The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Release Date: March 15th, 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins – William Morrow
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Pages: 400
Synopsis
What is the purpose of a map?
Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is a legend in the field, and Nell’s personal hero. But she hasn’t seen or spoken to him ever since he cruelly fired her and destroyed her reputation after an argument over an old, cheap gas station highway map.
But when Dr. Young is found dead in his office at the New York Public Library, with the very same seemingly worthless map hidden in his desk, Nell can’t resist investigating. To her surprise, she soon discovers that the map is incredibly valuable, and also exceedingly rare. In fact, she may now have the only copy left in existence… because a mysterious collector has been hunting down and destroying every last one—along with anyone who gets in the way.
But why?
To answer that question, Nell embarks on a dangerous journey to reveal a dark family secret, and discover the true power that lies in maps…
Review
Thank you to Turn the Page Tours and author Peng Shepherd for sending me a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
I absolutely adored this book. I haven’t read a lot of books about maps and mapmaking, but this has certainly made me want to pick more of them up. This adult mystery/thriller novel will pull you in from the very first page and will keep your attention until the very end. Nell’s journey of finding the purpose of a mystery map will have you guessing every step of the way. I really enjoyed how much this story has a really faint resemblence the movie ‘National Treasure’. It was thrilling and I couldn’t wait to see where Nell was going to end up. I definitely recommend this book to anyone wanted to dip their toe into adult fiction!
Peng Shepherd was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where she rode horses and trained in classical ballet, and has lived in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York, and Las Vegas.
Her first novel, The Book of M, won the 2019 Neukom Institute for Literary Arts Award for Debut Speculative Fiction, and was chosen as a best book of the year by Amazon, Elle, Refinery29, and The Verge, as well as a best book of the summer by the Today Show and NPR On Point. A graduate of the NYU MFA program, Peng is the recipient of a 2020 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Elizabeth George Foundation’s emerging writers 2016 grant.
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Great review! I may have to read this one after all..
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Oooh yay! I gave this book five stars, I just really enjoyed it. I don’t often read books like it, but The Carographers just blew me away.
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