A long long time ago, my 7th grade teacher suggested I catalog the books I read. I quit after a few years and have regretted that decision ever since. It's never too late to start anew. I have a habit of grading books and do so here.
2.07.2019
Charlesgate Confidential, Von Doviak - B
This is a fabulous novel set in Boston with a story featuring related events in 1946, 1986, and 2014. The central character is the Charlesgate in the Back Bay. Built in 1891, it has been a luxury hotel, a flophouse, a women's dorm for BU, a flophouse again, an Emerson College dorm and most recently, a luxury condominium building. The starting point is a 1946 robbery of a museum that featured a few murders and paintings that have never been found. The pursuit of those paintings, suspected by all to be hidden in the Charlesgate, is the unifying thread. Throw in some Red Sox flops ('46 and '86) and you have an enjoyable read.
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