The Priory
The Priory by Dorothy Whipple For Jane Austen fans! Although not as subtle as dear Jane’s works, The Priory, published in 1939, will appeal to many Austen fans. Christine and […]
Someone at a Distance
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple The best birthday gift, a box of books! This pretty box of books is from U.K. based Persephone Books. If you are not […]
Snowdrift
Snowdrift by Helene Tursten In Snowdrift, Embla Nyström, a Detective Inspector with the Gothenburg, Sweden, police force, investigates the deaths of two well-known criminals and a cold case involving a […]
Snow
Snow by John Banville a/k/a Benjamin Black About a decade ago, acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville wrote the first in a series of literary crime novels under the pseudonym Benjamin […]
QE II Mystery Novels
The QE II Novels by S.J. Bennett S.J. Bennett has written four (to date) novels featuring that amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II. As you can imagine, the novels are very […]
Shy
Shy, the Alarmingly Outspoken Memoir of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green Mary Rodgers (1931-2014) was the composer of the musical Once Upon a Mattress, which launched the […]
The Hare with Amber Eyes
The Hare with Amber Eyes, A Family’s Century of Art and Loss by Edmund de Waal Telling the story of the Ephrussis family through their exquisite collection of Japanese netsuke […]
Shanghai Diary
Shanghai Diary by Ursula Bacon For those who wanted out of Nazi Germany in the Spring of 1939, the options were limited, dangerous, and expensive. The only country who had […]
Shady Hollow
Shady Hollow and Cold Clay by Juneau Back Shady Hollow is the first in a mystery series by Juneau Black, the pen name of authors Jocelyn Cole and Sharon Nagel. […]
Save Me the Plums
Save Me the Plums, My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl I hate to cook, but I would gladly have worked at Gourmet magazine under the editorial leadership of Ruth Reichl. […]
Royal Spyness Mysteries
Royal Spyness Mystery Series by Rhys Bowen Having a nasty cold has some drawbacks, but the opportunity to stay in bed all afternoon with deliciously silly mystery is not one […]
Room
Room by Emma Donoghue The premise of Emma Donoghue’s novel, Room, is certainly off-putting. The child of a young woman and her kidnapper is being raised by his mother in […]
Rogues’ Gallery
Rogues’ Gallery by Michael Gross American museums are peculiar institutions. Unlike their counterparts in Europe which are owned by the government or royalty, American museums were founded and funded by […]
Rogue Lawyer
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham His office is an SUV, but he ain’t no Lincoln Lawyer. Mystery readers will get the reference to Michael Connelly’s excellent Lincoln Lawyer series featuring […]
River of the Gods
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard Having read Alan Moorehead’s best-selling books, The Blue Nile and […]