Talespin, by Catherine Coulter; Putnam Adult Publishing, 2008 Reviewed by Cathy Parkman
If you're looking for a good book full of thrills, chills, political intrigue and a little romance, try Catherine Coulter's Talespin. Yeah...it is relatively mindless, but it kept me pageturning at the beach. The heroine is on the run, and heading for refuge in a remote area when she witnesses a plane crash. An interesting variety of good, bad and demented characters flesh out the intrigue. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (yes--a very short name) is an interesting story about a teenage girl traveling alone--and unchaperoned--on a transatlantic voyage in 1832. Charlotte's adventures and experiences aboard the ship have a profound impact on the rest of her life. Another enjoyable novel of adventure (add place and love to the mix) is The Hungry Tide, by Amitav Ghosh, set in the Sundarban archipelago--coastal islands off India. A female American biologist studies rare and endangered river dolphins has a life entwined with local tradition/culture, tides, weather and men.
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