A Bitter Feast is a much anticipated addition to the Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James series. Fans of Louise Penny and Tana French will love the tightly-wound, yet twisting plots of these addictive mysteries. The series centers around Scotland Yard …
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In her newest work of historical fiction, Talia Carner tells a story based on little-known true events and certainly one that I’d never heard about before diving into this book. The novel revolves around Batya, a young Jewish woman fleeing …
Story: The notorious Lusitania is leaving New York City and despite many warnings of German U-boat activity, is heading toward a continent at war. The newly-wealthy Ms. Caroline Telfair Hochstetter boards the boat reluctantly, but hopes the trip across the sea …
As a Minnesotan and a reader, I felt like I definitely needed to read a Lorna Landvik novel. Not only is she a writer, but she’s also a comedian whose shtick is Minnesotan humor. Clearly something I need to check …
Kassandra Montag’s debut novel After the Flood takes place around a century after floods have covered the planet and most of the land is under water. In this new post-apocalyptic world, people survive in small land colonies, on ships, or …
Bruised, broken, lost. Confined to a room in the middle of nowhere with no hope of escaping on your own. Everyone around you seems to be preparing for something. Something big. Something dangerous. And there’s nothing you can do to …
I had to take a little time to let my thoughts marinate after reading A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit. It was not a book that had been recommended to me, nor was it sitting on my …
Story: A split narrative, The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul follows Maria Romanov as her family is placed under house arrest and subsequently dismantled. She finds herself forced to place her trust in one of the guards assigned to the family in …
The Hound of Justice is the second installment in the Janet Watson Chronicles, a variation of Sherlock Holmes with a modern-day twist. In the first book of the series, A Study in Honor, we met the series’ protagonist, Janet Watson. …
Ever since Joli reviewed Leah Franqui’s novel America for Beginners last summer, I knew I wanted to read it. I was so excited to get the opportunity to participate in the current TLC Book Tour for the paperback release. Pival …