The Fate of Katherine Carr by Thomas H Cook
George Gates is a former travel writer. He used to specialize in writing about places where people disappeared, sometimes individuals, sometimes whole societies. Now, since the murder of his eight-year-old son, Gates has written gentler stories for the town paper about flower festivals and local celebrities. Enter Arlo MacBride, a retired missing persons detective who, knowing Gates' past, mentions the case of Katherine Carr, a woman who vanished twenty years before, leaving nothing behind but a few poems and a strange story. It is this story that spurs Gates to inquire into its missing author's brief life and dire fate, an exploration that leads him to discoveries about life and death, mystery and resolution.
Thomas HCook has long been one of my favourite writers - Harlan Coben. A good thriller doesn't necessarily require flying fists, bombs and bullets; a sure and measured build-up of tension does just as well, and few are better at the fine art of sure and measured than Cook - Guardian. 'The sort of book John Banville might produce if his crime novels were more like his straight novels ultimately this lovely novel leaves you feeling a wiser person' Daily Telegraph.
Thomas H. Cook was born in Alabama in 1947. He has been nominated for the Edgar Award seven times in five different categories, winning the Best Novel category for The Chatham School Affair. He was also shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for Red Leaves. He lives in New York and on Cape Cod.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847248404 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847248403 |
| Title | The Fate of Katherine Carr |
| Author | Thomas H Cook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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