“Like its nine-year-old narrator, Jai… Djinn Patrol, too, shape-shifts, matures from genre to genre: a murder mystery, a high-stakes detective story, a coming-of-age story, crime fiction, political satire. Read an excerpt from Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line here Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara –Daniel Nieh ( The New York Times Book Review)ĥ.
But this grim tale finds its saving grace in its refusal to worship its hero.” Cosby’s voice is distinctive, and he plays a sharp-tongued Virgil as we descend into the Hades of bucolic poverty … Gross! Sad! And kind of fun … The milieu is fresh the setup, more familiar … Cosby delivers heavy doses of imaginative action and highway high jinks in lieu of any real mystery. But the real draw here is his evocative depiction of rural Virginia and its denizens. “… a gritty, thrilling reminder that small-town America has an underbelly, too … Cosby immediately displays a talent for well-tuned action, raising our heart rates and filling our nostrils with odors of gun smoke and burned rubber. But as Cal says in the folksy western voice he often affects here, ‘All’s you can do is your best.'” It’s also slower than some of her other books. And it’s her foray into the natural world, which is so welcome right now. It steps back to examine the policing powers she has traditionally taken for granted.
It’s unusually contemplative and visual, as if she literally needed this breath of fresh air. As you read this scene, the sidelong glances and daggers in the small talk come flying off the page … Where does The Searcher stand in the lineup of French’s books? It’s an outlier: not her most accessible but not to be missed. They’re also ominous, given what we know about the close-knit, gossipy nature of the town … Nobody beats French when it comes to writing pub scenes fraught with tension … This is why you read Tana French: for the nuances that go into an ambush like this, and for her ability to immerse you in the moment completely. “…an audacious departure for this immensely talented author … there’s a lot at work in The Searcher, even if its story sounds simple … One of this book’s many pleasures is French’s way of building Cal and Trey’s bond … These scenes are keenly observed, with a strong sense of place, and unfailingly entertaining.
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