Books by Carol O'Connell
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review 1: For me, it's going to be difficult for a Mallory book to get better than this. Set in the world of theater during the opening performances of a new play, O'Connell has chosen a perfect world of crazy, complicated people in which to tell her latest tale. Full of characters who are...
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review 1: Another great Kathy Mallory mystery, set in NYC, police procedural with fascinating characters. When I reach the end of the series (or maybe sooner, since O'Connell is still writing) I will go back to Mallory's Oracle and re-read the entire series, since I find them so enjoyable...
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review 1: Recensione in tandem per questo "volo dell'angelo di pietra" e per "La donna che leggeva la morte". Ambedue sono libri di Carol O'Connell che sembra divertirsi in un esercizio alla Queneau formato romanzo. Le due storie hanno i medesimi ingredienti: una casa sopraelevata domina i...
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review 1: Honestly, the Mallory mysteries used to be favourites of mine. This one felt very perfunctory. All of the recurring characters felt like placeholders--the poker night guys blended together in a haze of "which one is this again?"--and Mallory felt like a cartoon. She's alway...
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review 1: It's rare that I read a mystery, and even more rare that I like it. This book isn't quite a unicorn--it took about 50 pages to really get into the story and start caring about the characters--but it's pretty special. There are almost too many characters, we seem to know every per...
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review 1: This is different to Carol Mallory's usual books but I would say it is up to her usual high standards. It is the story of Oren who has returned home after serving a number of years in the Army as an invesigator. he is no sooner home than the jawbone of his long lost brother appea...