Author: elizabeth

Calling Invisible Women

Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray One morning former journalist and unenthusiastic gardening columnist Clover Hobart finds herself inexplicably invisible. Not just unnoticed, a state familiar to all females over […]

The Case of the Missing Servant

The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall (Book 1) Vish Puri, known to close friends and family as Chubby, is a portly, Punjabi private investigator in Delhi.  In […]

Night Watch

Night Watch by Linda Fairstein (Book 14) Fairstein’s well-oiled formula is crime solving amid the historical, political, or cultural landscape of NYC (entertaining and educational.) In Night Watch, Alexandra Cooper, […]

Seating Arrangements

Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead There is no such thing as a wedding without its share of minor or major catastrophes. Winn Van Meter’s daughter’s wedding has both. In this […]

Blood in the Water

Blood in the Water by Jane Haddam (book 27 of 30) Jane Haddam’s latest novel featuring ex-FBI agent turned private investigator Gregor Demarkian is enjoyable, but not her best work. […]

Believing the Lie

Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George I have (almost) forgiven Elizabeth George for killing one of my favorite characters a few books ago. And when I read her latest Inspector […]

Gone Tomorrow

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child See Jack visit Manhattan. See Jack enjoy fine cuisine; see Jack shop on Madison Avenue. See pigs fly. This is not Jack Reacher’s Manhattan. Most […]

The Confidence Men

The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox It all started with a homemade Ouija board. In an isolated WW I prisoner-of-war camp in Yozgad, Central Anatolia, British prisoner Harry Jones, a […]

The Appeal

The Appeal by Janice Hallett The Appeal, an epistolary novel, opens with a memo from a lawyer asking two of his colleagues to review a case file. “It is best […]