Like his thoughtful Verdict of Twelve, Raymond Postgate’s Somebody at the Door serves as both an intriguing puzzle […]
The Plague of Doves, by Louise Erdrich
The Plague of Doves, by Louise Erdrich, didn’t quite make sense to me until I […]
The Lonely Hearts Hotel, by Heather O’Neill
Several critics have written blurbs comparing The Lonely Hearts Hotel, by Heather O’Neill, to Erin Morgenstern’s The […]
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, by Matthew Sullivan
In a strange bit of serendipity, I finished watching Mindhunter on Netflix last night before I […]
The Houseguest, by Kim Brooks
What do we owe one another? This question and some of its variations keep coming […]
The Book of Harlan, by Bernice L. McFadden
When he was born, Harlan’s grandmother described him as lazy. The omniscient narrator hypothesized that […]
The Fortune Teller, by Gwendolyn Womack
Books like The Fortune Teller, by Gwendolyn Womack, makes me seriously wonder whether literary/historical thrillers have […]
The Sworn Virgin, by Kristopher Dukes
In early twentieth century Albania, there is only one way for a woman to live. […]
The Stopping Place, by Helen Slavin
Helen Slavin’s The Stopping Place is a horror novel, at least for women readers. It isn’t […]
After the End of the World, by Jonathan L. Howard
After the universe was “unfolded” at the end of Lovecraft & Carter, Emily Lovecraft and Dan […]