Clea Simon is a writer in a wide variety of venues which include the Boston Globe, and is most recently the author of Mad House. Good yarns for rainy days Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth; his Morality Play tickled my mystery sweet-tooth, but this well-plotted, thoughtful, moral adventure left me breathless. The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope. There is no such thing as a boring Trollope, but this one features a poor lady writer of great ambition. In the Cut by Susanna Moore. Moore gets grisly with this one, with an ending that stays with you. Net of Dreams - or really any book by Ellen Gilchrist, mistress of mood, character, and serendipity. Anything by Anne Perry. Mysteries, mysteries, and more mysteries - all in a properly Conan Doyle setting. And of course: Walter Mosley's RL's Dream, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, Henry James' The Golden Bowl, and the whodunits of James Lee Burke, Karen Kijewski, Linda Barnes, and Kate Ross. Return to the Writers Read List

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