Patrick O’Hara, sort-of-retired television star, is living an uneventful, solitary life at his pristine Palm Springs home when tragedy strikes: his sister-in-law (and dear friend) dies young, and her children, ages 6 and 9, have to come live with him for the summer. The only problem: Patrick does not do kids, let alone two who…
Looking for a psychological thriller with a mystery you won’t be able to solve? Try Possession by Katie Lowe. I was hooked after the first two pages! Author Katie Lowe This whodunit starts with a murder, which the police attribute to a burglary gone wrong. A young man named Michael Philips is convicted and sent to prison. …
When 10-year-old Fish shoots the abusive father of his best friend Bread, the two boys go on the run in a vast forest outside the small northern Wisconsin town of Claypot. Four adults have gone after them: Cal, the sheriff, a recent transplant from Texas; Teddy, Fish's grandpa, a tough Korean War vet and farmer;…
Ruth Tuttle has achieved what looks like success: an engineering degree from Yale, a good job at a Chicago consumer-goods company, and an equally successful, charming husband. She has come a long way from her modest roots in Ganton, Indiana. What people don’t see, though, is that she left a child behind in Indiana when…
Are you a fan of the British royal family? Love to read the latest on what’s happening with the House of Windsor? Here are a couple books for you! HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style by Elizabeth Holmes In this beautifully designed book, fashion reporter Elizabeth Holmes breaks down the wardrobe choices of four…
The very first line of this book asks the question, “What is a soul?” With that, the reader knows right away that reading this book is going to be an introspective kind of journey. Our guide, the narrator, is a thirty-something interfaith chaplain who works the night shift at a medical center. The book describes…
On American Indian reservations, where felony crimes are often not prosecuted by the federal authorities, tribal members resort to their own justice in the form of hired vigilantes. Virgil Wounded Horse is one of those vigilantes on the Rosebud Reservation in North Dakota, where he is a member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation. When Virgil…
What if it turned out that the people who are supposed to be superheroes are doing more harm than good? And what if villains aren’t entirely evil? These are the questions posed in Hench, the fabulous new book from Natalie Zina Walschots, a Canadian poet and journalist. The main character, Anna, is a temp worker…
At the Coopers Chase Luxury Retirement Village, four intrepid retirees have formed the Thursday Murder Club – each week they gather to discuss and solve local cold cases. But trouble is brewing in their bucolic countryside village, and soon the pensioners have not one but two current murders to solve when the owner of the…
Saving Ruby King is a powerful story about family, the pull of history, the power of friendship, and church culture in the Black community on Chicago’s South Side. Ruby King and her mother, Alice, have been beaten by their alcoholic father and husband for years. When Alice is found murdered in her home, her homegoing…
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