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Cloudland

Cloudland

Author(s): Joseph Olshan

Location(s): Vermont

Genre(s): Crime, Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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While out walking during an early spring thaw, Catherine Winslow discovers the body of a woman leaning against an apple tree. From the corpse’s pink parka, Winslow recognizes her as the latest victim of a serial killer, a woman reported missing weeks before during a blizzard. When her neighbor, a forensic psychiatrist, is pulled into the investigation, Catherine begins to discover some unexpected connections to the serial murders. One is that the murders might be based on a rare unfinished Wilkie Collins novel that is missing from her personal library. The other is that her much younger lover from a failed affair has unexpectedly resurfaced and is trying to maneuver his way back into her affections.

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‘Cloudland’ is a crime novel – and that is probably its least satisfactory contribution. The plot seems contrived as detective Marco Prozzo turns from one suspect to another throughout the book, and the denouement...

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