On this day in music history: Vessel of Light, by Helen Jane Long (2020):

Vessel of Light

Album by Helen Jane Long,

released February 19, 2020.

Track list:

Signs of Life; Sequoia; Propel; Solus; Order; Life Is; Ravelled; Instincts; Collision; Symmetry; Quiet Voice; Living With Hope.

On this day in music history - Color Me Home, by Darlene Koldenhoven (2017):

Color Me Home

Album by Darlene Koldenhoven,
released February 19, 2017.

Track list:

First Light; The Pleasure of the Mourning Dove; Kalahari Calls, Song of the Swans; Eternal Love’s Song; Indian Summer; Embracing This Moment; Ode to Our Orb; Until; Open Skies; Color Me Home.

On this day in music history - Celtic Fairy Lullaby, by 2002 (2016):

Celtic Fairy Lullaby

Album by 2002,

released February 19, 2016.

Track list:

Seoithín Seo HÓ (Hushaby, Hush) / Gartan Mother's Lullaby; Cariad; BÍ Thusa 'Mo Shúile (Be Thou My Vision); Away from the Roll of the Sea; Éamonn An Chnoic (Ned of the Hills); HÓ Bha in (Sleep My Child); Bánchnoic Éireann Ó (The Fair Hills of Ireland); Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night); Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Darling); My Singing Bird; Buachaill ÓN Éirne (Boy from the River Erne); Thugamar Féin An Samhradh Linn (We Brought the Summer with Us).

On this day in music history - On Water, by Amy Lauren (2013):

On Water

Album by Amy Lauren,

released February 19, 2013.

Track list:

Cedar Rush; Gales of Indigo; Dragonfly Blue; Native Peace; The Vineyard; North Shore; The Field Dancer; Tahquamenon; On Water; Takoda; Fire and Flint; Tannin Falls; Carry This Soul.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Money Trap.

Released February 19, 2013.

Directed by Don Kurt.

Written by Graham Yost, Chris Provenzano, Chris Provenzano, Ingrid Escajeda, VJ Boyd, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Ron Eldard, Sam Anderson, David Andrews, Chris Chalk, Kevin Daniels, Michael Gladis, Shelley Hennig, Brian Howe, David Meunier, Robin Riker, Aja Evans, Ned Bellamy, Grainger Hines, Clayton Rohner, Raymond J. Barry, Cathy Baron, Mel Fair, Nick Hoffa, Melanie McComb, Rocky McMurray, Ted Mattison, Bradley Snedeker, Joe Stevens, Joe Davis, Brent Schneiders, Miles J.D. Vedder.

On this day in movie history - Shutter Island (2010):

Shutter Island

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Laeta Kalogridis,

based on the novel by Dennis Lehane,

was released in the United States on February 19, 2010.

Cast:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, John Carroll Lynch, Ted Levine, Elias Koteas, Ruby Jerins, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Denham.

On this day in movie history - Cold Turkey (1971):

Cold Turkey

directed by Norman Lear,

written by Norman Lear and William Price Fox,

based on the novel I'm Giving Them Up for Good by Margaret and Neil Rau,

was released in the United States on February 19, 1971.
Music by Randy Newman.

Cast:

Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Graham Jarvis, Jean Stapleton, Barbara Cason, Judith Lowry, Sudie Bond, Helen Page Camp, Paul Benedict, Simon Scott, Raymond Kark, Peggy Rea, Woodrow Parfrey, George Mann, Charles Pinney, M. Emmet Walsh, Gloria LeRoy, Eric Boles, Jack Grimes, Walter Sande, Harvey Jason.

