Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney On New Year’s Eve 1984 in New York City, octogenarian Lillian Boxfish has an early dinner at neighborhood restaurant. After dinner, she suddenly decides to walk from Murray Hill downtown to Delmonico’s restaurant for a nightcap. Clad in a mink ... [Continue Reading]
Mystery Medley
Mystery Medley Home by Harlan Coben Home is the eleventh novel in Coben’s fast-paced series featuring the amiable former college basketball player Myron Bolitar and his sinister sometime sidekick Win. As Home opens, the partners receive a tip that one of two boys kidnapped ten years ago and ... [Continue Reading]
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan A sub genre of the English cozy is the Indian cozy, light hearted detective tales set in the subcontinent. Other than references to the terrible traffic and the appearance of the occasional beggar, the stresses of modern Indian life are ... [Continue Reading]
by Graeme Simsion
If you are looking for a romantic comedy, look no further than The Rosie Project by Australian author Graeme Simsion. After many years of contented singledom, methodical professor of genetics Dr. Don Tillman decides he needs a wife. But rather than depend on traditional match making methods, ... [Continue Reading]
Books for the Guest Room
Books for the Guest Room Tis the season for overnight guests! In addition to a variety of pillows and good lighting, you can make your guests feel extra special by offering a selection of reading material in the guest room. Here are five books which offer something for everyone. Escape ... [Continue Reading]
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, the author of Rules of Civility, is a stylishly crafted novel of mystery, romance, humor, and history. In 1922, a Bolshevik tribunal sentences Russian aristocrat Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov to house arrest in the venerable Hotel Metropol located in the ... [Continue Reading]
NCN Book Club Reading List 2017
NCN Book Club Reading List 2017 For those of you who read along with my book club, below are our selections for this year. We tried to “lighten up” for 2017, but I’m not sure we entirely succeeded! A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Wilson Bettyville by ... [Continue Reading]
Home Sales November 2016
HOME SALES November 2016 Not everyone was just talking turkey last month. Plenty of Davidson and Williamson County residents were buying homes and paying more for them than last November-- 13% more in Davidson and 16% more in Williamson. Whew! Single Family Home Sales Davidson County November ... [Continue Reading]
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman It is not too late to indulge in a final bit of escape fiction before you launch into your serious Fall reads. For this last gasp of summer, I recommend the utterly charming novel, A Man Called Ove by Swedish author Fredrik Backman. Ove is a curmudgeonly ... [Continue Reading]
The Strangler Vine by M. J. Carter
The Strangler Vine and The Infidel Stain by M.J. Carter In the tradition of Holmes and Watson, Jeremiah Blake, a cynical ex-employee of the British East India Company and William Avery, a young soldier, are the sleuths in M. J. Carter’s series of Victorian mysteries. The first novel, The ... [Continue Reading]