Now and Then
Publisher Weekly Review: When a client who suspects his wife is cheating on him is murdered in Parker's 35th snappy Spenser adventure (after Hundred-Dollar Baby), the Boston PI takes it personally, not only because the case resonates with Spenser's past history with love interest Susan, but also because, like Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, Spenser feels […]
This Cold Heaven : Seven Seasons In Greenland
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution
Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Economic interpretation of the Constitution is not new, but Holton's (history, Univ. of Richmond; Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia) makes for particularly fascinating reading. He tells of the financial crisis that overwhelmed the country in the 1780s. After the crushingly expensive […]
The Almost Moon
Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Murder, madness, and marital woes are the knotty conundrums Sebold (The Lovely Bones) offers readers in her latest tale of psychological horror. In a moment of panic, Helen Knightly kills her dementia-ridden mother. Appalled but not apologetic, Helen spends the next 24 hours pondering the chain of events that led […]
Night of the Soul-stealer
It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter. And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke. Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook receives an unexpected visitor. […]