For anyone looking for a fun read, definitely pick up a copy of Donna Tart's The Secret History. By "fun" I mean this was a real "page-turner." There's so few new mysteries out there these days that are actually impressive, it made this somewhat morbid book extremely compelling. It may sound like an exaggeration for a modern mystery, but it could be described as "Dostoyevsky-esque." The story is narrated by a pathological liar, and the opening scene reveals that a murder has taken place that the narrator and his friends were involved in. The true mystery of the book lies in what lead up to the murder as well as the narrator's examination of the nature of his college life. The Secret History plays with ideas of guilt, punishment, and social pathology paralleled with everyday apathy.

I'm glad you wrote about this title - I also really enjoyed this book. If you like this one, you might try Tartt's other book, "The Little Friend," which is another page-turner.

Will do! Have any other good book suggestions? I'm always on the lookout for new authors to look into.

I also really enjoyed THE LITTLE FRIEND - a fascinating and palpable read!

Hey, if you like psychological thrillers/mysteries, you might want to give Tana French's debut "In the Woods" a try.

Muffy