Atlantic County Library System issued the following announcement.
SEASONAL WORK by Laura Lippman is a collection of short stories written in Lippman's style of mystery suspense fiction [bit.ly/3wHimLM].
It is written in four parts with three short stories in each part. The title story “Seasonal Work” focuses on a father and his children surviving poverty and evoking sympathy from strangers for their misfortunes, but are the misfortunes real or staged? Tess Monaghan, PI, is on the case.
Part two focuses upon women getting the best of their male abusers. In “Snowflake Time,” (one of my favorites), a news reporter from 2016 is a victim of the #metoo movement and is forced to quit his job. He then writes a popular cozy mystery series that goes awry in a darkly humorous way involving cats.
Part three contains three coming of age stories. In “Five Fires,” a young adult narrates her experience one summer during a time five fires occur pointing to arson.
Can we rely on her narrative or is she delusional? Finally, part four highlights stories involving couples and the secret lives they live. In “Slow Burner” a wife's husband, previously caught cheating, is at it again with a new burner phone.
Is it right for her to eavesdrop on his text messages to the mistress? What can she do? Read it to find out. This novel is available in hardback, CD and eBook. Recommended.
unCovered review by Rachel Simmons, Librarian, ACLS Hammonton Branch
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