. Fairytales, yes. Mysteries and detective novels, yes. Just normal fiction, yes. So, go read it. no reviews | add a review
'A deft and daring blend of mystery and dark fantasy . . . Richly imagined and beautifully written, it lingers in the mind long after the last page is turned' - George R.R. Martin Blending mystery, thrills and fantasy, this standalone novel from award-winning author Lisa Tuttle will leave you looking over your shoulder . . . Laura Lensky's daughter, Peri, has been missing for two years. For the police it's a closed case - she wanted to run away - but for her mother and boyfriend, Hugh, it's a different story. When Laura hires private investigator Ian Kennedy, it is a last-ditch attempt to find her daughter before she leaves for America. Drawn in by strange parallels to an obscure Celtic myth and his first, almost unexplainable case, Ian takes the job. But his beliefs are about to be stretched to their limit - there are darker and more devious forces at work here than any of them imagined . . . 'It will make the hairs stand up on the back of your head. It will make you imagine things you've never imagined before. And it will make you think. It is her best novel to date' - Michael Moorcock No library descriptions found. |
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