The Sisters
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell I think I have written about the Mitfords before, but I cannot discuss sister biographies without reference to […]
The Silkworm
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith a/k/a J.K. Rowling BOOK 2 Yeah! Private investigator Cormoran Strike and his assistant Robin Ellacott are back—as I knew they would be. Galbraith’s first novel […]
The Siege
The Siege by Ben Macintyre On the morning of April 30, 1980, six heavily armed young Arab men stormed the Iranian Embassy in London and captured the twenty-six people on […]
Vengeance
Vengeance by Benjamin Black (Book 5) Another atmospheric, literary mystery from Benjamin Black, a/k/a John Banville, the Man Booker Prize-winning Irish novelist. Dour pathologist Quirke and his colleague Detective Inspector […]
A Death in the Small Hours
A Death in the Small Hours by Charles Finch (Book 6) In Finch’s latest novel featuring Victorian gentleman sleuth and Member of Parliament Charles Lenox, Lenox retreats to rural Somerset […]
Dr. Quirke Novels
Dr. Quirke Novels by Benjamin Black Another new to me is the series by Booker Award-winning novelist John Banville writing under the pen name Benjamin Black. I’m not a huge […]
Detective Joe Sandilands
Detective Joe Sandilands Novels by Barbara Cleverly While in NYC I ran across the 8th novel in the Detective Joe Sandilands series by Barbara Cleverly (Strange Images of Death-yummy!) How […]
Bring Up The Bodies
Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Book 2) I loved Bring Up The Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall, winner of the Man Booker Prize. Plenty has been written […]
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore When my friend Ginna gave me this book (non-fiction), I was a bit mystified. Not having read comic books as a […]
The Rosie Project
The Rosie Project by 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 […]