“The characters in A Forty Year Kiss are realistic, and many of the scenes are quite well-written, but the story itself falls short of feeling true to life.”
“Raybourn’s reliably skillful plot twists and nimble writing, along with dialogue that should have a warning label (about choking with laughter), make this one of the liveliest crime novels
“One Good Thing is a fast-paced, thrilling story of the survival of a Jewish woman and child on the run in Italy amidst the terror of the Nazi occupation.”
Origin Stories by Corinna Vallianatos is a collection of fictional stories highlighting an array of women characters and the people in their lives, in various moments of their marriages, f
“a phenomenal book, the conclusion to a magnificent trilogy as well-written and psychologically powerful as the Regeneration Trilogy, which raised Barker’s stature more than three decades a
In her debut novel, Blue Light Hours, Bruna Dantas Lobato, a translator whose short stories have been widely published in notable publications, tells the story of a young, relatively poor
“a beautiful blend of reality and the paranormal, a fresh way of looking at life and a guide to moving beyond guilt and sorrow into a world where hope and light are possible.”
“In those years, the hardest of my childhood, Echo felt like a kindred spirit. I memorized her lines in slugger 8. I practiced her stance on the field in the mirror.
“For heaven’s sake, what kind of a nitwit parks in a marked space that doesn’t belong to them?” Charlotte fumes as she spies a car in Patricia Walker’s private parking slot.
“Fraught with anger and dissatisfaction, yet clinging to hope, Liars starts out as a choppy, annoying read but gradually becomes morosely fascinating.”
