Spy Novel The Mission Song

  The Mission Song, by John Le Carré:   Call me Salvo. Born of an Irish father and Congolese mother, my heart belongs to Britain […]

Satirical Crime Novel The Rooster Bar

The Rooster Bar, by John Grisham:   When their close friend Gordy commits suicide, third-year students Mark, Todd, and Zola quit the Foggy Bottom Law School […]

Paranormal Romance Midnight Bayou

Midnight Bayou, by Nora Roberts:   Ghostly romance MIDNIGHT BAYOU interweaves a tragic 1899 love story with modern-day courtship when Declan Fitzgerald abandons his Boston […]

Noir Novel The Sentry

The Sentry, by Robert Crais: If Joe Pike doesn’t stop for air in his tires, he won’t interrupt a burglary, he won’t fall in love, […]

Literary Novel State of Wonder

State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett: [SPOILER ALERT]  When her lab partner, Anders Eckman, is reported to have died while on a mission to the […]

Cozy Mystery The English Breakfast Murder

The English Breakfast Murder, by Laura Childs:   Volunteer turtle watching takes a horrific turn for Charleston, South Carolina, tea shop owner Theodosia Browning when she […]

Paranormal Romance Maybe This Time

Maybe This Time, by Jennifer Crusie:   When her ex-husband, North Archer, asks Andie to take care of his cousin’s orphaned children in a haunted house […]

Psychological Thriller The Empty Chair

Murder plus the abduction of archeology student Mary Beth McConnell in a North Carolina swamp lure quadriplegic New York criminalist Lincoln Rhyme away from his […]

Short Stories Summer Lies

Summer Lies, by Bernhard Schlink:   A flautist returns to New York after a summer on the Cape where he promises his new love he will […]