Book Club: Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck by Erik Larson is a non-fiction account of how the lives of a murder and an inventor entwined during one of the most sensational manhunts in British history. Thunder reads much like a novel and is intriguing and educational. I learned more than I ever thought I would about how telecommunications began. To me the story of Marconi's unlikely road to inventing the telegraph waffled between interesting and tedious at times.  However, the story of Scotland Yard's pursuit of "The North London Cellar Murderer" is compelling from start to finish.

Overall it is a good read. I read most of it on the way to Kiawah for vacation and it was an apt choice for such stop and go enjoyment.  Larson's prose was well-crafted and has left me intrigued to try his other true-life murder mystery account - The Devil in the White City.

      3 of 5 stars

Next Selection: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. This novel about love, mystery and life with the circus comes highly recommended from a dear friend!