A crime thriller set in the Orthodox Jewish Community in North West London. 8 yr old Josh Hardman,an only child, is abducted from his room one night. The kidnapper, who keeps in touch by apparently untraceable e-mails, isn't after money, so the motive is as much of a mystery as who has taken the kid, and is he alive or dead? Hard bitten Detective Inspector Colin Sommers, himself an assimilated Jew, finds himself reluctantly sucked back in to his roots to find Josh, and possibly another lost son, himself.
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Ruthie Pearlman is an acclaimed author of Jewish fiction but this is her first novel for ten years, and a completely new genre for her, crime thriller fiction. She has a world-wide eager following waiting on every new book she writes, so we are delighted she has chosen Targum/Feldheim to resume her writing career. Even though this is "Jewish" fiction, it is a gripping read for anyone.
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I love reading crime thrillers, and particularly those involving forensic science, so the introduction of Leora Jakober, the NY forensic scientist, who comes to help Colin solve the mystery of Josh's disappearance was for me a learning curve as well as an enjoyable experience in research. I have just completed a second novel in the Colin and Leora mystery series, called "The Movement" and hope to write many more!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Dark Tapestry: my review of a web of intrigue.,
This review is from: Dark Tapestry (Colin and Leora Mysteries) (Hardcover)
Dark Tapestry is the most appropriate title for this book; for someone like myself to even read through a novel in less than a couple of months is unusual but from the very start of this one, you can't put it down without being kept awake by the intrigue. What starts off as a simple case of a child kidnapping leads you right into a world of both desparation and yet faith: both threads continue right to the very last page of the very last chapter. This is topical and up-to-date, too: how many deceptions creep right around you and just when you think you know the answers, up comes another very clever twist in the plot. The book is written by an orthodox Jew, but whatever your persuasions there's an excellent and exciting ending together with a thought that certainly stimulates an inward look at your own way of living, and most certainly makes you wonder how you would deal with an expert adversary and, most importantly of all, how a family is finally re-united... even that is not the end of the story! Just to give you an idea: I can read a couple Clive Cusslers or whatever when I'm on vacation away from home; and that'll be over 3 weeks or so. This one I read at home (and at work, don't tell anyone!) and it was compelling. I should say here that I have no financial/commercial/etc interest in the author/publishers: if you want to know why I am enthusiastic about this book, buy it and you'll know what I mean, but be prepared for late nights!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Intriguing and Well-Written! A turn pager!,
By "brachad" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dark Tapestry (Colin and Leora Mysteries) (Hardcover)
Once I started this book, I could not put it down! Ruthie Pearlman has done it again! Quite a while ago I read her other books and enjoyed them immensely. Now that I've read Dark Tapestry, I'm glad I enjoyed her work once again! It's a thriller for the 21st Century and one that will capture your mind and heart!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Telegraphed !!,
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This review is from: Dark Tapestry (Colin and Leora Mysteries) (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed the book until about 2/3 of way through. A combination of my own frustration at the pace of progress reading the book (I normally speed read and so I have to really try hard to not do the same when I am reading for pleasure) and that as soon as the "Shakespeare" popped up it was clear who was "to blame" kinda spoilt it for me. Having then "cheated" and confirmed my assumption I didn't properly read the remainder of the book. As a non-Jew I struggled with some of the terminology (which I didn't do with an earlier book of Ruthie's which had a glossary of terms in it) and I found the Internet angle far too overt... I liked all of the characters in the book with the exception of Josh's mother - which is a bit of a disadvantage when reading a book like this, as I suspect one is really supposed to be sympathetic towards her. I was confused by her - in the earlier stages of the book (given that Josh was about 8 years old) I got the feeling that she was in her late 20s early 30s. But by the half-way stage when Leora had come onto the scene she suddenly turned into a middle aged woman. That was unnerving and confusing - and disrupted the flow at around the same point in the story as the "Shakespeare" angle emerged. This is intended as honest feedback - I think that the book shows promise for future C&L stories.
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