Shutter Island

Boston-areanovelistLehanehaswrittenaterrificsuspensenovel,animpressivefollow-upto2001'sMysticRiver.ShutterIslandisoffMassachusetts'scoast,anarmyfacilityturnedhospitalforthecriminallyinsane.Whenabeautiful-andcertifiablycrazy-patientescapes,U.S.MarshalTeddyDanielsandhispartner,ChuckAule,arecalledintoinvestigate.Embroiledinuncertaintiesandmystery,thetwosoonlearnthere'smuchmoreatstakethansimplyfindingonemissingwoman.Stechschultegivesastirringperformance.HisportrayalofDanielsisconvincing,andhereadstherolewithequalpartspoignancyandtoughness.Stechschulteisparticularlyadeptatreadingdialogue.Forexample,onestormynightatthehospital,TeddyandChuckareplayingcardswithtwoofthehospital'sworkers.Thequartetbanters,callingeachother'sbluffsandhavingagrandoldtime,yettonesofracismunderlietheconversation.Stechschultehandlesthedialoguewell,distinguishingbetweeneachvoiceandvaryingthepacebetweenrapidback-and-forthandthoughtful,drawnoutremarks.Copyright2003ReedBusinessInformation,Inc.--ThistextreferstotheAudioCassetteedition.