In 1932, a scientist flipped a switch on a device without quite knowing what it […]
The Spies of Shilling Lane, by Jennifer Ryan
After the heavy reading I’ve been doing lately, I needed something a bit lighter. A […]
After the Party, by Cressida Connolly
Reading so often means judging. Not only do we determine whether or not we like […]
The Alice Network, by Kate Quinn
The beginning and the end of Kate Quinn’s thrilling The Alice Network seem like two […]
The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted, by Robert Hillman
Tom Hope is a good man. He is kind. He is reliable. Unfortunately, he is […]
All Ships Follow Me, by Mieke Eerkens
Mieke Eerken’s family is in the unique position of being caught in strangely opposing positions […]
The Letter Bearer, by Robert Allison
Perhaps the worst thing that ever happened to the protagonist of Robert Allison’s Homeric novel, […]
A Boy in Winter, by Rachel Seiffert
This brief novel by Rachel Seiffert has a misleading title. The boy in A Boy in Winter, Yankel, […]
Denial, by Deborah Lipstadt
How does one have an argument with someone who doesn’t play by the rules? And […]
Reckonings, by Mary Fulbrook
In Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice, Mary Fulbrook concentrates on the […]