Book World: Five thrillers to read now - and soon
Richard Lipez, The Washington Post
March 5, 2021
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Spring is in the air - and so is intrigue and mayhem - in five first-rate new mysteries and thrillers out this month and next. These twisty, smartly told tales will help put the long, dark winter behind you.
- The Cook of the Halcyon, by Andrea Camilleri
Before he died in 2019 at age 93, novelist and film director Andrea Camilleri wrote in an author s note that he had adapted the 27th Inspector Salvo Montalbano mystery from an unproduced screenplay. That novel, The Cook of the Halcyon, despite a bloody shootout in the final chapters, is more Buster Keaton than Quentin Tarantino. What makes it especially worth reading - and essential for fans of the series - is the chance to watch the Sicilian next-meal-obsessed, endearingly cranky Mon
By Ann Connery Frantz
Michael J. Tougias, Mendon-based author of three dozen historical books for adults, young readers and travelers books about history, harrowing storms, heroism and exploration will present an online slide show about the Quabbin Reservoir at 6:30 p.m. March 17, sponsored by Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster.
“Quabbin: A History and Explorers Guide” features a Zoom tour of the reservoir area, based on Tougias’ 2002 book and the years since.
Tougias, a New York Times bestselling author (“The Finest Hours,” “A Storm too Soon,” “King Philip’s War,” “Overboard”) says the narrated slide program explores the demise of several towns flooded to create the Quabbin Reservoir, construction of the massive reservoir, and how the Quabbin functions today. The reservoir and its surrounding forest contain the largest tract of open space in southern New England, home to nesting loons and bald eagles, coyotes, porcupines and moose. Tougias will take