Jul 23
Review of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Whitaker offers several interconnected storylines, and while each one individually appealed to me, I felt a growing lack of connection to...
Apr 17
Review of Queens of London by Heather Webb
Queens of London is fascinating historical fiction that explores the gritty underbelly of post-World War I London through the points of...
Feb 14
Review of All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
I didn't feel drawn into this novel of the horrifying serial killing of children of color in a small Virginia community and the...
Aug 10, 2023
Review of Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy
David Joy's mystery, Those We Thought We Knew, set in the North Carolina mountains, explores issues of racism, corruption, generational...
Dec 22, 2022
Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan
I was intrigued by the issues raised in Blackwater Falls--police corruption, racial conflict, religious fervor and faith, secret...
May 12, 2022
Review of We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
In We Are Not Like Them, Pride and Piazza dig into a friendship of opposites, conflicts around race, and a police shooting, creating a...