The Casual Vacancy
Overview When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with […]
The Round House : a Novel
“Erdrich threads a gripping mystery and multilayered portrait of a community through a deeply affecting coming-of-age novel.†(Karen Holt, O, the Oprah Magazine )
Mad River
Three angry teenagers without prospects but with access to guns make like Bonnie and Clyde and a sidekick, often sending cell phone images of their crimes to a local Minnesota TV station. Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the crowd hunting down these nasties—just before things get really bad. Flowers seems about as […]
Paradise City
Publishers Weekly Mayor’s solid 23rd Joe Gunther novel (after 2011’s Tag Man) focuses on a tri-cornered interstate case involving multiple thefts. One night on Boston’s exclusive Beacon Hill, three burglars break into the house of 89-year-old Wilhelmina “Billie†Hawthorn, who makes the fatal mistake of catching them in the act. Det. Jimmy McAuliffe gets the […]
It's Fine By Me
“It’s Fine By Me . . . convey[s] those ordinary experiences close to Petterson’s heart: the pleasure, for example, in the midst of domestic strife, of slowly and very carefully rolling a good cigarette, brewing the perfect coffee and settling down on the sofa with a fine book, like this one.†—The Guardian
The Time Keeper
From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most imaginative novel yet, The Time Keeper–a compelling fable about the first man on earth to count the hours. The man who became Father Time. In Mitch Albom's newest work of fiction, […]
NW : a Novel
"Endlessly fascinating… remarkable. …The impression of Smith's casual brilliance is what constantly surprises, the way she tosses off insights about parenting and work that you've felt in some nebulous way but never been able to articulate." —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
The Beautiful Mystery : a Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
“An entire mystery novel centering on Gregorian chants (whose curiously hypnotic allure is called the “beautiful mysteryâ€)? Yes, indeed, and in the hands of the masterful Penny, the topic proves every bit as able to transfix readers as the chants do their listeners.†—Booklist (starred review)
The Forgetting Tree
“A devastatingly awesome novel. It's one of those books that I didn't want to put down.†—Nancy Pearl, NPR
The Other Woman
STARRED REVIEW: BOOKLIST *Ryan..knows her way around politics at high levels, and she uses that knowledge to fashion a revenge-fueled plot that twists and turns at breakneck speed. Political skullduggery and murder make a high-octane mix in this perfect thriller for an election season.