Born on this day – Carlin Glynn:

Carlin Glynn

Actress

Singer

February 19, 1940 – July 13, 2023

Credits:

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006); Whiskey School (2005); The Exonerated (2005); Lost Junction (2003); West of Here (2002); Judy Berlin (1999); Red Sky at Night (1996); Strange Luck (1996); Blessing (1994); Day-O (1992); Convicts (1991); A Woman Named Jackie (1991); Blood Red (1989); Night Game (1989); Coyote Mountain (1989); Mr. President (1987); Gardens of Stone (1987); The Trip to Bountiful (1985); Sixteen Candles (1984); Johnny Garage (1983); Chicken Ranch (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); Continental Divide (1981); Resurrection (1980); Three Days of the Condor (1975).

Born on this day – John Frankenheimer:

John Frankenheimer

Director

February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002

Born on this day – Lee Marvin:

Lee Marvin

Actor

February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987

Credits:

The Delta Force (1986); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); Dog Day (1984); Gorky Park (1983); Death Hunt (1981); The Big Red One (1980); Avalanche Express (1979); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); Shout at the Devil (1976); The Klansman (1974); The Spikes Gang (1974); The Iceman Cometh (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); Prime Cut (1972); Pocket Money (1972); Monte Walsh (1970); Paint Your Wagon (1969); Hell in the Pacific (1968); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Point Blank (1967); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Professionals (1966); Ship of Fools (1965); Cat Ballou (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); The Killers (1964); The Great Adventure (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Twilight Zone (1961–1963); Combat! (1963); Donovan's Reef (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Untouchables (1961–1962); The Virginian (1962); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bonanza (1962); Ben Casey (1962); Route 66 (1961); The Comancheros (1961); The Investigators (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); General Electric Theater (1954–1961); Checkmate (1961); Wagon Train (1960–1961); The Americans (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); M Squad (1957–1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1959); Climax! (1955–1958); The Missouri Traveler (1958); Raintree County (1957); Kraft Theatre (1947); Studio 57 (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Attack (1956); 7 Men from Now (1956); The Rack (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Shack Out on 101 (1955); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Studio One (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); A Life in the Balance (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Medic (1954); Center Stage (1954); The Raid (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Gorilla at Large (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Wild One (1953); Suspense (1950–1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); Gun Fury (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Big Heat (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); The Doctor (1953); The Glory Brigade (1953); Seminole (1953); Dragnet (1952–1953); Eight Iron Men (1952); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952); Hangman's Knot (1952); The Duel at Silver Creek (1952); We're Not Married! (1952); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Boston Blackie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); The Web (1951); Teresa (1951); You're in the Navy Now (1951); Treasury Men in Action (1950); The Big Story (1950); Escape (1950).

Born on this day – Ann Savage:

Ann Savage

Actress

February 19, 1921 – December 25, 2008

Credits:

My Winnipeg (2007); Saved by the Bell (1991); Fire with Fire (1986); Gang Busters (1955); City Detective (1954–1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); Death Valley Days (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); Fireside Theatre (1950–1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Pier 23 (1951); Pygmy Island (1950); On the Right Side (1949); The Daring Caballero (1949); Jungle Flight (1947); Renegade Girl (1946); Lady Chaser (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Dark Horse (1946); The Spider (1945); Detour (1945); Apology for Murder (1945); Midnight Manhunt (1945); Scared Stiff (1945); Manhattan (1944); The Unwritten Code (1944); Ever Since Venus (1944); The Last Horseman (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); What a Woman! (1943); Klondike Kate (1943); Footlight Glamour (1943); Dangerous Blondes (1943); Passport to Suez (1943); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); The More the Merrier (1943); Saddles and Sagebrush (1943); Murder in Times Square (1943); Boston Blackie (1943); One Dangerous Night (1942).

Born on this day – Carson McCullers:

Carson McCullers

Writer

February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967

Credits:

Books:

50 Great American Short Stories (1963); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1989); Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers (1989); Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age (1978); Clock Without Hands (1961); Collected Stories (1987); Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth (1986); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Growing Up in the South (1991); Hey-How for Halloween! (1974); Illumination and Night Glare (1999); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941); Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century (1954); Stories of the Modern South (1977); Sucker (1986); Sweet As a Pickle and Clean As a Pig (1964); Ten Modern American Short Stories (1965); The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951); The Best American Short Stories 1964 (1964); The Haunted Boy (2018); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940); The Member of the Wedding (1946); The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 (1999); The Mortgaged Heart (1970); The Shorter Novels And Stories Of Carson McCullers (1972); The Square Root of Wonderful (1958); Women and Fiction (1975).

