Our first book club theme and book is Mystery. We are all going to try to read 'Eye of the Crow' by Shane Peacock. Each of us will also pick another mystery-themed book of your choice too and read that. For example, I am going to read Eye of the Crow, and Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Old Clock. Remember to leave a comment or to email us with your thoughts about the book. A summary of Eye of the Crow is here.
It is the spring of 1867 and a yellow fog hangs over London. In the dead of night, a woman is murdered on a narrow, cobblestone street in the old Whitechapel section of the city. No one sees the gruesome crime. Or so it seems. Up above, two crows are watching. The next morning, the dark-haired son of a disinherited upper-class woman and her poor Jewish husband reads about the crime in an illustrated newspaper. Unquestionably gifted, but hounded by racist schoolyard taunts and burdened by bitterness about his life, the young boy spends his days playing hooky in central London, dreaming, watching the rich and famous, and reading newspaper accounts of spectacular crimes. The Whitechapel murder intrigues him and so do the city’s crows. The brilliant black birds fly free, but suffer the same prejudice he feels. Circumstances bring young Sherlock to the scene of the crime and to the understanding that the crows saw it happen. He soon comes to believe that the accused, a young Muslim butcher, is innocent. But then Sherlock, too, becomes implicated and finds himself on the run from the police. Sherlock pursues the crime’s solution through a series of brilliant deductions and daring exploits, but a terrible price is paid along the way.
We will try to get everyone's responses and post them 2 weeks from now. We hope to hear from you soon!
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