A review by christinel
Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town by Elyssa East

2.0

I will be curious to see what this author writes next. This is generally the kind of subject I like to read about: an interesting location, a bit of a history, a few interesting side digressions. This book aspires to be something like a John McPhee book or maybe a New England version of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. However, the murder that's described isn't much of a mystery - there's no real suspense to move the plot along. And although I also enjoy nonfiction books that meander along without a strong storyline, this means that the prose has to be really good, and this one didn't quite reach that level.