Recent reads

Naomi's Room, by Jonathan Aycliffe. This book was highly recommended on the Fiction-L discussion list recently, so I requested a copy by interlibrary loan.

I can't say I'm disappointed, although I don't feel particularly inclined to lavish the same praise on it that the Fiction-L'ers did. It's a well written, taut and effective chiller, a quick and compelling story of a parent, an abducted child, and a house full of disturbing mysteries that will no doubt keep many readers up all night. But I've been inoculated, I think, against one of the key features of the plot by seeing it in a few too many books that I've read lately.