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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
Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic
by Alice Hoffman
Fans of the genre and this series will be enchanted, (4/21/2021)
“To any man who ever loves an Owens, let this curse befall you, let your fate lead to disaster, let you be broken in body and soul, and may it be that you never recover.”

Magic Lessons is a prequel in Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic series. The curse that fosters angst inmore
The Rules of Magic
by Alice Hoffman
Another charming read (4/11/2021)
The Rules of Magic is a prequel in Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic series. It is June 1960 when the Owens siblings, Frances, Bridget and Vincent, leave New York to spend summer for the first time with their Aunt Isabelle in the Magnolia Street house in Massachusetts. Theirmore
Under Pressure: Lucas Page #2
by Robert Pobi
Excellent crime fiction (3/22/2021)
Under Pressure is the second book in the Lucas Page series by Canadian author, Robert Pobi. When an explosion at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum incinerates over seven hundred people, while leaving the building largely intact, Dr Lucas Page is unsure what he can offer tomore
City of Windows: A Lucas Page Novel
by Robert Pobi
First-rate crime fiction. (3/16/2021)
City of Windows is the first book in the Lucas Page series by Canadian author, Robert Pobi. When an FBI agent is shot in his car on a Manhattan street during a snow-storm, Brett Kehoe, Special Agent in Charge of Manhattan, insists on analysis of the scene by Dr Lucas Page.more
Raft of Stars
by Andrew J. Graff
An outstanding debut novel. (3/15/2021)
Raft of Stars is the first novel by American author, Andrew. J. Graff. Fish and Bread are on the run. Fish (sort-of-accidentally) shot Bread’s dad (a nasty, violent alcoholic), and they don’t want to go to jail or foster care. Bread leaves a note for Fish’s grandpa on hismore
Prodigal Son: Orphan X #6
by Gregg Hurwitz
More please, Mr Hurwitz! (3/2/2021)
Prodigal Son is the sixth book in the Orphan X series by best-selling American author, Gregg Hurwitz. Now retired from his Nowhere Man role, Evan Smoak is disturbed by a persistent caller: “Evan, it’s your mother.”

He’s highly sceptical, but ultimately, can’t resistmore
This Tender Land: A Novel
by William Kent Krueger
a wonderfully uplifting read. (2/23/2021)
“Lying on my blanket beside Albert, I was happy to have him for a brother, though I had no intention of telling him so. I didn’t always understand him, and I knew that, more often than not, I was a bafflement to him as well, but the heart isn’t the logical organ of the body,more
And Now She's Gone
by Rachel Howzell Hall
A clever and brilliantly twisty page-turner. (2/20/2021)
“Gray knew firsthand about men who could turn charm on and off like a beer tap. Love letters and expensive sea salt caramels one day, spit-flecked lips and bugged eyes two weeks later.”

And Now She’s Gone is a novel by best-selling, award-winning American author, Rachelmore
The Survivors: A Novel
by Jane Harper
brilliantly-plotted piece of Australian crime fiction (2/1/2021)
The Survivors is the fourth novel by award-winning Australian author, Jane Harper. When Keiran Elliott returns to his small Tasmanian hometown of Evelyn Bay to help his parents pack up their house, not everyone is pleased to see him. While everybody knows what happenedmore
Dear Child
by Romy Hausmann
A gripping and thought-provoking read. (1/14/2021)
Dear Child is the third novel by best-selling German author, Romy Hausmann. It’s a hit-and-run car accident that brings unconscious Lena and her daughter, Hannah, to the hospital emergency department in Cham. As Lena is treated, Sister Ruth talks to Hannah. What she learnsmore
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett
What a wonderful read!! (12/12/2020)
The Dutch House is the seventh novel by NYT best-selling American author, Ann Patchett. It had been Danny’s childhood home. Cyril Conroy had bought the incredible Dutch House, there in small-town Pennsylvania, in 1946 for his young family: his wife Elna, and five-year-oldmore
The Butterfly Lampshade
by Aimee Bender
a brilliant read (12/10/2020)
The Butterfly Lampshade is the third novel by NYT best-selling American author, Aimee Bender. Francie is just eight years old when her mother Elaine has a psychotic episode that lands her in hospital. Even at this tender age, Francie is ever-vigilant for the tiny changesmore

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