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What Strange Creatures (2014)

by Emily Arsenault(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0062283235 (ISBN13: 9780062283238)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

review 1: An interesting, enjoyable mystery by an author, Emily Arsenault, who is new to me. The main character is a struggling, aspiring academic, and central to the book is her relationship with her brother. I found this plot thread more compelling than the mystery, which wasn't particularly difficult to unravel. Still, although the "whodunit" part of this mystery was relatively obvious, I found the characters well drawn and compelling. I look forward to reading Emily Arsenault's next book. I suspect she has a very bright future, perhaps with a Gone Girl-style breakout book to come.
review 2: A thesis-delaying would-be doctoral candidate tries to help her brother out from under a murder charge when his girlfriend's lifeless body is discovered in the woods. Was any cau... morese more worth putting off unrewarding work? Hard to believe Theresa isn't more successful in her life in general, considering the lengths she goes to to help him, as evidenced by romancing a bartender to steal valuable evidence, adopting the name of her thesis subject as an alias in various encounters, and having the victim's pet puggle as a sidekick as she chases down proof of Jeff's innocence. A rousing mystery meets a hilariously dysfunctional family--my favorite match. less

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