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How the Light Gets In
How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, #9
by Louise Penny
Goodness Exists (7/16/2013)
I loved this book! It is the ninth Insp. Gamache mystery, and will be most enjoyed by regular readers. However, it is an excellent novel and could be enjoyed by first time readers. The characters are vivid and the setting memorable. Much of the novel takes place in the …more
An Unmarked Grave
An Unmarked Grave: A Bess Crawford Mystery
by Charles Todd
A Death in Wartime (4/24/2012)
In AN UNMARKED GRAVE, the fourth in his series featuring Bess Crawford, Charles Todd presents an unexplained death among all the wartime dead. When Bess finds a body that doesn't belong with the others, and of a family friend, no less, she tries to find his murderer. First, …more
A Lonely Death
A Lonely Death: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery
by Charles Todd
Too Many Lonely Deaths (11/30/2010)
In Charles Todd's 13th Ian Rutledge mystery, once again the puzzle seems to lead back to the war. I always enjoy these adventures and learn something new about the time or the war. Several young men have been killed in Eastfield near Hastings and the Yard is called in to …more
The Nobodies Album
The Nobodies Album
by Carolyn Parkhurst
Mother and Son Reunion (6/15/2010)
Octavia Frost turns in her latest novel, in which she rewrites endings of earlier novels, on the day that she learns her son Milo has been arrested for murder. How she examines their relationship and her possible responsibility for his situation comprises THE NOBODIES ALBUM. …more
Arcadia Falls
Arcadia Falls
by Carol Goodman
Stories Within a Story (1/12/2010)
Having read most of Carol Goodman's novels, I looked forward to Arcadia Falls. It resembles her other novels in its setting in upstate New York in the closed society of a remote boarding school. The writing is beautiful and incorporates classical references. Meg Rosenthal …more
Gifts of War
Gifts of War: A Novel
by Mackenzie Ford
Gifts of War by Mackenzie Ford (4/29/2009)
From its striking opening scene during the Christmas Truce of 1914, Gifts of War follows the fortunes of 23-year-old Henry Montgomery. Wounded and sent home, Hal contacts the fiancee of the German officer he met, but falls in love with her himself. How that relationship …more
Killer Heat
Killer Heat
by Linda Fairstein
Killer Heat (3/13/2008)
In her 10th legal thriller, Linda Fairstein relies on New York City history, legal issues, and forensic details to hold the reader's interest. Alex Cooper is winding up an old rape case solved by DNA evidence when she learns of a body in an abandoned building. Investigating …more
An Incomplete Revenge
An Incomplete Revenge: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
by Jacqueline Winspear
An Incomplete Revenge (3/3/2008)
World War I has been over for more than ten years, but its events still cause repercussions for Maisie Dobbs in An Incomplete Revenge, the fifth adventure of the unconventional investigator. Investigating suspicious property crimes, Maisie asks questions in the village of …more
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    The Husbands
    by Holly Gramazio
    The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options?
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