LILITH (Eric Rickstad) - December 12/24

 I was a little unsure about this one at the outset, mostly because Rickstad does a fairly poor job of describing the initial school shooting. (I had to piece together what actually happened as I kept reading.) But I’ll admit that the downbeat yet propulsive narrative really hooked me and I tore through the final stretch over one morning. ***1/2 out of ****