The Mystery Writer - Sulari Gentill
Pub. Date: March 19, 20224
She read
Australian native Theodosia Benton quits law school to write a novel and moves in with her attorney brother, Gus, who has emigrated to Lawrence, Kansas. While working on her project at a local coffee shop, she meets Dan, a famous but reclusive author who becomes more than just a mentor for her. When she discovers his dead body, a nightmare begins in which both Theo and Gus are alternatively accused of killing him and also in which their lives are in danger from unknown forces. Throw in online conspiracy theorists, doomsday preppers, and an ultra exclusive publishing house and the plot thickens.
Books about writers and the writing process are always interesting. Add a thriller to the mix and there are all kinds of possibilities. Although the plot line is a bit wild and after starting out slow the timeline rapidly skips ahead, you are in for an enjoyable, multi layered read.
I did cringe at some of the naive choices Theo made, but, after all, she was raised by “feral” (hippie) parents in
Tasmania, so what does she know of the cruel world? And especially of a world that seems to be more and more overtaken by conspiracy theories and misinformation and the control they can excerpt over people?
BTW - Lawrence, Kansas really is the home of Stull Cemetery which has a role in this plot and is purported to be one of the 7 “gateways to Hell.”
Thanks to #netgalley and @poisonedpenpress for the ARC.
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