The Orphanmaster featured today as one of The Arizona Republic‘s hottest new titles for the summer. I inquired of two of my favorite Arizona residents as to whether they might have had anything to do with the selection, but they demurred.
There’s another novel on the list that’s very worth reading, The Yard, by Alex Grecian, a nice guy and excellent writer to boot. The mystery concerns Scotland Yard just after it has been consumed with the case of Jack the Ripper, and it conveys a rich flavor of the period.
Jean Zimmerman 