Crime Novel No Regrets, Coyote

No Regrets, Coyote, by John Dufresne:   My name is Wylie Melville, so of course my cop cohort calls me Coyote in series crime novel NO […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Chick Lit Fantasy Wicked Appetite

Wicked Appetite, by Janet Evanovich:   My name is Lizzy Tucker, and I’m the cupcake maker at Dazzle’s bakery. So it shouldn’t surprise me when […]