Jane Hunter is 60, and forced into retirement from her job as a librarian at the university. She sells her house, finds a small apartment, and gets a job with Cameron Clewe, a rich collector of books. She will be archiving and do inventory of his collection. He's a...
Book Review: ‘The Collector: A Gabriel Allon Novel’ By Daniel Silva
Gabriel Allon is once again forced back into service, when one of the world's most valuable missing paintings is stolen from a rich tycoon, right from his vault, and the man is murdered. The painting was stolen in Boston in 1990, titled The Concert, and Gabriel is...
Book Review: ‘Macarons Can Be Murder: A Novel’ By Rose Betancourt
Paris, Kentucky is the setting for this first novel in the series. Marci Beaucoup, who lives with her cat, has opened a French bakery in town, called La Belle Patisserie, to bring some french culture to the area. Then she gets a call from her landlord that he's...
Book Review: ‘Take The Honey And Run: A Novel’ By Jennie Marts
The town of Humble Hills, Colorado is the setting for this fun debut novel featuring the character of Bailey Briggs. She has moved back home to help take care of her grandmother, Blossom Briggs aka Granny Bee, a beekeeper, who broke her foot. Bailey is a writer of...
Book Review: ‘The Clearing: A Novel’ By Simon Toyne
Maddie Friar, 24, has vanished on the night of Midsummer's Eve, in the woods around Cindertown, on the edge of the forest and her sister Adele is worried about her. She looks everywhere, calls everyone, and finally files a police report. When forensic specialist...
Book Review: ‘The Legacies: A Novel’ By Jessica Goodman
The Legacy Club is an exclusive club for high school students to join, only the best of the best will ever be offered a chance to join. Usually it's because a parent or someone close has already been a member. It means social status, college help, and social status....
Book Review: ‘The Weaver And The Witch Queen: A Novel’ By Genevieve Gornichec
Gunnhild, Oddny and Signy have been friends since they were a young age, and have made a blood vow to always be there for each other. When Gunnhild is 12 she takes off with a witch to learn how to be one. Years later, Oddny and Signy are attacked, and Gunnhild is able...
Book Review: ‘Birder, She Wrote: A Meg Langslow Novel’ By Donna Andrews
Meg Langslow is taking a little time for herself in her yard, lying in her hammock, and watching a bully hummingbird in the feeder they have set up. Then she gets a call about trouble with neighbors, and as the peacemaker, she needs to go sort it out. Her father is...
Book Review: ‘Chameleon: A Black Box Novel’ By Remi Adeleke
Black Box is a secret special operations unit under the CIA, and not many know about it. They carry out jobs that no else can know about or handle. They are an elite group of men and women, specially trained and picked. When people start getting kidnapped, and then...
Book Review: ‘Prom Mom: A Novel’ By Laura Lippman
The year was 1997 and Amber Glass went to prom with Joe Simpson, just as friends, even though they have been having sex regularly. On the night of the prom, in her hotel room, she gave birth to a baby, and it died, and she was accused of killing it. She was dubbed...






