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BOOK OF MIRRORS, THE por E. O. Chirovici
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BOOK OF MIRRORS, THE (original 2017; edição 2017)

por E. O. Chirovici (Autor)

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An elegant, page-turning thriller in the vein of Night Film and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter , this tautly crafted novel is about stories: the ones we tell, the ones we keep hidden, and the ones that we'll do anything to ensure they stay buried. When literary agent Peter Katz receives a partial book submission entitled The Book of Mirrors , he is intrigued by its promise and original voice. The author, Richard Flynn, has written a memoir about his time as an English student at Princeton in the late 1980s, documenting his relationship with the protege of the famous Professor Joseph Wieder. One night just before Christmas 1987, Wieder was brutally murdered in his home. The case was never solved. Now, twenty-five years later, Katz suspects that Richard Flynn is either using his book to confess to the murder, or to finally reveal who committed the violent crime. But the manuscript ends abruptly--and its author is dying in the hospital with the missing pages nowhere to be found. Hell-bent on getting to the bottom of the story, Katz hires investigative journalist John Keller to research the murder and reconstruct the events for a true crime version of the memoir. Keller tracks down several of the mysterious key players, including retired police detective Roy Freeman, one of the original investigators assigned to the murder case, but he has just been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Inspired by John Keller's investigation, he decides to try and solve the case once and for all, before he starts losing control of his mind. A trip to the Potosi Correctional Centre in Missouri, several interviews, and some ingenious police work finally lead him to a truth that has been buried for over two decades...or has it? Stylishly plotted, elegantly written, and packed with thrilling suspense until the final page, The Book of Mirrors is a book within a book like you've never read before.… (mais)
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Título:BOOK OF MIRRORS, THE
Autores:E. O. Chirovici (Autor)
Informação:Century (2017), Edition: First Edition, 336 pages
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A literary agent receives the first few chapters of a book claiming to have the solution to a 27-year-old murder but the author dies before completing the manuscript. Peter Katz is asked to look into whether the author's claims are true. As various people are interviewed about the murder of Joseph Weider different stories are told but whose memories and stories are the truth?

Twisty enough to give one doubts as to whether the solution is correct or whether it is another case of a false memory of the events. ( )
  Robertgreaves | Jan 31, 2023 |
Literary agent Peter Katz is intrigued by a partial book submission he has just received. The submission, entitled The Book of Mirrors, tells the story of the author's time as an English student at Princeton during the late 1980's. The author, Richard Flynn, documents his relationship with the protégée of the famous Professor Joseph Wieder. But just before Christmas, Weider was murdered in his home and the case was never solved. Twenty-five years have passed since then and Peter Katz suspects that Richard Flynn is either going to confess to the murder or reveal who it was that did it. But the manuscript ends abruptly and Richard Flynn is in the hospital, dying, and the remaining pages are nowhere to be found.

I'm giving this a generous three stars. I liked so many things - a book within a book, memories, the stories we choose to tell others and the ones we keep hidden, the unsolved murder of a popular professor. But all of these things didn't come together as well as I hoped they would. It started off good, but it became boring fairly early on. I was patiently waiting for that extra oomph where something would happen and the story would take off. But nothing ever really did happen. The characters were okay and the ending was just okay. ( )
  jenn88 | Dec 31, 2022 |
Interesting. ( )
  CasSprout | Dec 18, 2022 |
The Book of Mirrors is a beautifully written story within a story within a story unlike any I've come across before. The stories are elegantly blended with each other and the author did a fantastic job of ensuring the writing style/tone shifted with each narrator which is something that is usually overlooked by authors trying to pull off a story such as this one. That alone made me love this story and gave me a strong appreciation for E.O. Chirovici

This is not your average quick and dirty whodunit novel. This is more of a lovely piece of literature that happens to be mind bending, with a 25 year old unsolved murder case and the rush to piece together the real story behind it all giving it a psychological mystery air. But make no mistakes, it is definitely a literary story that is very much worth your time, as long as you understand what kind of book you're picking up (or have no expectations such as I hadn't when I picked it up)

Don't let a few negative reviews keep you from picking this up. No book is for everyone but you may regret not at least finding out for yourself the delights hidden among the pages of The Book of Mirrors. ( )
  chasingholden | Apr 26, 2022 |
Sounded very interesting - started strong but in the end a regular thriller. Not my favourite but still a pleasant read. ( )
  iffland | Mar 19, 2022 |
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An elegant, page-turning thriller in the vein of Night Film and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter , this tautly crafted novel is about stories: the ones we tell, the ones we keep hidden, and the ones that we'll do anything to ensure they stay buried. When literary agent Peter Katz receives a partial book submission entitled The Book of Mirrors , he is intrigued by its promise and original voice. The author, Richard Flynn, has written a memoir about his time as an English student at Princeton in the late 1980s, documenting his relationship with the protege of the famous Professor Joseph Wieder. One night just before Christmas 1987, Wieder was brutally murdered in his home. The case was never solved. Now, twenty-five years later, Katz suspects that Richard Flynn is either using his book to confess to the murder, or to finally reveal who committed the violent crime. But the manuscript ends abruptly--and its author is dying in the hospital with the missing pages nowhere to be found. Hell-bent on getting to the bottom of the story, Katz hires investigative journalist John Keller to research the murder and reconstruct the events for a true crime version of the memoir. Keller tracks down several of the mysterious key players, including retired police detective Roy Freeman, one of the original investigators assigned to the murder case, but he has just been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Inspired by John Keller's investigation, he decides to try and solve the case once and for all, before he starts losing control of his mind. A trip to the Potosi Correctional Centre in Missouri, several interviews, and some ingenious police work finally lead him to a truth that has been buried for over two decades...or has it? Stylishly plotted, elegantly written, and packed with thrilling suspense until the final page, The Book of Mirrors is a book within a book like you've never read before.

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