Monday, June 15, 2009

Oprah's 11 unputdownable mysteries

Oprah's book club is touting "11 unputdownable mysteries." One title on the list:
The Grift
by Debra Ginsberg
352 pages, Shaye Areheart

I'm not psychic. There's no such thing; only luck, timing, and observation," Marina Marks, an attractive and highly intuitive "counselor" to the wealthy and influential tells herself. Um, wrong. Marina's second sight—and haunted loneliness—makes Debra Ginsberg's The Grift (Shaye Areheart) an unusually seductive thriller. Read it for the not-so-predictable deceptions and the ghostly elusiveness of love. — Cathleen Medwick
Read about all eleven Oprah picks.

Mystery maven Linda L. Richards shares a few reflections on the mysterious 11 at The Rap Sheet.

The Page 69 Test: Debra Ginsberg's The Grift.

--Marshal Zeringue