{"id":1646,"date":"2019-03-05T08:04:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T21:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diane.eklund.abolins.net\/blog\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2019-03-05T08:04:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T21:04:52","slug":"the-book-of-mirrors-e-o-chirovici-uk-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diane.eklund.abolins.net\/blog\/the-book-of-mirrors-e-o-chirovici-uk-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Mirrors                E O Chirovici, UK, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"115\" height=\"177\" src=\"http:\/\/diane.eklund.abolins.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/The-Book-of-Mirrors.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1649\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p> A murder mystery with a number of twists, <em>The Book of Mirrors<\/em> is divided into three separate parts; each part being told in the first person from the perspective of a different person. It is, I feel, this particular stylistic feature that gives the book its strength. The first part is has Richard Flynn at its centre; the second part is from the perspective of John Keller, a journalist; and the final part belongs to Roy Freeman, an ex-policeman. The time-frame is thirty years, more or less, and the main location is Princeton, America.    <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p> At the centre of<em> The Book of Mirrors<\/em> is Professor Weider, who is found dead in his home one Christmas. There are a number of suspects, among them: Richard, the young boy helping the professor catalogue his library; Laura, the professor&#8217;s favourite pupil who may, or may not, have been having a relationship with him; Derek, the handyman. . . The police have a few leads, but they all fizzle out, and no one can say who murdered the professor. But there are two manuscripts: an unfinished one written by Richard as an introduction to a book he is writing, and a second one, reportedly written by the professor, but missing. There is even the possibility that Richard may have finished his book but that manuscript is also missing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/diane.eklund.abolins.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-2015-10-12-20497973-70-eugen-chirovici-e1549264469693.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1648\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p> There are a number of characters, both important and less important to the story, and I must admit that I did have to do some back-tracking for names and places, especially once I had moved into the second and third parts of the book. The fact that some female characters had married (and changed their surnames) did not help the situation. A list of characters, perhaps as an appendix, could have removed this problem.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p> Otherwise the book is well written and the plot is cleverly and realistically designed and presented. That I did not connect with any of the characters I do not see as a flaw, this is, after all, a crime mystery, and if it is approached from this perspective it certainly ticks all the boxes.       <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"> The photo of Chirovici is from HotNews<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A murder mystery with a number of twists, The Book of Mirrors is divided into three separate parts; each part being told in the first person from the perspective of a different person. It is, I feel, this particular stylistic feature that gives the book its strength. 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