Family Tree
Publishers Weekly: When Dana and Hugh Clarke's baby is born into their wealthy, white New England seaside community, the baby's unmistakably African-American features puzzle her thoroughly Anglo-looking parents. Hugh's family pedigree extends back to the Mayflower, and his historian father has made a career of tracing the esteemed Clarke family genealogy, which does not include […]
The Innocent Man : Murder and Injustice In a Small Town
John Grisham's first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. Those who believe in "innocent until proven guilty" or that the criminal justice system is fair will be shocked and infuriated.
When Madeline Was Young
Library Journal Review: As in her previous novels (e.g., A Map of the World), Hamilton sets her latest work in her native Midwest. Pragmatic, smart, and sensitive Timothy Mac Maciver, a married physician with three daughters, tells the story of his family and upbringing in suburban Chicago and how a tragedy that disrupted his father's […]
Errors and Omisions
Publisher Weekly Review: Goldstein, a Stanford law professor, takes a tired legal thriller convention for his debut?the alcoholic attorney staring into a personal and professional abyss?and spins out a fresh, sharp-witted drama about Hollywood's blacklist. Intellectual property lawyer Michael Seeley takes a case that could be his swan song: arguing that United Pictures, a huge […]
Shanks For Nothing
Publisher Weekly Review: In this madcap sequel to Reilly's golf farce Missing Links, little has changed at Ponkaquogue Municipal Golf Links and Deli (a.k.a. Ponky)-arguably America's worst golf course. Boston-area legend Ray Hart, groomed by his father for golf greatness, continues to ply his trade as a greeting card writer while hanging out with his […]
The Rebels of Ireland : the Dublin Saga
Library Journal Review: Well known for his sweeping historical novels (London), Rutherfurd has been called Michener with a British accent. His stories are packed with meticulous detail, flowing story lines, swashbuckling action, and believable characters deftly woven among those of historical record. Beginning with Elizabeth's ascendancy to the English throne and the plantation period of […]
A Land Beyond Tears
The River of Doubt :Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Publisher Weekly Review: In a gripping account, Millard focuses on an episode in Teddy Roosevelt's search for adventure that nearly came to a disastrous end. A year after Roosevelt lost a third-party bid for the White House in 1912, he decided to chase away his blues by accepting an invitation for a South American trip […]
The Traveler : a Novel
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Twelve Hawks's much anticipated novel is powerful, mainstream fiction built on a foundation of cutting-edge technology laced with fantasy and the chilling specter of an all-too-possible social and political reality. The time is roughly the present, and the U.S. is part of the Vast Machine, a society overseen by the […]