e c l e c t i c a b o o k r e v i e w s
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June/July 1998
Reviews by Ann Skea, Mark Leeper and Harriet Klausner
Fragments
'So painful and so harrowing are the fragmentary memories
Binjamin Wilkomirski reveals in this book that it is hard to recommend that anyone should read it.'
by Binjamin Wilkomirski
Red Shoes
'In Red Shoes, Carmel Bird has written a horribly fascinating story...'
by Carmel Bird
Sister Josephine
'This is a remarkable first novel...'
by Joanna Traynor
Theatre of Darkness
'The theme of exposure, and other themes linked to the social, cultural and sexual
mores of the era in which the shipwreck happened are the basis of this novel...'
by Thomas Shapcott
Zero Minus Ten
' ...recently I saw that the mantle had been passed to a new writer, Raymond Benson,
author of The James Bond Bedside Companion. His first James Bond novel is Zero Minus Ten.'
by Raymond Benson
Death Wore a Fabulous New Fragrance
' Socially vacant people would take one look baby Binky van de Kamp and
homosexual Doan McChandler and stereotype the pair as a drag queen and a fag.'
by Orland Outland
Eleven Hours
'Didi will regret her decision to go out for the rest of her life.'
by Paullina Simons
God Bless the Child
'This novel is a moving story
filled with suspense and a maternal love that accepts even
as it questions.'
by Ellen Feldman
The Itch
'The Itch is a tremendous ethnic relationship drama,
starring a fantastic female protagonist'
by Benilde Little
Judas Child
'A priest and a psychiatrist share one trait in common:
they will go to any lengths to protect the confidentiality and privacy of their clients.
How far they should go is a question of moral debate, especially when the
confessor is a pedophile serial killer.'
by Carol O'Connell
Serpent Gates
'Michael McGarrity is no longer a rising star... he has obviously arrived.'
by Michael McGarrity
Shadow Image
'Shadow Image is a great mixing of elements from the legal thriller with
that from medical novels (a la Cook), a blend that makes this work one of
the best books of the year.'
by Martin J. Smith
A Shoot On Martha's Vineyard
'The next time J.W. meets Lawrence, he finds the man dead.
J.W. knows that he is prime suspect number one and in an election year, he
could easily be swept away before the real killer is found.'
by Phillip R. Craig
Stray Kat Waltz
'Karen Wijewski has created her best Kat Colorado novel yet.'
by Karen Wijewski
The Violet Hour
'Reporter Nicky Stella
thinks he is on to the story of the decade when he discovers the ties that
bind five people together. He never dreams that the real perpetrator is
setting him up to take the fall for being a serial killer.'
by Robert Montanari