Mail-order Murder
Tippy-toe Murder
Ghosts
Rules of Civility
The New York Times – Liesl Schillinger With this snappy period piece, Towles resurrects the cinematic black-and-white Manhattan of the golden age of screwball comedy, gal-pal camaraderie and romantic mischief…
The Magician King : a Novel
Kirkus Reviews Now a king in the magical land of Fillory, Quentin embarks on a quest to save the universe in Grossman's searing sequel toThe Magicians(2009, etc.). It's been two years since Quentin assumed one of Fillory's four crowns along with Eliot and Janet, fellow graduates of the Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, and Quentin's […]
Caleb's Crossing
The New York Times – Jane Smiley: The triumph of Caleb's Crossing is that Bethia succeeds as a convincing woman of her time, and also in communicating across centuries of change in circumstance, custom and language. She tells a story that is suspenseful and involving. It is also a story that is tragically recognizable and […]
22 Britannia Road
Library Journal This debut novel moves between wartime Poland and postwar England as it follows the shifting fortunes of Janusz Nowak and his wife, Silvana. Their young marriage is tested by the German invasion as Janusz enlists and Silvana finds herself left behind in Warsaw with their young son, Aurek. Janusz loses his regiment and […]
Fadeaway Girl : a Novel
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio: …Emma uses sheer cunning and devious methods of interrogation to pry information from the colorful characters she finds at well-trafficked spots like the Rainbow Cafe. They all quicken to life under Grimes's Dickensian touch, but none more so than Emma. She may keep losing herself in the past, […]
Memorial Days
Our Kind of Traitor
The New York Times – Michiko Kakutani: …John le Carré’s bullet train of a new thriller is part vintage John le Carré and part Alfred Hitchcock…the suspense in Our Kind of Traitor is genuine and nerve-racking, as [le Carré] tracks the efforts of Gail and Perry and Luke to negotiate a deal between Dima and […]