RED LEAVES by Thomas H. Cook
ISBN: 0151012504
Format: Hardcover, 289pp
Pub. Date: June 2005
Publisher: Harcourt
Cook is probably one of the most overlooked and underappreciated authors of our time. Fans of his Edgar Award-winning novel, THE CHATHAM SCHOOL AFFAIR (my first introduction to this brilliant author) will be delighted with Cook’s latest novel. Through the cleanest and simplest of phrases, Thomas H. Cook can make people, places, emotions tangible. He pulls readers through his novels effortlessly–tempting them with subtle suspicions, concocting unsettling situations that necessitate closure.
RED LEAVES is a novel about an eight-year-old girl who disappears in the middle of the night. Her disappearance ravages the lives of the family whose son was responsible for babysitting the young girl. It also is the catalyst for bringing to light a family’s hidden memories and unwanted emotions. This is a book that stays with you long after you read the last of Cook’s breathtaking words.
