Feb 4, 2019
Review of The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
Hawker brings to life a quiet existence in the German countryside set against a background of the unpredictable violence and destruction...
Jan 4, 2019
Review of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird
Bird does an excellent job of keeping up the tension and making clear the high stakes of Williams’s enormous secret in this story, which...
Feb 11, 2018
Review of Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
I love how Strout interlinks characters, backgrounds, and stories so gracefully, yet also allows them to stand on their own. As soon as I...
Nov 1, 2017
Review of The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper
Harper's small-town Australia dark secrets and twists and turns have me totally hooked.
Mar 31, 2017
Review of All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
I loved suspending my disbelief for Mastai's fascinating story of time travel, alternate realities, love, loss, humor, and bravery.
Nov 25, 2016
Review of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
Wow. The positive elements of the story don't come easily, and this makes them even more powerful. This is an unlikely love story with a...
Aug 28, 2016
Review of Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Crouch's story is a fascinating blend of action-packed and poignant. Just settle in and prepare to roll with this--it keeps you hooked.
Oct 2, 2015
Review of Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
I only wished this were longer so I could spend more time in Sheldon's head and in his company. I adored it.
Dec 2, 2013
Review of Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
The landscape is vividly evoked, the characters feel faulted and real, and the story is compelling.
Jul 2, 2009
Review of The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad #2) by Tana French
The setup is so incredibly implausible, but I jumped in headfirst and gleefully suspended my disbelief. I still think about this one over a