Entries from Westport Public Library BOOK blog tagged with 'christmas'
What the Dickens?
Bestseller Dan Simmons has written a forthcoming (Feb. 09) fact-based novel about Dickens, Drood – a prequel, you might say, rather than a conclusion – imagining a terrifying sequence of events as the inspiration for the novel. In the course of trying to rescue fellow passengers after narrowly escaping death in an 1865 train wreck, Dickens encounters a ghoulish figure named Drood, who had apparently been traveling in a coffin. Wilkie Collins, Dickens’ real-life novelist friend, narrates the tale of Dickens’ newly acquired dark double life as he pursues the wraith through crypts and lime pits in the worst slums of London. Despite the book's length – 784 pages – PW says “readers will race through the pages, drawn by the intricate plot and the proliferation of intriguing psychological puzzles.”Howling good reads
Thanks to the success of True Blood, HBO’s hit series based on her Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire mysteries, Charlaine Harris has become a household name.Sookie’s fans will be pleased to hear that there will be a new book in the series, Dead and Gone, hitting the shelves in May, 2009. Last year, Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner put together Many Bloody Returns, a collection of – what else? – vampire-themed mystery stories. This year she and Kelner have put together Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, a collection of 15 werewolf-themed holiday tales – an interesting addition to the Christmas mystery collection – including the delightful little gem, Gift Wrap, written by Harris. Contributing authors include Donna Andrews, Dana Cameron, Dana Stabenow and Nancy Pickard.Feed Subscription
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