I want Kate Racculia’s Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts to be a movie. I want to see the characters in the flesh – they were each so totally distinct and full and fun. And I want to see Boston come alive on the screen as a love letter to the city plays out in this fantastic book.
A synopsis:
Tuesday Mooney is a loner. She keeps to herself, begrudgingly socializes, and spends much of her time watching old Twin Peaks and X-Files DVDs.
But when Vincent Pryce, Boston’s most eccentric billionaire, dies—leaving behind an epic treasure hunt through the city, with clues inspired by his hero, Edgar Allan Poe—Tuesday’s adventure finally begins. Puzzle-loving Tuesday searches for clue after clue, joined by a ragtag crew: a wisecracking friend, an adoring teen neighbor, and a handsome, cagey young heir.
The hunt tests their mettle, and with other teams from around the city also vying for the promised prize—a share of Pryce’s immense wealth—they must move quickly. Pryce’s clues can’t be cracked with sharp wit alone; the searchers must summon the courage to face painful ghosts from their pasts (some more vivid than others) and discover their most guarded desires and dreams.
There are a few stories within stories in Tuesday Mooney – about growing up, about friendship, about loss and grief, about embracing life, and yourself. All are framed in a mystery (within a mystery) and a treasure hunt.
It sounds like too much is happening, but I promise it’s all just the *right* amount of happening. One thread ties to another, and it’s really quite a beautiful whole.
BOOK:30 