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The Collected Regrets of Clover: A Novel
by Mikki Brammer
a moving, thought-provoking and uplifting debut novel (7/9/2023)
The Collected Regrets Of Clover is the first novel by Australian-born author, Mikki Brammer. As a New York City death doula, thirty-six-year-old Clover Brooks has held a lot of dying hands; she’s listened to a lot of last words and, as a mark of respect, noted down regrets,more
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel
by Tom Hanks
more than one string to his bow. (7/6/2023)
4.5?s
The Making Of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece is the first novel by award-winning American actor, film-maker and author, Tom Hanks. There are no prizes for guessing what the book is about. Freelance journalist and reviewer, Joe Shaw is invited by successfulmore
Her Deadly Game
by Robert Dugoni
Another excellent read from the master of the legal thriller. (3/16/2023)
Her Deadly Game is a stand-alone novel by award-winning, best-selling American author, Robert Dugoni. When Keera Duggan takes on the LaRussa murder case, she’s only been with the family firm, Patrick Duggan & Associates for a year, and she’s never defended a murder case.more
Dear Mrs. Bird: A Novel
by AJ Pearce
outstanding debut novel (3/4/2023)
Dear Mrs Bird is the first book in the Emmy Lake Chronicles series. A slightly vague job advertisement and a desperate desire to be a journalist: these are what lead twenty-two-year-old Emmeline Lake to quit her position with Strawman’s Solicitors and sign on as a Juniormore
Killers of a Certain Age
by Deanna Raybourn
a very entertaining read, (3/2/2023)
“’I wasn’t expecting that. I should have stretched first.’ The truth was, it had been some time since I’d wrapped myself like a pretzel around someone I was trying to kill, to say nothing of choking someone out. It’s more a matter of leverage than brute strength, but youmore
Old God's Time: A Novel
by Sebastian Barry
a beautifully written, intensely affecting read. (2/23/2023)
Old God’s Time is a stand-alone novel by award-winning Irish author, Sebastian Barry. Now nine months retired after forty years in the Gardai, Tom Kettle lives in the Annex Flat of Queenstown Castle on Dalkey Island. His existence is fairly solitary, frugal andmore
The Dictionary of Lost Words
by Pip Williams
brilliant debut (2/18/2023)
“Some words stretched so far back in time that our modern understanding of them was nothing more than an echo of the original, a distortion. I used to think it was the other way around, that the misshapen words of the past were clumsy drafts of what they would become; thatmore
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
by Lisa Unger
A page turner (2/12/2023)
4.5?s
“What’s interesting is the families that pretend to be happy, that have a carefully constructed facade, just barely propped up by secrets and lies. One breath and it all falls down.”

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six is the twentieth novel by award-winning, best-sellingmore
The Kind Worth Killing
by Peter Swanson
brilliant crime thriller (1/5/2023)
The Kind Worth Killing is the first book in the Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner series by award-winning American author, Peter Swanson. On his way back to Boston from London, Ted Severson is still stewing about his wife’s recently-discovered infidelity. Flight delayed, he’s inmore
Less Is Lost: Arthur Less Book #2
by Andrew Sean Greer
entertaining and enjoyable (12/15/2022)
Less Is Lost is the sequel to Pulitzer-winning novel, Less. It’s when Less and Freddy have been together nine months, our favourite Minor American Novelist has completed his first novel and is on his way to give a lecture when two calls derail his day: his agent has linedmore
Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel
by Kevin Wilson
a marvellous coming-of-age tal (12/14/2022)
4.5?s
“I had wanted people to care, to notice, but I hadn’t wanted them to put their own hands all over it, to try to claim it. But how do you stop something like that? You just tried to make more of it so you didn’t lose your claim to what was inside of you.”

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The Marriage Portrait: A novel
by Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell never disappoints. (12/3/2022)
“Vitelli looked at Lucrezia for a long moment. His eyes travelled from her hair, divided down the centre, to her temples, to her eyes, cheeks, neck, arms, hands. Lucrezia quailed, trembling. She felt like a floor being swept by a brush, again and again.”

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The Bullet That Missed: Thursday Murder Club Mysteries #3
by Richard Osman
Very entertaining! (10/30/2022)
The Bullet That Missed is the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series by British TV presenter, producer, director, and novelist, Richard Osman. Back in 2013, TV journalist Bethany Waites was about to crack wide open a massive case of VAT fraud when her car went offmore
Demon Copperhead: A Novel
by Barbara Kingsolver
Moving and thought-provoking: a wonderful read. (10/27/2022)
Demon Copperhead is the ninth novel by award-winning best-selling American author, Barbara Kingsolver. It’s in August of his eleventh year that life falls apart for Damon Fields. Despite his inauspicious beginning and life in a double-wide trailer with his single mother,more
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
entertaining and enjoyable (9/3/2022)
Less is the first novel in the Less series by award-winning best-selling American author, Andrew Sean Greer. Quickly approaching fifty, Arthur Less is dismayed to be invited to the wedding of a former lover. Attending is out of the question: Arthur Less devises a “catsmore
Shrines of Gaiety: A Novel
by Kate Atkinson
Superlative historical fiction. (9/2/2022)
“The war was history, and history didn’t interest Freda, she’d had no part in it. She was vibrant with the present and hungry for the future.”

Shrines Of Gaiety is the fifth stand-alone novel by award-winning, best-selling British author Kate Atkinson. It’s in the latemore
Dark Horse: Orphan X #7
by Gregg Hurwitz
Entertaining action drama. (8/2/2022)
Dark Horse is the seventh book in the Orphan X series by best-selling American author, Gregg Hurwitz. Evan Smoak is busy restoring his refuge on the twenty-first floor of the Castle Heights Residential Tower to its former pristine state when he gets a call for the NOWHEREmore
The It Girl
by Ruth Ware
A gripping thriller. (7/29/2022)
4.5?s
The It Girl is the seventh novel by best-selling British author, Ruth Ware. When Hannah Jones arrives at Pelham College in October 2011 to begin her three years at Oxford, the last thing she expects is to be part of a group of six funny, clever students, but sharing amore
Two Nights in Lisbon: A Novel
by Chris Pavone
definitely a page-turner (5/9/2022)
Two Nights In Lisbon is the fifth novel by best-selling American author, Chris Pavone. When Ariel Pryce wakes up alone in a Lisbon hotel on a July Monday morning, she expects to find her (ten years younger) husband of three months in the dining room having breakfast. Shemore
French Braid: A novel
by Anne Tyler
Wonderful, as always! (4/23/2022)
“So this is how it works. This is what families do for each other - hide a few uncomfortable truths, allow a few self-deceptions. Little kindnesses. And little cruelties.”

French Braid is the twenty-fourth novel by best-selling, award-winning American author, Anne Tyler. Themore

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