Cold, Cold Bones
Her Fearful Symmetry
The New York Times – Susann Cokal: ?bewitching?Lovers of Niffenegger's past work should rejoice. This outing may not be as blindly romantic as The Time Traveler?s Wife, but it is mature, complex and convincing?a dreamy yet visceral tale of loves both familial and erotic, a search for Self in the midst of obsession with an […]
Half Broke Horses : a True-life Novel
Library Journal No one familiar with Walls's affecting memoir, The Glass Castle, will be surprised by her subtitle here: Walls is a careful observer who can give true-life stories the rush and immediacy of the best fiction. Here she novelizes the life of her grandmother, giving herself just the latitude she needs to create a […]
Ethan Frome
Tender is the Night
Day After Night : a Novel
The Washington Post – Wendy Smith: Anita Diamant's new novel offers all the satisfactions found in her previous works The Red Tent and The Last Days of Dogtown: rich portraits of female friendship, unflinching acknowledgment of life's cruelty and resolute assertion of hope, enfolded in a strong story line developed in lucid prose. She ups […]
206 Bones
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio: Reichs isn't above a bit of melodrama, and her heroine is metaphorically tied to the tracks at one awkward juncture?until the forensic procedures take center stage, as they always do in this cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series.
The Devil's Punchbowl
Library Journal: Penn Cage (Quiet Game, Turning Angel), a former prosecuting attorney-turned-novelist, is now mayor of Natchez, MS, his hometown. But all is not well, for the promises he made as a candidate seem all but impossible to achieve as a working mayor. When one of his childhood friends is murdered a day after contacting […]
Broken : a Love Story : Horses, Humans and Redemption On the Wind River Indian Reservation
Debby Emerson – Library Journal: As the subtitle suggests, this is indeed a love story, but not in the typical romantic sense. It is a chronicle of the author's spiritual journey and growth and a peek at the realities of life on an Indian reservation. Jones has worked as a journalist for over 20 years […]
Horse Soldiers : the Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory In Afghanistan
The New York Times – Bruce Barcott: ?rousing, uplifting?for those who like their military history told through the eyes of heroic grunts, sergeants and captains. Think of Stephen E. Ambrose's Band of Brothers or Stanton?s own best seller, In Harm's Way?Stanton packs a huge amount of research into a thrilling action ride of a book. […]