BONE BLIND begins twenty years ago with a one-page prologue describing the grisly scene of the murder of a man, Karl Knock. It quickly jumps twenty years to Finn Ryan, the author of a series of horror books, working on his latest story when" an enchanting woman died and an undead thing was born."
I was ready to stop reading at this point because while I do like to read mysteries, I rarely like horror stories or science fiction. I am glad I persevered.
In chapter 2, we are introduced to Detective Warren Yost, who was the detective on the Knock case and is three months away from retirement. His big dream is to solve the case.
Ryan says he is bored by his writing but explains his métier success as "a fantasy in a glass bubble of fiction people would read for the same reason they hopped on carnival rides. He wondered if real life ever provided an equivalent experience....But words weren't real life; they were only its shadows."
"Even he didn't know quite how it happened; it was as if the stories were already there, waiting to be discovered. They were like dismembered ghosts. Their pieces were everywhere, just waiting to be assembled.." And he continues to let his story develop.
Meanwhile, Yost finds some possible clues about Knock's murder which seem to link it to more recent killings. While trying to determine the killer, his path crosses Ryan's and the two of them work both together and against each other.
Abigail Padgett has a wonderful way with words. Her characters seem very real, though I don't understand the attraction of Ryan to one of the women. The story twists and turns, giving information and then taking it away. She manages to blend the two stories into one without awkward manipulation. BONE BLIND has its moments of humor. For example, at a workshop, Yost wears his shoulder harness. A nun sitting next to him says, "So reassuring to know we're safe from armed attack here in the library....Dare I ask what you'd wear to a bank robbery?"
He responds, "Usually I try for a layered look....You know, Kevlar vest, Ka-Bar knife, M-5 assault rifle and a riot helmet from the same color group."
I've read many of Abigail Padgett's books. This one was totally different: different characters, different location, different genre. But her storytelling and writing style remains superb
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