The Double Bind
From Publishers Weekly Readers will be startled to learn early on that the heroine of this engrossing puzzle, 26-year-old Laurel Estabrook, was born in West Egg. Wait a minute, wasn't West Egg where Jay Gatsby lived? Laurel works in a Burlington, Vt., homeless shelter and is trying to overcome mental and physical scars incurred from […]
The Minotaur : a Novel
Publisher Weekly Review: British master Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) explores life among the Cosways, a country gentry clan that makes the Wuthering Heights crowd look wholesome. Kerstin Kvist, a young Swedish nurse, takes a job at Lydstep Old Hall caring for John Cosway, a mathematical prodigy now labeled by his family as schizophrenic. In addition […]
A Little Love Story : a Novel
Library Journal Review: Right from the start, it’s clear that Merullo’s latest novel (after In Revere, in Those Days) is about loss and grief, with lighthearted moments: “My year of mourning was over, and I decided to mark the anniversary by treating myself to a doughnut.” This bittersweet love story rises above its overwrought two-hankie […]