The German

What a powerful book. This is the second book of Thomas' to win the Lambda Literary Award for SF/Fantasy/Horror. It's the tale of a serial killer. There's a little supernatural thrown in there as well. It mixes the thriller with a coming of age story and a gay, apparently immortal German refugee in World War II era Texas. It's well-written, poignant, and thrilling. I'm not much of a reader of thrillers, so I'm not used to the emotional rollercoaster that these sorts of books can put you on. This book had me gripped from beginning to end. A few of the thrillers I've read have lulls in them as the detective or PI tries to put together the clues to try to solve the mystery. But I never felt like there was a lull in this book. Even when the focus wasn't on the murders, it was interesting and emotionally charged.

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