2015, pp. 304, $ 18.00 Region: France Book collection: World Noir
A supernatural and theological thriller, The Faces of God is superior fiction for fans of the TV series True Detective and of novels by writers such as Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, and Dean Koontz.
Amy Boxer has vanished from London, taunting her parents with the last line of her note: “you will never find me.” Because they don’t want to get the news that every parent dreads, Charles Boxer and Mercy Danquah accept her challenge. Boxer pursues a lead that takes him to one of the most violent...
This third book in the series begins with the death of Jack Laidlaw’s brother in a banal road accident. His questions about the circumstances surrounding his bother’s death lead to larger questions about the nature of pain and injustice, and the meaning of his own life.
Exquisitely written, Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness is part wry confession, part serious meditation. At its most anxious, it’s a book about time, at its most ecstatic, it’s a deeply human story about pleasure.