{"id":3034,"date":"2023-03-09T08:44:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/?p=3034"},"modified":"2023-03-09T08:44:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:44:58","slug":"you-may-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/?p=3034","title":{"rendered":"You may care…"},"content":{"rendered":"

One mark of a worthwhile, useful book review is whether it gives the reader a good idea of whether she or he would want to read the book. By that standard, Bob Moyer excels in this review.<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer<\/p>\n

A DEATH IN DOOR COUNTY. By Annelise Ryan. Berkeley. 322 pages. $27.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When a Door County (Wisconsin) police chief encounters a mauled body with unusual marks on it, he hires independently wealthy bookstore owner Morgan Carter to investigate. She\u2019s a cryptozoologist.<\/p>\n

Question #1: What is a cryptozoologist?\u00a0That\u2019s a person who hunts cryptids \u2014 \u201ccreatures whose existence is rumored but never proven to be real.\u201d\u00a0In other words, the Loch Ness monster, et al. The chief wants to find out if such a monster might be involved.<\/p>\n

Question #2:\u00a0Do you care?<\/p>\n

Well, you may care if you enjoy books that discuss the many forms of \u201ccryptids\u201d through history, accompanied by a charming trip around the tourist spot that is Door County. Author Annelise Ryan knows her locale, and lays it out well. She even develops a premise that would explain how such a monster could make its way into Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, you may not care if you don\u2019t enjoy books that introduce a flirtation between the two main characters, and never resolve it. You may not care if you enjoy your villain being hidden in plain sight until the conclusion, not just given a flash appearance and then brought back at the end. And, if you\u2019re looking for proof of a real live cryptid (spoiler alert), you won\u2019t find it here.<\/p>\n

You also may care if you have read the other \u201cbest-selling\u201d books by the author, the Mattie Winston series. Otherwise\u2026<\/p>\n

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