Ask a Bookseller: ‘Under the Whispering Door’ by TJ Klune
Ask a Bookseller is focusing this season on books of hope and connection. Asked to recommend a book of hope, Beth Rusk of Magers & Quinn Booksellers went straight to the novels of TJ Klune. “Under the Whispering Door” is one of her favorites. It’s a cozy fantasy set in a tea shop, which also happens to be a waystation for the dead. When Wallace, a successful lawyer, dies of a heart attack, he tries unsuccessfully to negotiate his way out of what he views as an unpleasant turn of events. He finds himself at Charon’s Crossing, where its owner Hugo, is tasked with anchoring Wallace to this world…
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