The Spellmans Strike Again
Library Journal The zany Spellmans are back, but, sadly, this fourth series entry (after Revenge of the Spellmans) is the final chapter. Now that her parents are older, Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, age 32, has agreed to head up Spellman Investigations. She is also dating boyfriend number 12, an Irish bartender. Even so, Mother Olivia, determined […]
Money to Burn : a Novel of Suspense
Publishers Weekly Bestseller Grippando?s overwrought financial thriller gives its hero, Michael Cantella, almost as rude an awakening as Kafka?s Gregor Samsa. Scandals involving subprime lending, short selling, and Ponzi schemes provide a timely backdrop. On the eve of his 35th birthday, Cantella goes from being a star performer at a premier Wall Street investment firm […]
The Sweetness At the Bottom of the Pie
Michele Leber – Library Journal An 11-year-old solving a dastardly murder in the English countryside in 1950 wouldn't seem to be everyone's cup of tea. But Flavia Sabina de Luce is no ordinary child: she's already an accomplished chemist, smart enough to escape being imprisoned by her older sisters and to exact revenge, forthright and […]
House Rules : a Novel
The Washington Post – Maureen Corrigan Throughout the long unfolding of House Rules, Picoult keeps so many storyline streamers whirling in the air that it would be easy just to praise her technical mastery. But though the multiple plots and narrators are, indeed, adroitly managed, what most readers will cherish is the character of Jacob […]
One Good Dog
Library Journal Readers of Wilson's other novels, mainly women's romantic fiction romances in the vein of Kristin Hannah (e.g., Cameo Lake), are in for a big surprise. Adam March is a rising star in the corporate world when he explodes and slaps his female assistant. His fall from a great height leaves him doing community […]
Hell Gate
Library Journal Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper and colleagues Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace are called to a disaster scene: the shipwreck of a cargo ship transporting more than 300 Ukrainian immigrants. The task force works to identify the dead, secure translators, and make sense of the tragedy. Their investigation uncovers human trafficking/prostitution with possible ties […]
Bone Fire
Library Journal Spragg's latest novel (after An Unfinished Life) is a gleaming tale about a ranch family in Ishawooa, WY. Not one word is out of place, and each and every character is well drawn and intensely believable. Though ostensibly about a local murder?a teenager is found dead in a meth lab?the book is told […]
The Postmistress
The Washington Post – Chris Bohjalian: It is, perhaps, the middle third of The Postmistress that is most poignant and authentic and, I believe, gets at the heart of Blake's intention for this novel: the idea that Americans were not paying attention between 1933 and 1941. In this section, Frankie travels on trains across France […]
Fantasy In Death
Publishers Weekly: Lt. Eve Dallas, a top homicide cop for the New York Police and Security Department (the law enforcement agency for a mid 21st-century New York City), faces one of the more challenging cases of her career in bestseller Robb's exciting 31st ?in death? novel (after Kindred in Death). When someone cuts off the […]
Split Image
Publishers Weekly: Bestseller Parker's enjoyable ninth novel featuring Paradise, Mass., police chief Jesse Stone (after Night and Day), focuses on Stone's deepening connection with PI Sunny Randall, the star of her own series (Spare Change, etc.). Both Jesse and Sunny are still recovering from failed relationships, and Parker does a nice job of integrating their […]