It’s a layered and well-paced read, the almost drowsily written first half giving way to a frenetic pace as one of the key characters goes missing. Tangerine works on multiple levels, in the way the best crime novels do: exploring the socioeconomic, personal, cultural, and historical context of its characters and setting. Her debut comes across as polished and calculated, a Highsmith-like domestic suspense featuring the exotic and lusty setting of 1956 Tangier, on the cusp of Morocco’s move from multi-country international zone to fully independent nation.īut the novel - which finds agoraphobic young housewife Alice Shipley unexpectedly reunited with her college roommate, Lucy Mason, years after a shocking accident wrenched them apart - manages to reflect a decidedly modern sensibility while still clearly owing as much to the works of Margaret Millar and the great Gothic novels of centuries past. Author Christine Mangan’s prose bursts with confidence, slyly lulling the reader into a state of openness, throwing reservation aside.
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