For the past two weeks, I’ve been having Kathleen Gati read me to sleep with […]
Vertigo, by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
According to the note at the end of Vertigo, by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, the two French […]
The Axeman, by Ray Celestin
Between May 1918 and October 1919, a series of horrific murders terrorized New Orleans. The […]
Polar Star, by Martin Cruz Smith
After Arkady Renko’s last case (Gorky Park) ended in a Phyrric victory, he was interned in […]
Girl Waits With Gun, by Amy Stewart
Constance, Norma, and Fleurette Kopp are well on their way to eccentric spinsterhood when local […]
The Girl Who Slept with God, by Val Brelinski
There’s a line from the movie Juno that kept floating through my head as I read […]
The Uninvited, by Cat Winters
Cat Winters’ The Uninvited zipped by so quickly that I was in the last chapters before I […]
Footprints in the Desert, by Maha Akhtar
Maha Akhtar’s Footprints in the Desert had so much potential. T.E. Lawrence makes an appearance and blows […]
Allegiance, by Kermit Roosevelt
In the Author’s Note at the end of Kermit Roosevelt’s Allegiance, Roosevelt writes, “The story of […]
A God in Every Stone, by Kamila Shamsie
When the world is at war or a country is claiming its independence from an […]