The Mysteries

by Lisa Tuttle | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: 055358734x Global Overview for this book
Registered by CheriePie of Campbell, California USA on 12/11/2006
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Journal Entry 1 by CheriePie from Campbell, California USA on Monday, December 11, 2006
Nan1970 sent me this directly from Barnes & Noble, since the copy she sent out at the end of October didn't make it here yet. I totally hadn't expected her to do this, send me a brand new copy. That was too sweet! I'm thinking the other copy was probably just held up in the holiday rush, and possibly for random Media Mail inspection as well, and will probably make it to me eventually... we'll see...

Book Description
From award-winning author Lisa Tuttle comes a riveting novel that combines the contemporary story of one man’s search for a missing young woman with history’s most enduring legends of the disappeared. Gripping and unforgettable, here is a spellbinding mix of the mysteries that inhabit our everyday lives—and a mind-bending exploration of what happens when someone vanishes without a trace.

Ever since his father disappeared when he was nine years old, Ian Kennedy has had a penchant for stories about missing people—and a knack for finding them. Now he’s a private investigator with an impressive track record. But when a woman enters his London office and asks him to find her lost daughter, Ian faces a case he fears he cannot solve—and one he knows he must.

Laura Lensky’s stunning twenty-one-year-old daughter, Peri, has been missing for over two years—a lifetime, under the circumstances. But when Ian learns the details of her disappearance, he discovers eerie parallels to an obscure Celtic myth—and to the haunting case that launched his career, an early success he’s never fully been able to explain. Though Ian suspects Peri may have chosen to vanish, his curiosity leads him to take on the search. Soon he finds himself drawing not only from the mysteries that have preoccupied his adulthood, but from the fables and folklore that pervaded his youth. What follows is a journey that takes Ian and those who care for Peri into the Highlands of Scotland, as the unknowns of the past and present merge in the case—and in their lives.

Rich in pathos and steeped in secrets, The Mysteries opens a thought-provoking door from one world into the heart of another, where some of our most perplexing enigmas—and their answers—are startlingly alive.


Journal Entry 2 by CheriePie from Campbell, California USA on Friday, September 7, 2007
Ian Kennedy is a private investigator in England, who's been hired by Laura Lensky to find her missing daughter, Peri. Ian's got a thing for missing person cases since his first case which sent him to England and Scotland in the first place. There he did indeed find Amy, the young girl he was seeking on behalf of a family friend, but he also discovered a whole otherworld he hadn't realized existed. Now he thinks Peri's case seems a bit too similar to Amy's, and he wonders what he'll find this time....

I enjoyed this book, though I found it a bit difficult to follow at times due to the way the author inserted relevant short stories from the past between chapters. I realize they were put there to get the reader thinking on the right track, but combined with how it sometimes jumped back into Ian's past as well—the Amy case or his relationship with Jenny—I still found it a bit disconcerting at times. But overall, still a very interesting read. :)


This is now on it's way to explorer1118m, along with some other books I'd brought back for her in my luggage from Columbus, and one I'm lending (Blue Bloods) that I haven't read yet.

Journal Entry 3 by CheriePie at RABCK in USPS, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Friday, September 7, 2007

Released 16 yrs ago (9/7/2007 UTC) at RABCK in USPS, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases

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Sent to explorer1118m on 9/7/07 via USPS Bound Printed Matter with Delivery Confirmation # 9102 8052 1390 7457 4222 83. Mailed along with Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz (lending) and some other books I'd brought back for her in my luggage from Columbus.

Journal Entry 4 by explorer1118m from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey USA on Tuesday, September 11, 2007
looks good, i'll make sure to put this one towards the top of my ever increasing TBR mountain....er, pile of books. Thanks Cherie.

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