I'm through with "The Dante Club" -- finally! Now I can freely blog that it is by far the best book I've read in a long while -- gripping plot, fascinating characters, and layers of local history, what more could you ask? It's the story of a creepy serial murderer in 1865 Boston, and the group of writers who track him down through their love of Dante's Inferno. Brilliant stuff -- and much of the action takes place at the Longfellow House, right on Brattle Street! I'll be there for a long-awaited tour this spring.