Latest / New Books in Literature
John Copenhaver, "Hall of Mirrors" (Pegasus Crime, 2025)
Hall of Mirrors (Pegasus Crime 2025) was selected as a New York Times Crime Novel of the Year. It opens with a fire – it’s May 1954 and Lionel Kane is watching his apartment go up in flames with his lover and writing partner Roger Raymond trapped inside. The police are sure that it’s a suicide. A couple of months earlier, Judy and Philippa attend a lecture by Ray Kane, one of their favorite mystery authors, and help him when he starts to look unwell. He’s a little off, newly fired from his State Department job because of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s purge of communists and homosexuals. A few…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.