Kaethe

This is brilliant: two high-interest crime novellas, written by one of my favorites in the field for her ability to twist the spaghetti, and, they're written to be accessible to adults only just becoming literate or fluent in English. There's no feeling that Walters has "written down" to her audience. The stories are complex and engrossing and if I didn't know going in that they were commissioned for a specific reason, I never would have guessed. The prose itself is straightforward and so functional as to be almost invisible, like the best kind of reporting. Highly recommended to reluctant adult readers, to people who think they don't like crime stories, and also a good introduction to Walters' work in particular. A good choice for anyone who really liked Gone Girl and is wanting something like that.

Library copy