a novel by Debra Murphy. Book One of The Ashland Grail Cycle
Posted in Iago, Shakespeare on Apr 23rd, 2008
Ever since I began writing The Mystery of Things, I’ve had a fascination for Shakespeare’s villains in general and Iago in particular. It’s the “why?” question, as Dan Donohue, one of our favorite actors, points out in a lively and revealing interview on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival website called “Playing Iago.”
My favorite quote, besides “You’ll [...]
Posted in The Mystery of Things, catholic fiction, reviews on Mar 31st, 2007
Stratford Caldecott has written a brief but alarmingly gratifying review of The Mystery of Things in the most recent issue (number eight) of Second Spring: A Journal of Faith and Culture:
“Labelled ‘Book One of the Ashland Grail Cycle’, this is a stunning debut novel in the modern thriller genre, complete with sex and violence. It [...]
Posted in The Mystery of Things, catholic fiction, reviews on Jun 9th, 2006
Matthew Lickona has published a very nice review of The Mystery of Things on Godspy.
Matthew is the author of Swimming with Scapulars, a sort of youthful (and frequently humorous) autobiography of an orthodox Catholic boy coming of age (at Thomas Aquinas College) in a very secular world. I recommend it particularly for older teenage boys [...]
Posted in The Mystery of Things on Jan 6th, 2006
The cool Christian Arts & Entertainment ‘zine INFUZE has published a review by Matthew Winslow of The Mystery of Things. You may need to register (it’s free) to read the review, but having full access to the ‘zine’s contents is well worth the effort.
The myth of St. George and the Dragon comes to new and provocative life in this mystery-thriller set in Milwaukee.
This is the story of James Ireton, a gifted young Shakespeare scholar haunted by a tragic past and recurring nightmares of a Knight, a Lady and a vicious Dragon. James thinks they’re just dreams, but when two people close to him fall victim in a seemingly motive-less series of brutal murders, James discovers there may be a very real Dragon preying in the shadows of his life. Worse, if he doesn’t find a bit of St. George in himself, the woman he loves may prove the Dragon’s ultimate victim.