Movies and television:

A Tree a Rock a Cloud (2017); A Domestic Dilemma (2009); The Member of the Wedding (1997); Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); The Member of the Wedding (1982); Une pierre, un arbre, un nuage (1981); A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1978); Zurück, wo ich begann (1970); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Camera Three (1963); Miss Smith of Georgia (1962); ITV Play of the Week (1960); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); Theatre Night (1957); Omnibus / The Sojourner (1953); The Member of the Wedding (1952); Ship's Reporter (1948–1952).

Born on this day – Frank Tashlin:

Frank Tashlin

Animator

Cartoonist

Writer

Illustrator

Director

February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972

Credits:

5 Against the House (1955); A Battle for a Bottle (1942); A Corny Concerto (1943); A Hollywood Detour (1942); A Night in Casablanca (1946); A Southern Yankee (1948); A Woman of Distinction (1950); Artists and Models (1955); AzUrArInG's YouTube Poops (2018); Bachelor Flat (1961); Beginner's Luck (1935); Behind the Meat-Ball (1945); Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Behind the Tunes: Hard Luck Duck (2003); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands (2006); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Porky Pig Roast - A Tribute to the World's Most Famous Ham (2003); Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005); Booby Hatched (1944); Brave Little Tailor (1938); Brother Brat (1944); Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989); Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (1990); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Caprice (1967); Cartoon Alley (2005); Censored (1944); Choo Choo Amigo (1946); Cinderella (1950); Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942); Cinderfella (1960); Concerto in B Flat Minor (1942); Cracked Ice (1938); Delightfully Dangerous (1945); Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Mickey and Minnie (1987); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); Dog Meets Dog (1942); Donald Duck and his Companions (1960); Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944); Donald's Vacation (1940); Double Rhythm (1946); DTV Monster Hits (1987); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); General Electric Theater (1954–1957); Gigot (1962); Good Will to Men (1955); Hare Remover (1946); Have You Got Any Castles? (1938); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hook & Ladder Hokum (1933); I Got Plenty of Mutton (1944); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It's Only Money (1962); Kill the Umpire (1950); Ladies' Man (1947); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Little Beau Porky (1936); Little Pancho Vanilla (1938); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Love Happy (1949); Malice in Slumberland (1942); Marry Me Again (1953); Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938); Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940); Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940); My Favorite Spy (1951); Nasty Quacks (1945); Natural Vision 3-Dimension (1952); Now That Summer Is Gone (1938); Of Thee I Sting (1946); Old Blackout Joe (1942); One Chance (1966); One Touch of Venus (1948); Peace on Earth (1939); Pepito's Serenade (1946); Pinocchio (1940); Plane Daffy (1944); Pluto's Dream House (1940); Porky at the Crocadero (1938); Porky in the North Woods (1936); Porky Pig's Feat (1943); Porky the Fireman (1938); Porky's Building (1937); Porky's Double Trouble (1937); Porky's Poultry Plant (1936); Porky's Railroad (1937); Porky's Road Race (1937); Porky's Romance (1937); Porky's Spring Planting (1938); Puss n' Booty (1943); Red Garters (1954); Red Riding Hood Rides Again (1941); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Say One for Me (1959); Scrap Happy Daffy (1943); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Something's Got to Give (1962); Son of Paleface (1952); Song of Victory (1942); Speaking of the Weather (1937); Susan Slept Here (1954); Swooner Crooner (1944); Tale of Two Mice (1945); Target Snafu (1944); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The Alphabet Murders (1965); The Bear That Wasn't (1967); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996); The Bulldog and the Baby (1942); The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937); The Chow Hound (1944); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Drew Bromley Show (2019); The Dumbconscious Mind (1942); The First Time (1952); The Fixer Uppers (1935); The Fox and the Grapes (1941); The Frances Langford Show (1960); The Fuller Brush Man (1948); The Geisha Boy (1958); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); The Goldbrick (1943); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Great Cheese Mystery (1941); The Great Gildersleeve (1954); The Gullible Canary (1942); The Home Front (1943); The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962); The Lady Said No (1946); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Major Lied 'Til Dawn (1938); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963); The Paleface (1948); The Possum That Didn't (1972); The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968); The Scarlet Hour (1956); The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968); The Stupid Cupid (1944); The Tangled Angler (1941); The Unruly Hare (1945); The Way of Peace (1947); The Wild and Woozy West (1942); The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937); Thicker Than Water (1935); Three Stooges (1961); Timber (1941); Tit for Tat (1935); Tito's Guitar (1942); Toll Bridge Troubles (1942); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Under the Shedding Chestnut Tree (1942); Variety Girl (1947); Wacky Wigwams (1942); Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition: Daisy (1984); Wholly Smoke (1938); Who's Minding the Store? (1963); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Wolf Chases Pigs (1942); Woodman, Spare That Tree (1942); You're an Education (1938).

