State of Wonder
The New York Times – Fernanda Eberstadt …an engaging, consummately told tale. Patchett's deadpan narrative style showcases a dry humor that enables her to wed, with fine effect, the world of Avatar or the Odyssey with that of corporate board meetings, R&D reports and peer review. This unlikely marriage of the magical and the prosaic, […]
The Jefferson Key
Publishers Weekly At the start of Berry's ingeniously plotted seventh Cotton Malone novel (after The Emperor's Tomb), former U.S. Justice Department agent Malone, who's been summoned to New York City by his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, manages to thwart an attempt to assassinate the U.S. president outside a midtown Manhattan hotel. Malone soon finds himself […]
Now You See Her
The perfect life: A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York—including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes. The […]
One Summer
The Washington Post – Sarah Pekkanen: Although the writing is flat in a few places and one or two plot twists strain credulity…Baldacci more than makes up for these lapses with his sympathetic characterization of Jack…Fans of Nicholas Sparks in search of summer diversion will find in these pages a good message and a big […]
Once Upon a River
Library Journal This second novel by National Book Award finalist Campbell (American Salvage) is set in Murrayville, a rural Michigan town far removed from the modern world. Inhabitants have lived off the Stark River for generations, including 16-year-old Margo Crane's family. She's been taught the best fishing spots and knows the hidden dangers downstream from […]
The Hypnotist
Publishers Weekly The brutal slaying of gambling addict Anders Ek, his wife, and his younger daughter propels this outstanding thriller debut from the pseudonymous Kepler (a Swedish literary couple), introducing Stockholm detective Joona Linna. Only Ek's 15-year-old son, Josef, left for dead at his parents' house, survives. Realizing that the vicious killer is likely to […]
Smokin' Seventeen : a Stephanie Plum Novel
The New York Times No less than her plotting, Evanovich's characterizations are models of screwball artistry. . . . The intricate plot machinery of her comic capers is fueled by inventive twists.
The Kingdom
Publishers Weekly In Cussler and Blackwood's rousing third adventure featuring treasure hunters extraordinaire Sam and Remi Fargo (after Lost Empire), the couple get on the trail of a sacred object, the Theurang, "said to have been a life-sized statue of a man-like creature or… the skeleton of the creature itself." Or maybe it's a chest […]
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes : a Novel
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio It takes guts for an author to resist the commercial lure of a series and come up with a new bag of tricks for each book. But with that sacrifice comes the freedom to write an unpredictable suspense novel that keeps the reader guessing to the end. That's […]
Children and Fire
Library Journal: In this latest from Hegi (Stones from the River), the story weaves between present and past, with characters linked to crucial moments in history beginning with February 27, 1934, the first anniversary of the burning of the German Reichstag (Parliament) in Berlin. While an arsonist has been named responsible, not everyone accepts the […]