First Family
Publishers Weekly Plenty of intense action drives bestseller Baldacci's stellar fourth novel to feature former Secret Service agents Michelle Maxwell and Sean King (after Simple Genius). Maxwell and King, D.C. PIs, step on the toes of everyone, including the FBI and the Secret Service. They even manage to bruise the ego of First Lady Jane […]
Woodsburner : a Nove
The Washington Post – Ron Charles: The fire that "flows like brilliant liquid" through Concord Woods is a natural engine for a terrifically exciting story, and Pipkin conveys such a visceral impression of the "clever flames crouching in the branches" that you can feel the heat radiating off these pages?Pipkin has invented?men and women consumed […]
Out Stealing Horses
The New York Times – Thomas McGuane: This short yet spacious and powerful book ? in such contrast to the well-larded garrulity of the bulbous American novel of today ? reminds us of the careful and apropos writing of J. M. Coetzee, W. G. Sebald and Uwe Timm. Petterson?s kinship with Knut Hamsun, which he […]
Prayer of the Dragon
The Washington Post – Patrick Anderson: Pattison's plot is complex, at times bewildering, although he does wrap things up neatly at the end. In truth, however, Prayer of the Dragon is less notable for its murder mystery than for its sensitive and highly detailed portrait of two cultures in conflict?This novel taught me more about […]
Everyone Is Beautiful : a Novel
Beth Gibbs – Library Journal: Center's second novel after The Bright Side of Disaster is a keeper. Lanie has just moved her family from Texas to Cambridge, MA, so that her husband, Peter, can realize his dream of becoming a professional musician. But while Peter is enthusiastic about his new challenges, Lanie mourns the loss […]
The 8th Confession
Synopsis: As San Francisco's most glamorous millionaires mingle at the party of the year, someone is watching–waiting for a chance to take vengeance on Isa and Ethan Bailey, the city's most celebrated couple. Finally, the killer pinpoints the ideal moment, and it's the perfect murder. Not a trace of evidence is left behind in their […]
BoneMan's Daughters
Tamara Butler – Library Journal: Well known for taut, supernatural thrillers (Sinner; Skin) that push readers to the brink, Dekker goes over the edge with a gruesome plot that may make sensitive readers squirm. A serial killer is kidnapping young girls, breaking their bones, and leaving them to die. Ryan Evans is an intelligence officer […]
Prayers For Sale
Publishers Weekly: In her charming new novel, Dallas (The Persian Pickle Club; Tallgrass; etc.) offers up the unconventional friendship between Hennie Comfort, a natural storyteller entering the twilight of her life, and Nit Spindle, a na?ve young newlywed, forged in the isolated mining town of Middle Swan, Colo., in 1936. When the two meet, Hennie […]