Born on this day – Merle Oberon:

Merle Oberon

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 19, 1911 – November 23, 1979

Credits:

A Birthday Gala Tribute Noel Coward (1970); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Song to Remember (1945); A Warm Corner (1930); ABC Late Night (1974); Affair in Monte Carlo (1952); Affectionately Yours (1941); AFI Life Achievement Award (1976–1978); Alf's Button (1930); Allons au cinéma (1976); American Masters (2001); Aren't We All? (1932); Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–1957); Beloved Enemy (1936); Berlin Express (1948); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); British Film Forever (2007); Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2024); Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019); Climax! (1956); Compression (2023); Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952); Dark Waters (1944); Deep in My Heart (1954); Désirée (1954); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Ebb Tide (1932); Fascination (1931); First Comes Courage (1943); Folies Bergère de Paris (1935); For the Love of Mike (1932); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1955); Gallery (1975); General Electric Theater (1957); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Hotel (1967); I, Claudius (1937); Interval (1973); I've Got a Secret (1954); Lydia (1941); Men of Tomorrow (1932); Never Trouble Trouble (1931); Night in Paradise (1946); Night Song (1947); Of Love and Desire (1963); Over the Moon (1939); Pardon My French (1951); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Reserved for Ladies (1932); Round the Film Studios (1937); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 4 (1936); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Strange Evidence (1933); Temptation (1946); That Uncertain Feeling (1941); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Bob Hope Show (1966); The Brontes at the BBC (2016); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Dark Angel (1935); The David Frost Show (1970); The Divorce of Lady X (1938); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1954); The Epic That Never Was (1965); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Golden Years of Alexander Korda (1968); The Igor Cassini Show (1954); The Lion Has Wings (1939); The Lodger (1944); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Name's the Same (1954); The Oscar (1966); The Other World of Winston Churchill (1964); The Price of Fear (1956); The Private Life of Don Juan (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); The Three Passions (1928); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1973); The Trouble with Merle (2002); The W Plan (1930); These Three (1936); This Love of Ours (1945); Thunder in the East (1934); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Today (1963); Todo es posible en Granada (1954); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); Vagabond Violinist (1934); We, the People (1948); Wedding Rehearsal (1932); Welcome to the Basement (2014); What's My Line? (1954); Wuthering Heights (1939).

