U Hokey Pokey pratimo Noru, psihoanalitičarku koja zbog snježne oluje zapne u hotelu Regent u Birminghamu. 1929. gosti hotela zabavljaju se ispijajući koktele niti ne sluteći što sve vreba u mraku.
Muž ju je kupio po preporuci prodavačice u Shakespeare’s Company u Parizu. Tražio je cosy mystery jer sam trenutno luda za tim žanrom. Hokey Pokey nikako nije cosy, ali je jedna od najboljih horor/krimi priča koje sam čitala. Izrazito je atmosferična, kroz cijelu knjigu osjećate utjecaj Agathe Christie i njezinih dobro poznatih krimića, ali uz dodatak horora i nadnaravnog. Radnja je zanimljiva i dovoljno napeta da ju nisam ispuštala iz ruke. Uz žive i maštovite opise u potpunosti sam se izgubila u priči. Sve više uviđam koliki sam zapravo mood reader jer sam ju čitala isključivo navečer čime sam si još i više pojačavala dojam.
Mene je u potpunosti osvojila i preporučam vam ako volite te žanrove.
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Hokey Pokey – Kate Mascarenhas
In Hokey Pokey, we follow Nora, a psychoanalyst who gets stuck in the Regent Hotel in Birmingham due to a snowstorm. In 1929, hotel guests are having fun drinking cocktails without even suspecting what is lurking in the dark.
My husband bought it on the recommendation of a saleswoman at the Shakespeare’s Company in Paris. He was looking for a cozy mystery because I’m currently crazy about that genre. Hokey Pokey is by no means cozy, but it is one of the best horror/crime stories I’ve read. It is extremely atmospheric, throughout the book you feel the influence of Agatha Christie and her well-known crime stories, but with the addition of horror and the supernatural. The plot is interesting and tense enough that I couldn’t put it down. With vivid and imaginative descriptions, I completely lost myself in the story. I’m realizing more and more how much of a mood reader I really am, because I read it exclusively in the evening, which made the experience even better.
It won me over completely and if you are a fan of these genres be sure to read it!
