A Field of Darkness is the first in a new series. Read has released two more installments after this one (and the reviews for those will be forthcoming). There is a marked difference in the feel and tone between Field and its successors. It makes me wonder if maybe the first one was first intended as a stand alone novel. Nevertheless this (and its successors) is a gripping mystery story related by a sharp tongued, witty narrator. It's a page turner, very hard to put down and is populated with elements that always seem to intrigue me: family history, fairy tales and murder. It's 1988, and Madeline Dare is unhappily ensconced in Syracuse, New York, her husband's hometown. Though she writes for a local, free, weekly newspaper, she is the opposite of the intrepid, investigative reporter chomping at the bit for her big break. Madeline is quite happy writing the fluff lifestyle and home pieces for the newspaper. Then a chilling, un...
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