British Mystery The Case Has Altered
The Case Has Altered, by Martha Grimes: When love interest Jenny Kennington becomes the suspect for two murders outside his jurisdiction, Scotland Yard Superintendent […]
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Political Thriller Dead Watch
Dead Watch, by John Sandford: When former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Bowe goes missing, ex-Army Intelligence officer-turned-consultant Jake Winter sets out to find him at the […]
Legal Thriller The Brass Verdict
The Brass Verdict, by Michael Connelly: When the defense attorney for a movie mogul accused of murder is himself murdered in legal thriller THE BRASS […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mainstream Love Story 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 […]
Pitch the Story
People love to hear a good story or a good joke. Whenever someone says to my brother-in-law, “I’m going to tell you a joke,” he […]
Literary Novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie; translated by Ina Rilke: Luo and I are not yet twenty when we arrive on Phoenix […]
Comic Mystery Bad Monkey
Bad Monkey, by Carl Hiaasen: In comic mystery BAD MONKEY, a severed arm reeled in from the waters off Key West offers former Deputy Sheriff […]
Romantic Thriller Mean Streak
Mean Streak, by Sandra Brown: On a winter practice run alone in the North Carolina mountains, pediatrician marathoner Emory Charbonneau runs smack into fate as […]