Peter Cameron

Cameron focused on short stories for years before turning to novels, which include The City of Your Final Destination and Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You. He specializes in a simple, elegant style of prose that reveals a lot about character through seemingly quotidian behavior and conversation. Coral Glynn is a mannered post-WWII tale with something of a gothic twist: When a children’s game turns murderous, the eponymous protagonist becomes a suspect.