The Heyday of Willie, Duke, and Mickey by Robert C. Cottrell explores the remarkable era of New York City baseball following World War II, when the Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York […]
Sally Rigby’s The Victims of St Just is the eighth installment in her Cornwall Murder Mystery series, featuring Detective Inspector Lauren Pengelly and Detective Sergeant Matt Price. Set against the atmospheric backdrop […]
Set in Oxford in 1901, The Bookbinder’s Secret by A.D. Bell is a historical mystery that combines forbidden love, murder, family secrets, and the fascinating world of bookbinding. At the center of […]
Marc Stuart Connolly’s The News: A Cold War Novel is a tense historical thriller set in 1983, one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War. The story begins when Soviet […]
Obstinate Daughters by Denise Kiernan gave me a very different way of looking at the American Revolution. Instead of telling the story primarily through the familiar Founding Fathers, battles, and political speeches, […]
Sonny Boy is Al Pacino’s memoir, covering his childhood in the Bronx, his difficult early years, his discovery of acting, and his remarkable journey from struggling theater actor to one of Hollywood’s […]
Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere is a compelling family drama about motherhood, privilege, secrets, and the consequences of believing that we know what is best for other people. The story takes place […]
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair appeared on a list of books from each state. Since I live in New Hampshire and hadn’t heard of the book before, I decided to […]
The Carver Affair is the fifth book in Pam Lecky’s Lucy Lawrence Mysteries, moving the series from its familiar Victorian London setting to Dublin in 1894. It combines a murder investigation, missing-person […]
It is very rare that I find a book I am ready to rave about. King Sorrow, however, is a book I will rave about. I loved Stephen King from my pre-teen […]
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