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The Unsinkable Greta James: A Novel
by Jennifer E. Smith
funny, moving, heart-warming and uplifting. (2/27/2022)
The Unsinkable Greta James is a novel by best-selling American author, Jennifer E. Smith. It is literally the last place Greta James wants to be: on a cruise ship off the coast of Alaska. Her mother had planned the week-long cruise as a celebration of forty years ofmore
The Midnight Hour: Brighton Mysteries #6
by Elly Griffiths
This is addictive historical crime fiction. (1/22/2022)
The Midnight Hour is the sixth book in The Brighton Mysteries series by British author, Elly Griffiths. When elderly impresario Bert Billington’s youngest son, Aaron suggests to the Brighton Police that his mother, former variety dancer, Verity Malone poisoned her husband,more
Now You See Them: Magic Men Mysteries #5
by Elly Griffiths
Excellent historical crime fiction, once again. (1/16/2022)
Now You See Them is the fifth book in the Stephens and Mephisto Mystery series (now apparently titled The Brighton Mysteries) by British author, Elly Griffiths. It is set over ten years after the events of The Vanishing Box. DI Bob Willis and Superintendent Edgar Stephensmore
Cast Iron: An Enzo Macleod Investigation #6
by Peter May
Enjoyable crime fiction (11/19/2021)
4.5?s
Cast Iron is the sixth book in the Enzo Macleod Investigation series by Scottish journalist, screenwriter and author, Peter May. After refreshing himself on the details of Roger Raffin’s sixth cold case with him, Enzo heads in the direction of Bordeaux to meet themore
The Blood Card: Magic Men Mysteries
by Elly Griffiths
excellent historical crime fiction (10/14/2021)
The Blood Card is the third book in the Stephens and Mephisto Mystery series by British author, Elly Griffiths. It’s May, 1953 and the former Magic Men are busy with their lives; DI Edgar Stephens is investigating the death of gypsy fortune-teller, Madame Zabini (Doreenmore
Last Girl Ghosted: A Novel
by Lisa Unger
A guaranteed page-turner. (10/10/2021)
“Once you ditch that phone, everything that you think tethers you to your life will fall away. Cash. A burner phone. A map—a real paper map!—marked where she should stop for gas, to spend the night. Places that took cash, that didn’t have cameras. It’s not forever, he toldmore
Oh William!: Amgash Series #3
by Elizabeth Strout
another powerful read (10/1/2021)
Oh William! is the third novel in the Amgash series by best-selling, Pulitzer Prize winning American author, Elizabeth Strout. Not long widowed and still very much grieving her second husband, David Abramson, Lucy Barton relates recent events in the life of her firstmore
These Toxic Things
by Rachel Howzell Hall
brilliant crime fiction (9/28/2021)
These Toxic Things is the seventh novel by American author, Rachel Howzell Hall. Twenty-four-year-old Michaela Lambert is a digital archaeologist for the Memory Bank, and her latest client is Nadia Denham. Nadia’s Memory Bank will be a digital collection of those things shemore
When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky
by Margaret Verble
Entertaining and thought-provoking historical fiction. (9/25/2021)
When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky is the third novel by American Pulitzer Prize finalist, Margaret Verble. It’s 1926 and Cherokee horse diver Two Feathers is performing at Glendale Park and Zoo near Nashville, Tennessee, regularly sending money home to her family at Themore
Blowback: Enzo Files Series
by Peter May
an enjoyable read (9/20/2021)
Blow Back is the fifth book in the Enzo Macleod Investigation series by Scottish journalist, screenwriter and author, Peter May. Having achieved more than the French police had managed to with four of Roger Raffin’s cold cases, Enzo Macleod heads to the auberge at Saint-more
False Witness
by Karin Slaughter
a brilliant read as always (9/10/2021)
False Witness is the fourth stand-alone novel by best-selling American author, Karin Slaughter. Leigh Collier has only worked for mega legal firm, Bradley, Canfield and Marks since COVID shut down her sole practice a year ago, so she’s surprised to get a call from partnermore
The Man Who Died Twice: Thursday Murder Club Mysteries #2
by Richard Osman
Hugely entertaining (9/9/2021)
The Man Who Died Twice is the second book in the Thursday Murder Club series by British TV presenter, producer, director, and novelist, Richard Osman. After the excitement of all the recent murders, things have calmed down at Coopers Chase retirement village, but Joycemore
The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman
a perfect mix of cosy crime fiction and British humour (9/4/2021)
The Thursday Murder Club is the first book in the series of the same title by British TV presenter, producer, director, and novelist, Richard Osman. When builder, property developer and drug dealer, Tony Curran is bludgeoned to death in his kitchen, the members of themore
Apples Never Fall
by Liane Moriarty
A perfect mix of humour, heartache and drama, (9/3/2021)
Apples Never Fall is the ninth novel by best-selling Australian author, Liane Moriarty. When sixty-nine-year-old Joy Delaney goes missing on Valentine’s Day after a garbled text message to her four children, they are understandably concerned, especially as certain things (more
Anything Is Possible: Amgash Series #2
by Elizabeth Strout
another powerful read (8/19/2021)
Anything Is Possible is the second novel in the Amgash series by best-selling American author, Elizabeth Strout. There was, in Lucy Barton’s memoir, mention of a number of people whose lives intersected with her own when she lived in Amgash. Their recollections of themore
My Name Is Lucy Barton: Amgash Series #1
by Elizabeth Strout
Powerful and ultimately uplifting. (7/25/2021)
“It interests me how we find ways to feel superior to another person, another group of people. It happens everywhere, and all the time. Whatever we call it, I think it’s the lowest part of who we are, this need to find someone else to put down.”

My Name Is Lucy Barton is themore
Freeze Frame: The Fourth of the Enzo Files
by Peter May
addictive crime fiction (7/7/2021)
Freeze Frame is the fourth book in the Enzo Macleod Investigation series by Scottish journalist, screenwriter and author, Peter May. When Enzo arrives on Ile de Grois to investigate a fourth cold case from Roger Raffin’s book, he is dismayed to see that, due to a localmore
Blacklight Blue: The Third Enzo Files
by Peter May
dramatic climax (6/17/2021)
Blacklight Blue is the third book in the Enzo Macleod Investigation series by Scottish journalist, screenwriter and author, Peter May. It all happens very quickly: a nasty prognosis from his oncologist, an attempt on his daughter Kirsty’s life, then he and Kirsty are mugged,more
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
Brilliantly funny, clever and original sci-fi. (4/28/2021)
“Am I barreling toward the sun, or away from it? It’s almost academic. I’m either on a collision course with the sun or on my way out to deep space with no hope of returning. Or, I might be headed in the sun’s general direction, but not on a collision course. If that’s themore
The Critic: The Second of the Enzo Files
by Peter May
page turner (4/25/2021)
The Critic is the second book in the Enzo Macleod Investigation series by Scottish journalist, screenwriter and author, Peter May. The prospect of raising funds for his new forensic department at the university where he teaches biology spurs former forensics expert Enzomore

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