The Palace Papers
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor—the Truth and the Turmoil by Tina Brown The Palace Papers by Tina Brown is the latest in a long line of royal […]
The Nine
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin I know what you are thinking– the Supreme Court– yawnsville. Wrong. This fast paced narrative covers the […]
The Mitford Murders
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes With Mitford mania in perpetual bloom, it was only a matter of time before some enterprising author wrote a mystery series featuring the Mitford […]
The Mirror & the Light
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel (Book 3) A novel of the final four years in the life of Thomas Cromwell and the court of Henry VIII, The […]
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal Deathbed wishes (commands) come in many guises. For British-born Punjabi sisters Rajini, Jezmeen, and Shirina, their mother’s last wish […]
The Uninvited Guests
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones It is not often that a book surprises me, but The Uninvited Guests did. At first glance, The Uninvited Guests appears to bea country […]
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan (Book 1) A sub-genre of the English cozy is the Indian cozy, light hearted detective tales set in the subcontinent. Other […]
The Man Who Died Twice
The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman (Book 2) The four crafty seniors from the Coopers Chase retirement village return in the second Thursday […]
The Man Who Ate Too Much
The Man Who Ate Too Much by John Birdsall In 1938, thirty-five-year-old James Beard, college dropout and struggling actor, returned to New York City from his home in Oregon to […]
The Maid
The Maid by Nita Prose Molly is the maid every hotel wishes they had on their payroll. Obsessively tidy, punctual, and methodical, Molly cleans each room at the Regency Grand […]
The Lowland
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri The latest novel from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake, concerns Subhash and Udayan, two brothers growing up […]
The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny (Book 10) Despite her gothic prose, the new Louise Penny is also reliably gratifying. (I have forgiven Penny for her transgressions in The […]
The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Amor Towles’ newest novel, The Lincoln Highway, is an engaging combination of Boys’ Own magazine and Homeric epic, and decidedly different from either of […]
The Library Book
The Library Book by Susan Orlean No surprise–I loved The Library by Susan Orlean. But it is not a typical narrative non-fiction like Orlean’s earlier books. The book’s chapters are […]
The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen I’m always on the lookout for a new mystery series, so I was thrilled when my cousin Harriet suggested the Department Q […]