Fantasy Anansi Boys

Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman: Fat Charlie, who is not fat, is a great singer too afraid to sing till after his heretofore-unknown-to-him brother, Spider, […]

Crime Novel The Promise

The Promise, by Robert Crais:   When chemist Amy Breslyn goes missing after making contact with presumed Al Qaeda operatives, Los Angeles PI Elvis Cole takes […]

Action Thriller Killing Floor

Killing Floor, by Lee Child:   Have toothbrush will travel. In this action thriller series debut, KILLING FLOOR introduces thirty-something retired army major Jack Reacher, […]

Women’s Fiction Night Road

  Night Road, by Kristin Hannah:   Women’s fiction NIGHT ROAD probes the hearts of motherless teen Lexi Baill, an interloper in the privileged Puget […]

Thriller Night Fall

Thriller Night Fall, by Nelson DeMille: I, John Corey, never could resist a challenge. So when my FBI-agent wife waves under my nose a five-year-old closed […]

Political Drama The Appeal

The Appeal, by John Grisham:   The fates of a small Mississippi town and beleaguered husband-and-wife law firm Payton & Payton depend on a supreme court […]

Police Thriller Beyond Recognition

Beyond Recognition, by Ridley Pearson:   As spectacular fires light up the skies of Seattle, homicide detective Lou Boldt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews join forces […]

Police Thriller Heat Lightning

Police Thriller Heat Lightning, by John Sandford:  When bodies keep turning up at Minnesota war memorials in HEAT LIGHTNING, a police series thriller, Detective Virgil […]

Literary Novel A Patchwork Planet

A Patchwork Planet, by Anne Tyler:   It’s my 30th birthday, and following family tradition in literary novel A PATCHWORK PLANET, I’m looking for my […]