It is marked by a creative and "labyrinthine plot," Southern gothic ambiance, and familial tension.

Some attack its incomprehensibly labyrinthine plot, which is wrapped around an alien-government conspiracy.

Flynn hardly puts a foot wrong in this exciting debut novel, which moves at brisk pace through a nicely labyrinthine plot full of rich authentic detail and witty dialogue.

The scheming characters and labyrinthine plots of her flamboyant tales may reflect the intrigues of the French court under the Sun King.

He was no longer part of their treacherous, scheming world with its labyrinthine plots and counterplots.

They are epic thrillers with labyrinthine plots and black humor.

"We cannot guess the labyrinthine plots of the most secret minds of the Klingon oligarchy," Spock said.

Luckily, following the speeding, labyrinthine plots isn't the chief appeal of Spooks.

If they were anything like his songs, they would be elaborate stories with labyrinthine plots and many desperate characters getting tangled up in riddles as they try to explain themselves.

As ever with Pynchon's writing, the labyrinthine plots offer myriad interconnecting cultural references.