YA Mystery Half Moon Investigations
Half Moon Investigations, by Eoin Colfer: My name is Fletcher Moon, but people call me Half Moon. I may be short, but that doesn’t mean […]
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Mystery Aunty Lee’s Deadly Specials
Aunty Lee’s Deadly Specials, by Ovidia Yu: Restaurateur Aunty Lee shifts into sleuth mode when her signature buah keluak dish is pronounced a killer […]
Literary Novel The Bingo Palace
The Bingo Palace, by Louise Erdrich: It’s all about luck. The luck of striving, of familial bonds, of natural and supernatural intervention. Thus literary novel THE […]
Mystery Above the Fold
Above the Fold, by Amber Adams: During an early morn St. Augustine jog, I trip over the body of local college president Burnett Lansing, still […]
Literary Novel The Elm at the Edge of the Earth
The Elm at the Edge of the Earth, by Robert D. Hale: In 1931, eight-year-old David is sent to stay with relatives at the County […]
International Thriller Smilla’s Sense of Snow
International Thriller Smilla’s Sense of Snow, by Peter Høeg; translated by Tina Nunnally: I know Isaiah, I know snow, and I know when I […]
Dark Fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Next-door neighbors Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade are not quite fourteen when a strange, unexpected carnival comes […]
Western Romance The Longest Ride
The Longest Ride, by Nicholas Sparks: Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson sits slumped in his car in a snowdrift, unable to move. His wife, dead nine years […]
Christian Mystery Merciful Blessings
Merciful Blessings, by N.L. Quatrano & D.K. Ludas: Estranged sisters Hope, Faith, and Grace Blessing reunite for their father’s funeral in Merciful, Florida, and reluctantly […]
Action Thriller The Midnight Line
The Midnight Line, by Lee Child: A small class ring, West Point 2005, initials S.R.S. $40. Retired army major Jack Reacher rescues this token […]