An
elderly recluse known as the man with a thousand mittens is
found murdered in his home on Primrose Lane. This might not
seem like anything unusual to the public, but there is something
very strange about the man and a certain government department
is determined to find out more. Why did he buy so many mittens
and other seemingly pointless items? It is going to be down
to true crime writer David Neff to find out whodunit if he
can, but David is deeply bereaved following the apparent suicide
of his beloved wife What can her death have to do with the
old man,s murder?
Most books have a beginning, middle and an end but this is
one of those that plays with that idea, producing something
shaped differently to a straight line. It sounds on the face
of it to be a crime novel and it is, but there is a lot more
within these pages than that. I can’t say it all took
me by surprise but in many ways this is groundbreaking stuff,
and well worth reading for a number of reasons. Intricately
plotted and not a book to read casually this is one that requires
time and attention on the part of the reader, just as considerable
amounts of both have been lavished upon it by the author.
Part science fiction, part crime novel and teetering cheekily
on the verge of literary this is one that defies description,
but will remain with you for some time after for all the right
reasons. I look forward to seeing what Mr Renner comes up
with for an encore.
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