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Thomas Cook unfolds his complex tale like Scheherazade, giving readers only a bit of the story and making them want more. Offer just a little taste, a little morsel, a little nip before getting to the main course, and then dessert. Thomas H. Cook knows how to do it and he does it well. THE FATE OF KATHERINE CARR is a multilayered story which one needs to read slowly in order to savor it. It is a story within a story within a story within a story. George Gates is a former travel writer who now writes fluff pieces for local newspapers. His life was profoundly altered seven years previously when his little son was kidnapped and murdered. Now, travelling aboard a boat he tells a story to a fellow passenger. It is a story of a young woman named Katherine Carr, a poet, who disappeared over twenty years ago under mysterious circumstances. She left behind a manuscript that might shed light on her disappearance and Gates has it. He in turn is sharing it with Alice Barrows, a girl dying of premature aging or progeria, whom he is to write a piece about. Alice has a fascination with mysteries and she likes to make her own endings to a story. All of these elements are just small pieces in a big puzzle. It is one that it is carefully set-up before getting to a surprising end where things are not quite as they appear to be. Thomas H. Cook is a master storyteller, and this book is one of his best. It is not one that can be easily dismissed. It stays with you till the last page. You will want to know who Katherine Carr is and you will want to know what happened till the very end. THE FATE OF KATHERINE CARR is a powerful work from an outstanding author.
Reviewed by Angel L. Soto, July 2009
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