Description: "Mesmerizing . . . "Ghostwalk" has an all-too-rare scholarly authority and imaginative sparkle. . . . . Rebecca Stott has accomplished something distinctively fresh with what she calls 'a grubby little set of murders in Cambridge.' Along the way, she manages to invoke both the non-causal entanglements of quantum physics and the paranoid conspiracies of Pynchon and DeLillo. Her home terrain, however is the river-riven landscape of the human heart." "--New York Times Book Review ""Stott makes a stunning debut with this hypnotic and intelligent thriller. . . Much more than a clever whodunit, this taut, atmospheric novel with its twisty interconnections between past and present will leave readers hoping Stott has many more stories in her future." "--Publishers Weekly" (starred review) "Mesmerizing, intellectually challenging . . . Stott jumps dexterously between present and past, bringing the world of Newton and his alchemical colleagues to vivid life and offering tantalizingly believable explanations for the cojoining of time and space. No novel since Iain Pears's "Instance of the Fingerpost" (1998) has so vigorously stirred the cauldron of conflict that was seventeenth-century England." --"Booklist ""A hypnotic brew of speculation, intrigue and murder...It's outlandish and devilishly plausible....You'll be enthralled... By the final chapter, Stott's elegant subtlety has been transmuted into a violent swirlof reversals and revelations that would defy Newton's calculus. You can't help but feel swept away." "--Washington Post Book World ""Fiercely intelligent... You won't have time to reflect on Stott's metaphysics, at least not on the first read-you'll be too eager to solve the murders. "Ghostwalk "works beautifully on both levels, leaving a lingering impression of a world richer, and more precarious, than we imagine." --Janice P. Nimura, "Los Angeles Times " ""Ghostwalk "is a strange and improbable book that seduces you into the unbelievable....Rebecca Stott's debut thriller weaves science and the supernatural into an eerie narrative. . . . a truly haunting literary thriller." "--New York Daily News ""Drawing on alchemy, neurology, animal-rights activism, and supernatural visitations, this debut novel is an ambitious, learned thriller. . . Stott deploys her research effortlessly and demonstrates great attention to detail." "--New Yorker ""[An] intelligent, literary approach to the modern gothic... Rebecca Stott masterfully delivers an intricate plot." --"South Florida Sun-Sentinel ""Spellbinding . . . Stott's compelling style acts as a counterpoint to the scientific and historical components of this haunting literary mystery thriller. Stott skillfully binds fact with fiction inan insightful story that surprises and intrigues." "--Kirkus" (starred review) "Past and present are exquisitely connected in Stott's wonderfully written "Ghostwalk". She uses some sorcery of her own in a novel as informative as it is entertaining." --"USA Today" " ""Stott brings a nervy intelligence to her work, skillfully linking the war on terror, quantum physics, alchemy, serial murder, ghosts, and thwarted romance." "--Miami Herald" "[A] posh romantic thriller. If you liked cracking the "Da Vinci Code, " you'll love uncovering a secret 17th-century brotherhood that includes the young Isaac Newton." --"Good Housekeeping" "Good Reads" "Especially delightful." --Ladies' Home Journal.com (LHJ.com) " ""Most impressive ... a real literary mystery and also a novel of ideas." --"Observer" (UK) "An intricate tale of love, science, ghosts, history, secrets and lies ... beautifully written and extensively researched ... an eerily compelling read." --Time Out (London) "Stott's prose has...poetic brilliance..."Ghostwalk" is a pacy...thriller with some creepy moments." "--The Herald" (Glasgow) "I have beenhaunted by scenes from Ghostwalk ... it certainly exercises the mind on many different lev

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