โ Scribed by Paretsky, Sara
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Sara Paretsky boldly strays from her widely popular V.I. Warshawski
mystery series--note to fans: caveat emptor--and trades the gritty
Chicago detective in for a pair of debutante sisters, Mara and Harriet
Stonds. The poor little rich girls (grand pa-pa Stonds was a famous
neurosurgeon) are blessed with every material comfort, but are sadly
lacking in a sound karma-credit plan. Treated like a second-class
citizen by her grandfather, Mara forever plays the underdog to "golden"
Harriet, an irritatingly perfect girl, reminiscent of "Nellie" from Little House on the Prairie.
In a bizarre chain of events, the sisters see the errors of their ways
when they become entangled in a complex caper involving a washed-up,
drunken opera singer, a posse of homeless women, a soothsayer, a kindly
psychotherapist and a selection of twisted clergymen. Abstract and
slightly surreal at times, Ghost Country might seem arduous to
the tried and true Paretsky fan: it's a far cry from her no-nonsense,
cut-and-dried thrillers. However, this atypical character study might
prove to be a refreshing pit stop for those with a lot of mystery
mileage under their belts; it's a colorful detour from the predictable
puzzlers.
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