Detective Novel Stardust

Stardust, by Robert B. Parker:   As a private dick in Boston, I’ve dealt with difficult women, but TV star Jill Joyce is the most narcissistic […]

Romance Novel 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 […]

International Thriller Tatiana

Tatiana, by Martin Cruz Smith:   When the apparent suicide of investigative reporter Tatiana Petrovna is closely followed by the slaying of a billionaire Russian […]

Literary Novel Her Fearful Symmetry

Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger:   Identical twins Julia and Valentina leave America to live in the London flat they’ve inherited from their aunt, Elspeth, […]

International Thriller Tatiana

Tatiana, by Martin Cruz Smith:   When the apparent suicide of investigative reporter Tatiana Petrovna is closely followed by the slaying of a billionaire Russian […]

Chick Lit Smokin’ Seventeen

Smokin’ Seventeen, by Janet Evanovich:   It was never my dream to be a bounty hunter, but Cousin Vinnie needed help and I needed a […]

Mainstream Novel A Secret Kept

A Secret Kept, by Tatiana de Rosnay:   Just as receding tides expose Gois causeway in Noirmoutier, France, so the secrets held by their mother […]

Psychological Thriller Safe Haven

Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks:   In psychological thriller SAFE HAVEN, haunted young Katie finds exactly that in a small seaside town that offers everything she […]

Eco-Thriller Coffin Road

Coffin Road, by Peter May:      Mankind’s fate hangs in the balance after a biologist finds himself washed ashore in the Outer Hebrides with […]

Detective Novel The Professional

The Professional, by Robert B. Parker:   To each his own. Works for me. Unless, of course, it results in murder as it does in […]