Hit and Run
Bob Lunn – Library Journal: He leads a sedate life-bounded by his own apartment with its state-of-the-art TV and TiVo, the newsstand with the Times every morning, and his stamp albums all arranged on their shelves. When his neighbors come to be questioned by the police-and they will-he'll be described as "a quiet kinda guy. […]
Delusion
Nicole A. Cooke – Library Journal: While a young, pregnant graduate student, Nell Jarreau witnessed her boyfriend's murder, helping convict and send the accused, Alvin Dupree, to prison for life. Nell then had her baby, married the lead detective on her case, and built an idyllic life. Fast-forward 20 years, and the incarcerated Dupree has […]
Shadow of Power : a Paul Madriani Novel
Publishers Weekly Bestseller Martini's entertaining ninth Paul Madriani legal thriller (after 2005's Double Tap) offers an improbable if intriguing premise. San Diego, Calif., attorney Madriani and Harry Hinds, his longtime partner, agree to represent Carl Arnsberg, a racist facing execution for the bludgeoning-by-hammer murder of author Terry Scarborough, whose nonfiction bestseller, Perpetual Slaves, has actually […]
All the Way Home : Building a Family In a Falling-down House
Janet Ingraham Dwyer – Library Journal: Those visiting Giffels's (columnist, Akron Beacon Journal) dream house often ask him if he's seen the Tom Hanks movie The Money Pit. His is an astonishingly decrepit mansion built in 1913 and last maintained in 1965. The owner remained long after that year, right until (and a little after) […]
Bound
Eleanor Bader – Library Journal: Gunning reprises many of the characters from her 2006 novel, The Widow's War, in this suspenseful and engaging look at the New England colonies in the decades immediately preceding the American Revolution. Richly detailed and impeccably researched, the novel focuses on the life of Alice Cole, beginning with her arrival […]
The Sound of Butterflies
Kirkus Reviews: In this debut novel about love, betrayal and devotion, King offers a vibrant portrayal of a jungle inner-world and the characters who roam within it. It is the beginning of the 20th century and the rubber business is booming in Brazil. Rubber barons feed their horses champagne and send their clothes to Europe […]
Queen of Babble
Kirkus Reviews: Recent college grad (or is she?) sets off on a romantic lark to London and has to quickly readjust her plans. Lizzie Nichols has finally graduated from college, lost weight and snared herself a sexy English beau. Granted, she only met him one night before he moved back to London, but surely Andrew […]
Queen of Babble In the Big City
Publishers Weekly: Reviewed byMolly Jong-Fast: Midway though Cabot's latest novel, Chaz (the boyfriend of protagonist Lizzie Nichols's best friend) tells Lizzie, "Someday you're really going to have to describe to me in more detail what life is like on the planet you live on. Because it sounds really great, and I'd like to visit there […]
Bulls Island : a Novel
Publishers Weekly: Will romance triumph over the feud between the aristocratic Langleys and the slightly lower-in-social-pecking-order McGees in Frank's latest Southern charm-filled romp? Though the answer is obvious from the get-go, the author fills this spirited tale with well-drawn characters, not the least of whom is formidable Charleston doyenne Louisa Langley. Betts McGee and J.D. […]
Ladies of Liberty : the Women Who Shaped Our Nation
Synopsis: In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the heroic women whose patriotism and sacrifice helped create a new nation. Now the number one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator?praised in USA Today as a "custodian of time-honored values"?continues the story of early America's influential women with Ladies of Liberty. In […]