The Lotus Eaters

The Washington Post – Marsha Hamilton Though the novel explores war primarily from the journalists' viewpoint, the secondary characters are generously drawn. In Soli's hands, edgy, frightened soldiers and hardened commanders rise above stock characters. But Helen is at the heart of this story as she, like many journalists, pays a dear personal price for […]

The Lake Shore Limited

Publishers Weekly Four people are bound together by the 9/11 death of a man in Miller's insightful latest. Leslie, older sister and stand-in mother to the late Gus, clings to the notion that Gus had found true love with his girlfriend, Billy, before he was killed. But the truth is more complicated: Billy, a playwright, […]

The Walk

Kirkus Reviews From Evans (The Sunflower, 2005, etc.), the first installment of a new series starring a Seattle adman who loses everything and embarks on a soul-cleansing cross-country trek. Alan Christoffersen has it all-his own thriving boutique ad agency in Seattle, a McMansion, luxury cars and a beautiful wife, McKale, who's also his best friend […]