Born on this day – Alma Rubens:

Alma Rubens

Actress

February 19, 1897 – January 21, 1931

Credits:

A Man's Country (1919); A Woman's Awakening (1917); A Woman's Faith (1925); A Woman's Wiles (1915); An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917); Banzai (1913); Cytherea (1924); Death Scenes (1989); Diane of the Green Van (1919); East Lynne (1925); Enemies of Women (1923); False Ambition (1918); Find the Woman (1922); Fine Clothes (1925); Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924); Hollywood (1980); Humoresque (1920); I Love You (1918); Intolerance (1916); Is Love Everything? (1924); Judith of the Cumberlands (1916); Madame Sphinx (1918); Marriage License? (1926); Master of His Home (1917); Movie Memories #2 (1934); Peer Gynt (1915); Reggie Mixes In (1916); Restless Souls (1919); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 9 (1923); She Goes to War (1929); She Wolves (1925); Show Boat (1929); Siberia (1926); The Americano (1916); The Answer (1918); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Children Pay (1916); The Cold Deck (1917); The Dancers (1925); The Fall of Babylon (1919); The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917); The Gangsters and the Girl (1914); The Ghost Flower (1918); The Gilded Butterfly (1926); The Gown of Destiny (1917); The Half-Breed (1916); The Heart of Salome (1927); The Lorelei Madonna (1915); The Love Brokers (1918); The Masks of the Devil (1928); The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916); The Narcotic Spectre (1914); The Painted Lily (1918); The Price She Paid (1924); The Regenerates (1917); The Rejected Woman (1924); The Valley of Silent Men (1922); The Winding Stair (1925); The World and His Wife (1920); Thoughtless Women (1920); Truthful Tulliver (1917); Under the Red Robe (1923); Week End Husbands (1924).

Born on this day – Hope Hampton:

Hope Hampton

Actress

Producer

Opera singer

February 19, 1897 – January 23, 1982

Credits:

Hey, Let's Twist! (1961); The Road to Reno (1938); The Call of the Sea (1927); Springtime of Love (1927); The Unfair Sex (1926); Lover's Island (1925); Marionettes (1925); Fifty-Fifty (1925); The Price of a Party (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); Does It Pay? (1923); The Gold Diggers (1923); Hollywood (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); From Farm to Fame (1922); The Light in the Dark (1922); Stardust (1921); Love's Penalty (1921); The Bait (1921); A Modern Salome (1920); Woman (1918).

Recommended reading - Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane (2003):

Shutter Island

By Dennis Lehane.

Published by William Morrow Paperbacks.

First published 2003.

Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0062068415

ISBN-13: 978-0062068415

Description:

“Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy, breakneck ride…utterly absorbing… is an express train with no local stops…engrossing.” – Boston Globe.

“The ride this novel provides is as good as entertainment gets.” – Miami Herald.

“Combines the claustrophobia of . . . Agatha Christie . . . with the creepiness of a good Stephen King yarn. . . . Good luck putting this one down. – San Francisco Chronicle Book Review.

“Startlingly original…instantly cinematic… unfolds with increasing urgency until it delivers a visceral shock in its final moments.” – New York Times.

“There is no mystery…about how good this book is; like Mystic River, it’s a tour de force.” – Publishers Weekly.

“A lollapalooza of a corkscrew thriller…sure to be the most talked–about thriller of the year.” – Kirkus Reviews.

“Nightmarish…it’s not a book to start before bedtime. Even if you finish before dawn, Shutter Island will trouble your sleep.” – Orlando Sentinel.

The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, have come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient. Multiple murderess Rachel Solando is loose somewhere on this remote and barren island, despite having been kept in a locked cell under constant surveillance. As a killer hurricane relentlessly bears down on them, a strange case takes on even darker, more sinister shades – with hints of radical experimentation, horrifying surgeries, and lethal countermoves made in the cause of a covert shadow war. No one is going to escape Shutter Island unscathed, because nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. But then neither is Teddy Daniels.

Nicole Krauss, on reading:

I read like an animal.

I read under the covers, I read lying in the grass, I read at the dinner table.

While other people were talking to me, I read.

- Nicole Krauss.