DECEMBER 2019 - AudioFile
Lauren Fortgang narrates this dark yet humorous ghost story. Her dry and borderline gloomy tone shapes Tuesday Mooney, who solves a carefully crafted mystery with the help of an eclectic, thrill-seeking group of secondary characters. The group includes her sarcastic late best friend, who pops up at inopportune times. The delight of Fortgang’s narration is her ability to make the listener laugh while wondering what will happen to Tuesday next. Her low points suggest a comically unstable person whom Fortgang hilariously conveys to perfection. Fortgang can be both sad-sack drunk and unfiltered loner as well as over-the-top investigator. Overall, Fortgang moves rapidly through the story, keeping the adventurous momentum going. T.E.C. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2019 An October 2019 Indie Next Pick An October 2019 LibraryReads Selection A New York Post Best Book of the Week A Best Book of October: BookRiot, Tor.com, Locus, and Chronogram A Best Book of the Fall: CrimeReads and Hey Alma A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week A Bookish October Book Club Selection A Young Folks Best Book for Halloween A Buzzfeed Best Paperback of October 2020 “A quirky mix that delves into how grief affects us and how friendships and romance turn on a dime, yet it does so with disarming, often deliciously acerbic humor . . . Rollicking . . . The emerging messages are bright: Be generous now. Don’t cheat your friendships. Become the person you’re looking for. They sound so simple out of context, but in the bewilderingly entertaining context of events, they actually seem like words to live by. And that’s a bit of sleight-of-psyche that’s a delight to encounter.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune “Acerbic and quirky . . . Entertaining.” — Toronto Star “Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts is so much fun it should be criminal. A mystery hidden in a game, hidden in a romp around Boston, with intrigue, a little romance, and a ghost? Perfection. Racculia has a gift for both humor and creating deeply relatable oddballs. Genuinely funny, whip-smart, and at times profound, it is a novel that reminds us of both the pure joy of play and the importance of finding people who matter.” — Erika Swyler, best-selling author of The Book of Speculation and Light from Other Stars “Racculia has created a curiosity cabinet of a novel here—brimming with wonder and surprise, and populated by a charming, somewhat haunted cast of outsiders. Clue by clue, page by page, Tuesday Mooney leads readers through an adventure that is bookish and spooky and compulsively fun!” — Matthew Sullivan, author of Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore “ ”In Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts Kate Racculia has created a host of wonderful odd-ball and eccentric characters, not least Tuesday Mooney herself: smart, vivacious, and beguiling. I was swept up in her crazy treasure hunt through Boston, looking for ghosts—real and imagined. A book for the curious and spirited." — Claire Fuller, author of Bitter Orange, Swimming Lessons, and Our Endless Numbered Days “In this delightful ode to The Westing Game, Kate Racculia takes us on a puzzle-solving adventure!” — CrimeReads “Romance takes a contemporary turn in Kate Racculia’s wonderful new novel . . . Dynamic spirit . . . The treasure hunt is a bid for these characters’ very souls.” — BookPage “A delightful cast of characters, twisty in the best way, and if you are someone who was into puzzles, this is 100 percent for you.” — Hey Alma “Your book club will love the Poe references, the thrill of the hunt, and Kate Racculia’s vibrant characters.” — Bookish “Witty, quirky, and insightful.” — Chronogram “A group of misfits are sent on a treas
DECEMBER 2019 - AudioFile
Lauren Fortgang narrates this dark yet humorous ghost story. Her dry and borderline gloomy tone shapes Tuesday Mooney, who solves a carefully crafted mystery with the help of an eclectic, thrill-seeking group of secondary characters. The group includes her sarcastic late best friend, who pops up at inopportune times. The delight of Fortgang’s narration is her ability to make the listener laugh while wondering what will happen to Tuesday next. Her low points suggest a comically unstable person whom Fortgang hilariously conveys to perfection. Fortgang can be both sad-sack drunk and unfiltered loner as well as over-the-top investigator. Overall, Fortgang moves rapidly through the story, keeping the adventurous momentum going. T.E.C. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
