Ten years ago, Meghan, a 17-year-old student, was killed just days before her prom. Her 18-year-old boyfriend Cal was convicted of the crime, he claims he was innocent and sentenced to 10 years in prison, and is now out. Mysterious invitations have gone out to family...
Book Review: ‘Windfall: A Novel’ By Wendi Corsi Staub
Leila, J.J. and Molly have been friends since they met in college, at Northwestern, and found out they all have September birthdays. When they get to together in Vegas for a birthday, they all go in on a lottery ticket, and win the billion dollar jackpot. They hire a...
Book Review: ‘At The Coffee Shop Of Curiosities: A Novel’ By Heather Webber
Ava Harrison's boyfriend died about a month ago, and today she receives a mysterious letter in her apartment about a job in Driftwood, Alabama, and it looks like it has his writing on it. The job is to be a caretaker for an older man, and it's cimes with room and...
Book Review: ‘Gone Tonight: A Novel’ By Sarah Peekanen
Ruth Sterling met James when she was sixteen, she became pregnant, left town after something shocking happened, and never look back. She went on to have her baby, change her name, and raise her daughter Catherine, always being an overprotective mother. She never...
Book Review: ‘The Second Murderer: A Phillip Marlowe Novel’ By Denise Mina
Phillip Marlowe has just solved a murder case, but finds the results unsettling. He thinks they got the wrong man. While contemplating this, he gets a mysterious phone call from a woman who might want to hire him. He just has to come to the Montgomery mansion, the...
Book Review: ‘The Shadow Girls: A Natalie Lockhart Novel’ By Alice Blanchard
Burning Lake is second to Salem when it comes to witches and legends, and for Detective Natalie Lockhart, this isn't a good thing. After the events of the last book, her best friend, and boss Luke is in a coma, a fellow detective is on the run for stealing evidence,...
Book Review: ‘You, With A View: A Novel’ By Jessica Joyce
Noelle Shepard lost her job, moved back in with her parents, and lost her grandmother not too long ago, and still missing her. While going through her stuff, she discovers a secret man, and love letters from before she married her grandfather. She decides to make a...
Book Review: ‘I Did It For You: A Novel’ By Amy Engel
In Ludlow, Kansas 14 years ago, Eliza Dunning and her boyfriend Travis were shot to death in his car. Roy Matthews, 18-year-old, confessed to the murders, never giving a reason why, and has recently been executed. For Greer, Eliza's younger sister, it destroyed her...
Book Review: ‘A Bakery In Paris: A Novel’ By Aimie K. Runyan
In the year 1870, 21-year-old Lisette Vigneau, from a rich family, is unmarried, and her parents agree to give her to a man who wants to marry her. It's the time of the Prussian/French war, and Theo is fighting against them. Lisette meets Theo, falls for him, and...
Book Review: ‘The Lady From Burma: A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery’ By Allison Montclair
The fifth novel in the series is another great story, and we finally get resolution to a few of the long-running stories, dating back to the first novel. Their business, The Right Sort Marriage Bureau, is doing okay, and on this day two women come in looking for...






