Piece of My Heart
A Stolen Life : a Memoir
The New York Times – Janet Maslin There are novelists, most notably Emma Donoghue in Room, who have tried to imagine what a plight like this is like. There are tabloids that have capitalized on its obscenity. And there are far too many survivors of ghastly crimes who have told their stories in lurid terms […]
So Much Pretty : a Novel
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio In her fearless first novel…Cara Hoffman demolishes our illusions about country life by addressing the problems of poverty, domestic abuse, teenage violence and environmental damage that are threatening to destroy the small communities of rural America…For all the passion in this intense narrative, Hoffman writes with a restraint […]
The Greater Journey : Americans In Paris, 1830-1900
The New York Times – Stacy Schiff …[McCullough] explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors. The result is an epic of ideas, as well as an exhilarating book of spells…McCullough's grand tour is impressionistic and discursive, proceeding by way of crossed paths and capsule biographies. This is history to be savored […]
Blood and Smoke : a True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and the Birth of the Indy 500
Library Journal The earliest auto races were more about endurance than speed, writes Leerhsen (Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America). Cars were more likely to break down, burst into flames, or fall apart than complete the race, and drivers weren't sure they'd be alive at the finish […]
I'll Walk Alone
Library Journal It's bad enough that Alexandra Moreland's toddler disappeared in Central Park a few years back. Now Alexandra is being accused of identity theft and possibly murder. Looks as if someone is trying to drive her insane. Clark is a powerhouse, though a few fans thought her last book sounded same old, same old. […]
Fatal Error
Library Journal What seems like a routine job of providing a background check for a former colleague's ex-boyfriend turns into a murder case in which Ali Reynolds (Trial By Fire) is trying to find Brenda, the person of interest. Ali must also deal with the loss of her job as a deputy sheriff, the eminent […]
Edge : a Novel
Library Journal: In his new psychological thriller, Deaver devises a compelling contest between two cunning opponents: Henry Loving, the contracted "lifter" who extracts information from his targeted prey to satisfy an employer, and Corte, the federal protection agent who "shepherds" informants from torturous actions (kidnapping, murder, etc.) that might provide the lifter an advantage (i.e., […]
Obama’s Wars
The New York Times – Michiko Kakutani: …Mr. Woodward adds lots of detail and anecdotal color to the story of how the White House’s policy on Afghanistan evolved over the administration’s first 18 months, and how the decision was made to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan…with a drawdown of American forces scheduled to begin […]
Three Stations : an Arkady Renko Novel
Library Journal: Arkady Renko's reward for his investigative prowess described in five previous novels (from Gorky Park to Stalin's Ghost) is pathetic?he's about to be cashiered from his job as a cop in Moscow. He and his alcoholic detective buddy Viktor find a lovely young woman dead in a filthy trailer in Three Stations, a […]