What I'm Reading Now
The Listener
by Robert McCammon
In addition to his traditional horror novels and his terrific Matthew Corbett historical mystery series, Robert McCammon has written some fascinating novels (my favorites are Boy's Life, Gone South, and The Five). The Listener is intriguing and unputdownable as well. The Listener takes place in the deep south in the 1930s, and it connects a young black man to a young girl from a wealthy white family in a most unusual way. These two have never met, but they can talk to each other using their minds. In other words, they are both "listeners." Things get interesting when the girl is kidnapped, and the man must use his special ability to help find her. A historical thriller with a supernatural twist.
