True Evil and The Terror
The Law Library has recently purchased 2 novels for the Tower Reading Room (TRR): the contemporary thriller True Evil by Greg Iles and the historic horror/thriller The Terror by Dan Simmons.
In True Evil, Greg Iles returns to his trademark Southern milieu in this terrifying thriller, an unnerving tale of evil lurking beneath the veneer of idyllic suburban life. He tells the chilling story of a divorce attorney who may be orchestrating the deaths of his clients' spouses (from book jacket).
In 1845, 129 men, led by Sir John Franklin, set sail from England in search of the legendary Northwest passage. Outfitted with the latest maritime and scientific equipment and packed with enough provisions to last years, the ships (the HMS Terror and flagship HMS Erebus) and her crew were never seen again. In The Terror, Dan Simmons takes this mystery as inspiration for his novel, "mixing historical adventure with gothic horror -- a sort of Patrick O'Brian meets Edgar Allan Poe against the backdrop of a J.M.W. Turner icescape. Meticulously researched and brilliantly imagined, The Terror won't satisfy historians or even Franklin buffs, but as a literary hybrid, the novel presents a dramatic and mythic argument for how and why Franklin and his men met their demise." (from Washington Post book review, linked below)
Both books are now on the shelves in the TRR. For links to book reviews and to excerpts provided by the publishers, click below.
Washington Post book reviews (Lexis ID and password required)
From Publishers’ sites:
True Evil excerpt: http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=522859&agid=2
The Terror excerpt: http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/books/53/0316017442/chapter_excerpt24172.html