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Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
by Kate Racculia
I interviewed Kate Racculia for my podcast when BELLWEATHER RHAPSODY came out, and I remember her saying that she didn't solve the mystery of the story so much as she wanted to solve the characters. This makes so much sense, for her books are about characters who are themselves mysteries - why do they do what they do, and how do they all fit together in this puzzle? And this is a book about puzzles, so this question is particularly apt. Racculia's wry wit brings the perfect tone to this story about Tuesday Mooney, an awkward, curious young woman who loves facts and finding things out. When an eccentric billionaire dies at a fundraiser for the foundation Tuesday works for, he leaves a treasure hunt for the citizens of Boston to follow. Tuesday wants desperately to stay on the hunt, sacrificing everything she has in the process, but she has her own ghosts to confront - and the other hunters to account for, some of whom are her closest friends. And another is Archie, a rich man who has inserted himself into her life, almost impossibly. Reading one of Kate's novels is like eating a multi-course meal, with different taste points along the way - the bitter, the sweet, the melancholy, the delightful. Absorbing and thoughtful, this novel makes me want to go back and re-read BELLWEATHER, as well as all the Ellen Raskin books that influence this work.