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Title: On a par with "The Secret History"
Review: Imagine Stephen King, but with subtlety...Okay, I can't imagine that either. A better comparison is Donna Tartt's cult novel, "The Secret History." In both cases, I found the book by accident, never having heard of the author; became entirely immersed from Page One; and felt a sense of loss when it ended, like finishing the last morsel of a favorite dessert. Pyper's Lost Girls is eerie, witty, richly atmospheric, and keenly suspenseful -- though the suspense is less a result of wondering whodunnit (or whatdunnit!) than it is an eagerness to see how the answers will effect the book's protagonist. And what a protagonist. Pyper's antihero narrator is a proudly immoral, self-absorbed lawyer, whose determination to free a likely murderer is exceeded only by his concern that he might run out of cocaine. Entirely against your will, you find yourself feeling empathy for the guy and yearning for his redemption. A fabulously diverting book.
