Darling Jim - Christian Mørk

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Title: Darling Jim Author: Christian Moerk Genre: Suspense Rating: 8/10 # pages: 311 Date read: December, 2007

Summary: The line between mythology and reality is thin as a piece of paper in this romantic thriller. It is the story of three sisters, whose love for each other is their only defence against a man whose seductive charm is more dangerous than the sharpest weapon.

Jim Quick is irresistable. When he arrives at the sleepy Irish town of Castletownbere he turns everything tupsy-turvey. He is a so-called séanachai, a bard who tells legends and myths. Everybody is whisked into his fantastic world, where wolves and knights fight for both life and love.

At the same time more and more young girls are bestially murdered in the towns Jim has visited. Only three sisters, Fiona, Aoife and Róisin saw through the facade of the town's darling and noticed that his tales start to correspond a bit too much to the horrible events of reality. They shadow him and discover he has a lot more than mysterious stories in his baggage. An abundance of secrets are hidden deep within a secret forest, where only a lonely wizard knows the answer to who Jim really is.

Review: Darling Jim was a Christmas present from my brother- and sister-in-law. It was a true page-turner, but very troubling in its plot. One of those books where the main characters ought to have gone to the police so many times but didn't and therefore ended up suffering a totally unnecessary death. That plot-device always bothers me. I enjoyed reading it, but doubt it's one that'll end up being a regular reread.

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