A review by banana_hutch
The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

4.0

Simon's parents are dead. He's losing his house to the elements and he's losing his job. Then, a stranger sends him a book that contains a family member's name. As he starts to read and research the contents of the book and his own family, he uncovers an upsetting pattern about how the women in his family die. Will his sister be next?

This book is dark and beautiful, and weaves two separate (but linked) stories simultaneously.