false <![CDATA[Darling Jim: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569139m/5280659.jpg 5280659 7 <B>A modern gothic novel of suspense that reveals, through their diaries, the story of sisters who fall in love with a beguiling stranger, and of the town that turns a blind eye to his murderous ways</B> When two sisters and their aunt are found dead in their suburban Dublin home, it seems that the secret behind their untimely demise will never be known. But then Niall, a young mailman, finds a mysterious diary in the post office’s dead-letter bin. From beyond the grave, Fiona Walsh shares the most tragic love story he’s ever heard—and her tale has only just begun. Niall soon becomes enveloped by the mystery surrounding itinerant storyteller Jim, who traveled through Ireland enrapturing audiences and wooing women with his macabre mythic narratives. Captivated by Jim, townspeople across Ireland thought it must be a sad coincidence that horrific murders trailed him wherever he went—and they failed to connect that the young female victims, who were smitten by the newest bad boy in town, bore an all too frightening similarity to the victims in Jim’s own fictional plots. The Walsh sisters, fiercely loyal to one another, were not immune to “darling” Jim’s powers of seduction, but found themselves in harm’s way when they began to uncover his treacherous past. Niall must now continue his dangerous hunt for the truth—and for the vanished third sister—while there’s still time. And in the woods, the wolves from Jim’s stories begin to gather. 5348060 book 2007 Darling Jim: A Novel total:295|5:62|4:123|3:72|2:27|1:11| 295 1083 641 135 4 2 false false Mon Mar 23 11:03:48 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 11:04:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 5 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 13:31:08 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 23:59:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 20:49:44 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 16:19:35 -0800 2008
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A dark tale told successfully from a feminine point of view by a male author. It is a story within a story within a story. The perspective does change, but the author makes transitions easy to follow and does it seamlessly without creating any disjointed jolt in time. It held my...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 06:43:11 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 06:43:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 18:26:32 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 08:43:14 -0800 2009
With his semi-epistolary novel "Darling Jim," Moer...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 16:09:49 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 01:47:05 -0800 2009 blogging about her ARC and that more were available - I immediately wrote away and asked for one for myself.

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The book begins when it is discovered that a woman has been murdered in her home in the town of Malahide, but the mystery thickens as her two emaciated...more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Oct 05 18:13:46 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 15:36:01 -0700 2009
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This is an engaging, romantic tale with healthy dollops of gothic fun and Irish superstition on top. Most of the action is credible, although I had to will myself stubbornly to continue my suspensio...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 10:58:23 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 06:58:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 17:39:49 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 23:30:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 17:43:52 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 11:52:51 -0700 2009
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