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Loading... The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Wayby Raymond Benson
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) jeanie0510 | Oct 17, 2022 |  This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) JSBancroft | Oct 3, 2022 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This had a Desperate Housewives (TV show from the mid-2000’s) vibe, where everything may look nice in the suburbs, but slowly all the dark secrets are revealed. Combine that with Our Town, where the narrator starts each chapter and gives us little tidbits that slowly become darker and more disturbing, and we get a good mix for a novel. While there are a lot of different storylines going on, it didn’t have the urgency of a thriller or suspense novel. I will have to say that it leaned a bit more towards the genre of Woman’s Fiction, even if the main character and author are male. That did put a different spin on it, but for an author that is best known for his continuation of James Bond, I would have expected a bit more action and a deeper mystery. ( ) KimHeniadis | Sep 27, 2022 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) erinclark | Sep 13, 2022 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) RoseCityReader | Sep 5, 2022 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML:From internationally acclaimed and best-selling author RAYMOND BENSON comes a wry and darkly comedic work in which a quaint suburb of Chicago finds itself rocked by more than just the uncertainties of 2020. Perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and the twisted prose of Tom Perrotta. For Scott Hatcher, a former television writer turned struggling novelist with a failing marriage to boot, social-distancing and mask-wearing feel like fitting additions to his already surreal life. When his wife Marie and neighbor John Bergman disappear in the middle of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Scott is naturally mystified and disturbed, but he is also about to learn that his picturesque neighborhood hides more than just the mundane routines of suburban life. When a fire claims the empty house for sale next door, the entire community is shocked when the charred remains of Marie and John are found inside. Stranger still, stockpiles of valuable Personal Protection Equipment, clearly stolen, were destroyed in the blaze alongside them. As the neighborhood reels from the loss, Scott and Bergman's earthy and enticing widow, Rachel, not only find themselves under investigation for the crime, but also inexorably drawn to one another. As tensions reach a fever pitch, the taleâ??which is at once familiar and ordinary, yet bizarre and eerieâ??shows that, just like life in 2020's uncertain times, dread and danger lurk below the hidden underside of everyday suburbia. Fans of Thornton Wilder's classic Our Town and films by the sardonic Coen Brothers will be captivated by the warped Americana of The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way No library descriptions found. |
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