Tag: novel pitch

Mystery 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 […]

Mystery Night and Day

Night and Day, by Robert B. Parker     Obsession. It’s a killer. But voyeur Night Hawk can’t help himself as he escalates from Peeping Tom […]

Romantic Comedy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, by Janet Evanovich Megan Murphy moves to Colonial Williamsburg to escape the embarrassment of having been left at the altar. She is through with […]

Literary Mystery Mystic River

Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane      SPOILER ALERT! As three eleven-year-olds—Sean, Jimmy, and Dave—play in the street of their Boston neighborhood, child molesters abduct Dave. […]

Paranormal Cozy Mystery Spooky Sweet

Spooky Sweet, by Connie Shelton  SPOILER ALERT!   With Halloween and other holidays fast approaching, an abandoned Victorian home seems the perfect location for Samantha Sweet’s […]

Literary Novel The Other

The Other, by David Guterson     My life as an English teacher with a wife and two kids would have been poetically mundane if not […]

Women’s Fiction The Ocean Between Us

The Ocean Between Us, by Susan Wiggs     At forty, loyal Navy wife and mother-of-three Grace Bennett confronts her spreading figure and neglected dreams while […]

Canadian Mystery Still Life

Still Life, by Louise Penny     Violence disrupts the tranquility of the Quebecois countryside on Thanksgiving weekend when an arrow pierces the heart of beloved […]