false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900023m/77254.jpg 77254 14 Laurie King's 1993 debut novel, <I>A Grave Talent</I>, won American and British honors for Best First Crime Novel, and it quickly established a loyal following for her series featuring San Francisco detectives Kate Martinelli and Alonzo Hawkins. She followed up that early success with a clever expansion of the Sherlock Holmes mythos, <I>The Beekeeper's Apprentice</I>. That novel, and the three that succeeded it, partnered Holmes with Mary Russell--a woman very much Holmes's equal in spirit and mind despite her young age. <I>A Darker Place</I> is King's first book to break from these series as she continues to pioneer new territory between literary and thriller fiction.<p> The success of <I>A Darker Place</I> comes from its slow revelation of the back story, which illuminates the major players: Anne Waverly, Glen McCarthy, and the people of Change. King brilliantly portrays the psychological split that drives Anne to self-destruction, both in her sexual relationships and in her self-effacing work for the FBI. Though a respected university professor and expert on cults, Anne Waverly was once a cultist herself. For 18 years she has struggled with personal tragedies that wrenched her from that experience, and she has dedicated herself (through academic labor and her covert work for the FBI) to saving the lives of others who become embroiled in religious fanaticism. Now, despite a vow that she has ended her relationship with the FBI and its work in defusing cults, she returns for one last effort at the request of Agent McCarthy. Anne cuts her hair, changes her name, and gradually loses herself in her new role as a member of Change. But her investigation soon becomes a journey into her own psyche, into the dark places of her past, as she sees her own life played out again in the members of the cult. <I>--Patrick O'Kelley</I> 74672 book 1 12 1998 A Darker Place total:475|5:105|4:179|3:154|2:29|1:8| 475 1769 619 39 4 3 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 14:11:12 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 21:41:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 11:10:02 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 01:21:27 -0800 2008 1
ADDENDUM: Marvelous; I especially love the snippets provided from Wakely's case notes and lectures which precede each chapter. Though I suspect I will never love or dissolve as easily into any book of hers as I did The Beekeeper's Apprentice (which wor...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Oct 25 05:44:57 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 06:06:18 -0700 2009
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King likes to head each chapter w. some sort of passage. This time, it was multi-media - sometimes a drawing or hand-written...more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 10:06:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 20:22:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 10 12:36:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 12:36:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 16:06:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 16:29:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 19:35:50 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 20:42:51 -0800 2008 1
Anne Waverly is a professor of religion, and in her spare time, she infiltrates cults for the FBI. Anne is qualified to do this work, because years ago she was a member of a cult.

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Had to put it away. It was interesting, but eventually began to drag. It wasn't suspenseful, nor did I care that much about the characters, and they were all just a bit too...too. ]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 11:31:43 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 26 10:36:32 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77254