The Best of Everything
The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe Of all the things I missed during the darkest days of the pandemic, browsing in a bookstore was near the top. The “suggested […]
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman If you are a Bridgerton or Georgette Heyer fan, then you will enjoy The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, a Regency […]
The Barbizon
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren When I moved to New York City in 1983, I had a thrilling new job but no place to […]
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 Deadly Butter Chicken
The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall (Book 3) In the third of the excellent Vish Puri series, India’s Most Private Investigator finds himself immersed in the […]
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 […]
The All of It
The All of It by Jeannette Haien The All of It is the 145 page novel famously rescued from the dust bin by author Ann Patchett. Well, not literally the […]
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians edited by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney James Patterson, best known for his prodigious output of thrillers, is also an […]