The Other Story
Library Journal 04/01/2014 With this story of a self-absorbed, newly wealthy writer struggling with his identity and coming to terms with the shocking secrets of his family's past, de Rosnay (Sarah's Key; A Secret Kept) continues her literary trend of combining international locations and complex characters. Nicolas Duhamel, a best-selling author who has changed his […]
The Serpent of Venice
Publishers Weekly 01/13/2014 Moore’s mash-up of Othello and The Merchant of Venice with Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado†is a standout sequel to Fool, his twisted retelling of King Lear from 2009. After a dastardly trio of Venetians (including Iago) plot to bury alive Pocket the fool for thwarting an attempt to cook up a […]
Bridge to Haven
Publishers Weekly 02/10/2014 Rivers (Redeeming Love) returns with a page-turning recasting of the story of the prodigal son, here a prodigal daughter. In 1936, Abra Matthews is found as a newborn under a bridge in the small California town of Haven by Pastor Ezekiel Freeman. She’s taken in, but never feels as if she quite […]
Long Mile Home : Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt For Justice
"A new book about the Boston Marathon bombings last April is more gripping than a mystery novel, has more deeply drawn characters than a literary novel and is enriched by the details of a history book…It's an incredible story, and the heart-rending pictures in the middle of the book are a stark reminder that it's […]
Chasing Cheetahs
Kirkus Reviews ★ 2014-02-05 A trusted pair of wildlife observers introduce Namibian cheetahs and a woman who has taken on the responsibility for saving them. Montgomery and Bishop draw readers into the setting from the very beginning with a map, description and photographs of the Namibian savanna where Laurie Marker founded the Cheetah Conservation Fund […]
He Has Shot the President!
Publishers Weekly ★ 01/27/2014 The fifth book in the Actual Times series is a sober account of the assassination of President Lincoln. Booth “believed that robbing the Union of the president’s leadership would cripple the North and save the South,†writes Brown; the assassination takes place early on, and the brunt of the book follows […]
Who Is Barack Obama?
This book was received as part of a grant from the Children's Literacy Foundation (clif).
Standup Guy
Publishers Weekly 10/14/2013 A misunderstanding leads Stone Barrington to take on ex-con John Fratelli as a client at the start of bestseller Woods’s polished 28th outing for the suave New York City attorney (after 2013’s Doing Hard Time). Fratelli put his 25 years in Sing Sing to good use by protecting fellow prisoner Eduardo Buono, […]
Three Brothers : a Novel
"With overtones of Greek tragedy and Charles Dickens, this is a literary and engrossing parable and a loving tribute to London in all its depravity." —Library Journal, starred review
The Enchanted : a Novel
Booklist “Evocative. . . . Denfeld’s humanizing of the potential for horror that is within all of us and her insistence that the reader see the beauty in the darkest corners of life sizzles through her sharp prose, which both makes us flinch and invites us to imagine.â€