Magic Hour
Library Journal Review: Having lost face and confidence after a patient commits murder, child psychiatrist Julia Cates returns to her hometown of Rain Valley, WA, at the request of the chief of police?her sister, Ellie. A young girl has been found in a tree, growling like an animal, unable to communicate in any way. Who […]
Dark Assassin
Publisher Weekly Review: William Monk faces special challenges in bestseller Perry's absorbing 15th novel to feature the Victorian policeman (after 2005's The Shifting Tide), as he must convince skeptical fellow officers of his competence to lead the corruption-ridden Thames River Police during a rampant crime wave. In a fogbound setting evocative of Conan Doyle, newly […]
Every Breath You Take
Returning to the lavish Chicago setting of her popular novel "Paradise," and revisiting some of that book's characters as well, this story captivates in inimitable Judith McNaught style. On the eve of wealthy philanthropist Cecil Wyatt's 80th birthday, all the money in the world won't bring back his missing grandson, William Wyatt–a victim of foul […]
The Prot?g
"To reach the peak of his profession and remain the powerful chairman of Everest Capital, New York's most successful private equity firm, Christian Gillette has had to pay his dues. Now, with Everest's fortunes continuing to skyrocket, there's no reason on earth for one hard-charging Gillette to look back. Except one." "A mysterious man who […]
A Christmas Guest
Publisher Weekly Review: Charlotte's tetchy Grandmama from Perry's Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries does a bit of sleuthing on her own (and learns the true meaning of Christmas) in the author's latest holiday treat (A Christmas Visitor). When the London lady finds herself banished to the Romney Marshes home of her former daughter-in-law, Caroline (now […]
Funeral in Blue
In her haunting new Victorian novel, Anne Perry brings to rich and passionate life the city that she has made her own. Once more she shares the intimacy of London’s opulent drawing rooms and guides readers through gaslit thoroughfares that echo with hooves on cobblestones, the cries of street vendors, the shouts of newsboys reporting […]
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Publisher Weekly Review: Of these “random jottings,” PW said, “Fulghum does not express uncommon thoughts here: his thoughts are those we all wish were true.” The book’s tone is set by the title piece in which the author sets out his banal credos, ranging from “share everything” to “hold hands and stick together.”
History of God : the 4000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Why does God exist? How have the three dominant monotheistic religions–Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–shaped and altered the conception of God? How have these religions influenced each other? In this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain’s foremost commentators on religious affairs, traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced God, […]
Angels in the Gloom : a Novel
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. This powerful and intense third novel in Perry’s WWI series (after 2004’s Shoulder the Sky) continues the Reavley family’s anguished search for the “Peacemaker,” a shadowy figure responsible for their parents’ murders two years earlier, and now intent on Anglo-German world domination as a means toward world peace. After Chaplain […]
The chairman : a novel
“A towering legend among New York private equity partnerships, Everest Capital is aptly named. When its founder meets an untimely death, thirty-six-year-old superstar Christian Gillette gets the top job. But with the power and prestige come risks. The day he narrowly escapes a fiery explosion that consumes his limo and takes two innocent lives, Gillette […]