Action Adventure The Codex

The Codex, by Douglas Preston:   When dying billionaire Max Broadbent buries himself and a priceless codex of ancient medical cures in an unknown tomb […]

Literary Novel Clock Dance

Clock Dance, by Anne Tyler:   Daughter of a steadfast, loving father and mercurial mother, eleven-year-old Willa Drake wants to be a steadying influence on a […]

Young Adult Novel Chasing Secrets

Chasing Secrets, by Gennifer Choldenko:   In 1900, bubonic plague comes to San Francisco, resulting in a Chinatown quarantine. Thirteen-year-old Lizzie Kennedy, who prefers assisting her […]

Literary Novel The Secret Life of Bees

  The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd:   I, Lily Owens, accidentally killed my mother when I was four. Now I’m fourteen, it’s 1964, […]

Action Thriller The Midnight Line

  The Midnight Line, by Lee Child:   A small class ring: initials SRS, West Point 2005, $40. Retired army major Jack Reacher rescues this […]

Cozy Mystery The English Breakfast Murder

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

Crime Novel Lesser Evils

Lesser Evils, by Joe Flanagan: The seamy side of Cape Code rises to the surface in 1957 Hyannis when a sexual predator murders little boys in […]

Family Life Novel Daddy

  Daddy, by Danielle Steel:   New York advertising exec Oliver Watson has it all until, fourteen years and three children into their marriage, his wife […]

Contemporary Romance Summer by the Sea

Summer by the Sea, by Susan Wiggs: Rosa Capoletti has everything she needs – her own restaurant, close friends, and her father, now deaf, still […]