
However, the stories are well-written and atmospheric with a rather unusual main protagonist.Īll the short stories in this book follow the adventures of one man – the shy, awkward, bookish Kyle Murchison Booth. Since I have read neither Lovecraft nor James, I cannot say if she achieved that goal. In spite of her love for their work, she did find them lacking in character development and feminism so she wrote some stories in the same vein but remedying these shortcomings. In the introduction, Monette states that these stories are a tribute to two authors she very much admires, H.P. The Bone Key by Sarah Monette is a collection of ten necromantic mysteries featuring one central main character, a museum archivist who becomes involved with the supernatural.
