Cold Vengeance
Library Journal: Pendergast is seriously wounded on a trip with brother-in-law Judson Esterhazy, who tells Pendergast that his wife, Helen, is still alive and then abandons him. Now Pendergast has a reason to live—he starts hunting for Helen and thereby upsets a shady international organization no end. This is the second in a trilogy about […]
The Story of Beautiful Girl
The Washington Post – Suki Casanave The real mystery of this book lies not so much in the plot twists…but…inside the heads of its characters: How does someone like Homan or Lynnie, living with mental disability, experience and think about life? Simon addresses that question with compassion and heart, informed by her experience with her […]
One Summer
The Washington Post – Sarah Pekkanen: Although the writing is flat in a few places and one or two plot twists strain credulity…Baldacci more than makes up for these lapses with his sympathetic characterization of Jack…Fans of Nicholas Sparks in search of summer diversion will find in these pages a good message and a big […]
The Reading Promise : My Father and the Books We Shared
Publishers Weekly Named for two literary characters ("Alice" from Lewis Carroll and "Ozma" from L. Frank Baum), the author is the daughter of a Philadelphia-area elementary school librarian. Father and daughter embarked on a streak of reading-out-loud sessions every night before bed as Ozma was growing up. At first they decided on 100 nights straight […]