Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Of all the famous gangsters of the 1920s, the men behind the murders […]
Just One Evil Act
Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George The aristocratic D.I. Thomas Linley and the slightly grubby Det. Sgt. Barbara Havers make an unusual but highly effective investigative team, but in […]
Just Mercy
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Before the feature film Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan, before the HBO documentary True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality, before the TED talk […]
Junkyard Planet
Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter Do you know what happens to your old Christmas tree lights? They are shipped in a container to a scrap-metal processor in southern China […]
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery If you wondered why you studied Liberal Arts in college rather than something more practical like engineering or ceramics, the French novel […]
Crossing to Safety
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner With so many new books to read, it is rare that I re-read a novel. However, for the second time in twenty years, I […]
Indian Summer
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire by Alex Von Tunzelmann After reading The White Tiger a few months ago, I became interested in Indian history, […]
In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming Despite the fact we are back to school in Nashville, it is still much too hot for serious fiction. What is required during […]
I Will Find You
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben During a rare prison visit, David Burroughs’ sister tells him that she spotted Burroughs’ young son in a friend’s vacation photos. As Burroughs […]
Grant
Grant by Ron Chernow I raced through this book rather like um, Sherman through Georgia! At a daunting 900 plus pages, the biggest challenge is picking it up! Prior to […]