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 […]
The Dry
The Dry by Jane Harper The Dry, a first novel by Jane Harper, takes place in a small, rain starved farm community in Australia. Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to […]
The Dinosaur Feather
The Dinosaur Feather by S.J. Gazan My friend Paula introduced me to a new Scandinavian murder mystery The Dinosaur Feather, a first novel by Danish author S.J. Gazan which won […]
The Diary of a Bookseller
The Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell In 2001, Shaun Bythell bought a second-hand bookshop in Wigtown, a tiny town located on a peninsula […]
The Cut-Out Girl
The Cut-Out Girl by Bart van Es In 2014, Bart van Es, a professor of English Literature at Oxford University, visits his father’s foster sister, Lien, in Amsterdam. Lien is […]
The Curse of Pietro Houdini
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller In the early days of the Allied invasion of Italy in WWII, 14-year-old orphan Massimo takes refuge in the Benedictine abbey […]
The Cuckoo’s Calling
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (Book 1) The Cuckoo’s Calling is a traditional detective story from Robert Galbraith a/k/a J.K. Rowling featuring a down on his luck private investigator […]
The Crown in Crisis
The Crown in Crisis, Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman I was disappointed in The Crown in Crisis, Countdown to the Abdication, a day-by-day account of the last month […]
The Cookbook Collector
The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman Inspired by Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility, The Cookbook Collector is the story of the Bach (Dashwood) sisters who work and reside in pre […]
The Coffee Trader
The Coffee Trader by David Liss The Coffee Trader is an “historical financial thriller” which sounds impossibly dull, but is not. The novel takes place in 1659 Amsterdam, a bustling […]
The Churchills in Love and War
The Churchills in Love and War by Mary S. Lovell From the time that war hero the Duke of Marlborough built Blenheim Palace in 1704, the Churchill family has occupied […]
The Churchill Sisters
The Churchill Sisters by Rachel Trethewey Without question, Winston Churchill was one of the great statesmen of the 20thC, but as a parent, less great. This is somewhat understandable as […]
The Burgess Boys
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout I loved this book, which is surprising since I couldn’t finish Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Olive Kitteridge. Partially set in gloomy as ever Maine, […]
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman I do not read romance novels, but I made an exception for The Bookish Life of Nina Hill as (1) my […]
The Bolter
The Bolter by Frances Osborne A bolter, as readers of the novels of Nancy Mitford know, refers not to a horse, but rather an unconventional (or wicked) woman who leaves […]