It’s a sequel to the book that started Mary Higgins Clark’s rise to fame as the “Queen of Suspense.” The premise to Where Are the Children Now? was a collaboration between Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke prior to Clark’s passing in 2020. Themes from the bestselling Where Are the Children are repeated nearly 50…
Endpapers: a novel by Jennifer Savran Kelly may change your mind about the meaning of freedom in America. The setting of the novel is New York in 2003. Two years after the 9/11 attacks, the city is in political turmoil as America fights its War on Terrorism. 2003 is also the year the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the…
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi was refreshingly different, a twisting blend of gothic, fairy tale, magical realism, with scintillating, lyrical prose, a hauntingly seductive setting, and intriguing characters. “The Bridegroom” (his name is never given) meets the woman of his dreams, Indigo, in the Hotel de Castenada. She is the wealthy owner of…
According to Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich “Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” Many readers travel vicariously through books. Perhaps you have dreamt of visiting the rugged wilderness of Alaska. This is the setting of An Unforgiving Place by Claire Kells, the second book in the National Parks Mystery series. The Gates of the Arctic National Park…
Move over Yenta and Dolly Levi - make room for Sara Glikman the lovable shadchan in The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman. This novel of magical romance and familial love is a perfect fit for the holiday season. A mix of historical and contemporary fiction, it is also an opportunity to learn some of…
Reading The House in the Orchard by Elizabeth Brooks took me back to two of my favorite classics. Maude, a character you will both love and hate, is a flawed heroine reminiscent of both Estella Havisham from Dickens’ Great Expectations and Bronte’s Jane Eyre. This Gothic tale of tragedy and transformation has intense emotion, terror, pleasure, death, romance, and eerie ghostly…
The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling, the steamy follow-up to The Ex Hex, is the perfect read before Halloween if you like funny, witchy romances! Both Sterling novels are set in the quaint Georgia town of Graves Glen, known for its incredible Founders Day, aka Halloween, celebrations and Penhaven College. What most of the townspeople don’t know is…
With high-tech suspense and intricate plotting – it’s time for enigmalogist Jeremy Logan to save the day and prevent a thousand people from dying in Chrysalis by Lincoln Child. Logan is not an expert in virtual reality, but when he is called to help find the extortionist who has already killed one board member and…
Her red torso, decorated with tattoos, is attached to a large powerful tail covered with shimmering black and silver scales. Her head is covered in black dreadlocks infested with various types of sea creatures. When Black fisherman David sees her peeking from the waves near the rocks off Murder Bay, he has no idea of…
For seven weeks the internet was deluged with news of a famous defamation trial which started after accusations of domestic abuse. Regardless of the verdict, it is clear that domestic abuse can be a difficult crime to prove or unprove. Who is to be believed, the accused or accuser? It may seem baffling that…
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