Alexis Schaitkin's Saint X is a satisfying read. It's not a page-turner so it took me longer than usual to fully digest, and I really appreciate that. Most crime fiction goes down quick and harsh, but Saint X is meant for savoring slowly. Not a cheap whiskey shot but rather, a smooth bourbon aged in a charred oak barrel.
What's it about? Among other things...
... a young girl-child with obsessive compulsive tendencies, judged by and compared against her charismatic sister.
... a fateful crossing of paths years later between the young woman and a man who was presumably involved in her sister's murder on the eponymous island of Saint X.
... a studied fascination with "all the pretty dead white girls."
... a stalker, obsessed.
... an odd, tenuous acquaintance between two loners.
... a woman named Sara, who I'd love to read a whole book about.
... the elusiveness of truth.
What's it about? Among other things...
... a young girl-child with obsessive compulsive tendencies, judged by and compared against her charismatic sister.
... a fateful crossing of paths years later between the young woman and a man who was presumably involved in her sister's murder on the eponymous island of Saint X.
... a studied fascination with "all the pretty dead white girls."
... a stalker, obsessed.
... an odd, tenuous acquaintance between two loners.
... a woman named Sara, who I'd love to read a whole book about.
... the elusiveness of truth.