How Hard Can It Be?
How Hard Can It Be? By Allison Pearson One of my favorite novels of 2003 and maybe the entire decade was I Don’t Know How She Does It featuring working […]
Home by Nightfall
Home by Nightfall by Charles Finch With the impenetrable fog and stifling conventions, Victorian London is an irresistible setting for murder mysteries, and the Charles Lenox series by Charles Finch […]
The Illusionist
The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler by Robert Hutton In December of 1940, Colonel Dudley Clarke arrived in Cario as ‘Personal Intelligence Officer (Special Duties)’ […]
The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Society
The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows GLPPS is a charming novel of 1946 London and Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. London based […]
Hide & Seek
Hide & Seek, the Irish Priest in the Vatican Who Defied the Nazi Command by Stephen Walker You know I love a good WWII book! Hide & Seek, the Irish […]
Hero of the Empire
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard Do we really need another biography of Winston Churchill? Well, yes, […]
Hellhound on his Trail
Hellhound on his Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History by Hampton Sides I stumbled across Hellhound on his Trail by accident. Random House sent me […]
Hell Gate
Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein (Book 12) Linda Fairstein’s latest crime novel featuring Alexander Cooper, head of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit in Manhattan, is an easy read. Despite the […]
Heartburn
Heartburn by Nora Ephron If you haven’t read Ephron’s hysterical first novel, a thinly disguised account of her marriage and subsequent divorce from the Washington Post journalist Carl Bernstein, I […]
Good Evening, Mrs. Craven
Good Evening, Mrs. Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes I am always looking for a good Bedside Table Book (BTB), so I was pleased that my pretty box from […]
Gold
Gold by Chris Cleave Kate and Zoe have been competitors in the sport of track cycling for years. At age thirty-two, the women train for their final Olympic Games. The […]
Girl Waits With Gun
Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart Inspired by true events, Girl Waits With Gun is the first work of fiction from Amy Stewart, author of six nonfiction works including […]
The Heir Apparent
The Heir Apparent, A Life of Edward VII, The Playboy Prince by Jane Ridley Royals make the worst parents. Take poor Edward VII or Bertie as he was known to […]
George V
George V, Never a Dull Moment by Jane Ridley George V (1865-1936), grandfather of the current Queen, was not one of England’s liveliest monarchs; he collected stamps. (Apologies to philatelists […]
Peter Robinson Mysteries
Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson If you are unfamiliar with the series of mystery -suspense novels by Peter Robinson, you are in for a treat. There are over […]