Thomas H. Cook is the author of nineteen novels and two works of nonfiction. He has been nominated for the Edgar Award seven times in five different categories, including Best Novel for Red Leaves, which was also nominated for a Barry and a Duncan Lawrie Dagger. His novel The Chatham School Affair won the Edgar for Best Novel. He lives in New York City and Cape Cod.
PRAISE FOR RED LEAVES "Red Leaves is both heart-wrenching and
gut-wrenching. A family can be 'briefly held, ' and yet so
enduring."--New York Daily News "One of the most suspenseful of
crime-fiction writers, [Cook] is also one of the most lyrical . . .
Readers will glimpse blurred snapshots from their own lives--and be
afraid."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
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Jason Regan, a severely schizophrenic child, is found drowned in a pond behind his family's home in this unusual, chilling mystery from Edgar-winner Cook (Red Leaves). Jason's mother, Diana, believes that her ex-husband, Mark, has murdered their son. The story is narrated by Diana's brother, Dave Sears, who comes to believe Diana has gone insane. Dave has good reason to think so; their father was a raving paranoid schizophrenic. Cook employs a curious narrative structure, dividing the story into two alternating sections: one in which Dave is being interviewed by a police detective about an unnamed crime, written in second-person, and another that Dave narrates in first-person. In the beginning it's unclear if a crime occurred at all; the police rule that Jason walked into the pond on his own. Then it appears that there was not only one murder but possibly two, three or even four. Cook reveals all the pieces of the shocking story with an absolutely steady hand. It's a bravura performance. (Jan.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
PRAISE FOR RED LEAVES "Red Leaves is both
heart-wrenching and gut-wrenching. A family can be 'briefly held, '
and yet so enduring."--New York Daily News "One of the
most suspenseful of crime-fiction writers, [Cook] is also one of
the most lyrical . . . Readers will glimpse blurred snapshots from
their own lives--and be afraid."--The Plain Dealer
(Cleveland)
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