The Fatal Flame, by Lyndsay Faye, is the last book in its series and I […]
A Possible Life, by Sebastian Faulks
Novels like The Years of Rice and Salt and The Incarnations use an idea that I […]
Beastly Bones, by William Ritter
Sometimes when I discover a new book that hits me right in the genres, I […]
The Axeman, by Ray Celestin
Between May 1918 and October 1919, a series of horrific murders terrorized New Orleans. The […]
Girl Waits With Gun, by Amy Stewart
Constance, Norma, and Fleurette Kopp are well on their way to eccentric spinsterhood when local […]
The Sellout, by Paul Beatty
Paul Beatty’s searingly caustic and smart satire, The Sellout, begins with the unnamed narrator about to […]
Secondhand Souls, by Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore’s A Dirty Job introduced us to Charlie Asher, a reluctant Death Merchant, widower, and […]
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 […]
Katrina, by Gary Rivlin
Reading Sheri Fink’s Five Days at Memorial last month has given me a strange fascination for Hurricane Katrina […]