
Base Notes
Author: Lara Elena Donnelly
Narrator: Avi Roque
Unabridged: 16 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 02/01/2022
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Author: Lara Elena Donnelly
Narrator: Avi Roque
Unabridged: 16 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 02/01/2022
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime
Lara Elena Donnelly is the author of the Nebula-, Lambda-, and Locus-nominated trilogy the Amberlough Dossier. She has taught in the MFA program at Sarah Lawrence College, as well as the Catapult classes in New York and the Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers.In the summer, she wears The Cobra & the Canary. In the winter, Nudiflorum. And some others in between, to keep things interesting.As of this writing, she lives on the grounds of the old Hamilton Estate, with a screenwriter and a small mask-and-mantle tabby pretentiously named after a bitter Italian aperitif. For more information, visit www.laradonnelly.com.
3.5 stars! How fragrances can elicit memories is a topic in this new thriller. About the book: “Author of the Nebula- and Locus-nominated AMBERLOUGH series Lara Elena Donnelly’s new novel BASE NOTES, in which twenty-something perfumier Vic Fowler has built a deadly side-hustle to cope with the crushin......more
The writing just didn’t flow smoothly or naturally for me due to the overuse of nonstop descriptive wording. Such as “He lifted his wrist to the young man’s face in a way no blood relation would dare outside a particular subgenre of pornography. Andrew wrinkled his surgically delicate nose, and my an......more
4.5 stars rounded up to 5. Base Notes is a novel that has grown from Donnelly's short story 'The Dirty American,' which is wonderful and full of the humanity I missed in Base Notes. This is not Amberlough and it was my fault in trying to find that heart in this book. Base Notes doesn't have Amberlou......more
Read a NetGalley eARC Content warning: murder, manipulation, blackmail, gore, eye surgery, strangulation Vic Fowler is an artist, a perfumist whose business is struggling as they’re trying to achieve the height of luxury and artistry in New York City despite everything about their lifestyle pointing t......more
“Scent is everything in Donnelly’s unique, voluptuous thriller…Manhattan’s beau monde served up in juicy, evocative prose.” —Kirkus Reviews“This intoxicating thriller keeps the reader guessing. With luck, Vic will be back for an encore.” —Publishers Weekly“Art. Love. Scent. And murder. Lara Elena Donnelly’s new book has it all.” —Salon