Electra McDonnell works for the UK government as a spy, and it's time for her next assignment. Major Ramsey has her off to Sunderland, and she has no idea what it is she's to do. She settles into her boarding house, and then she sees the dead body of a man who saved...
Book Review: ‘Same Time Next Summer: A Novel’ By Annabel Monaghan
The follow up to last year's great novel, Nora Goes Off Script, is another great beach read from author Monaghan. Sam and her Doctor fiancé are planning their wedding, and not sure where to have it. His parents have a venue, and Jack is sure they should go there. But...
Book Review: ‘The Lock-Up: A Novel’ By John Banville
In the 1950s Dublin, a young girl named Rosa Jacobs, who is Jewish, is found dead in a lock-up in her car. It looks like a suicide, and Detective Inspector John Strafford believes it to be the case, until pathologist Dr. Quirke tells him she was murdered. Now an...
Interview: Author ‘Karen White’ Talks Her New Book The House On Prytania: A Royal Street Novel
With almost two million books in print in fifteen different languages, Karen White is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 24 novels, including the popular Charleston-set Tradd Street mystery series. Raised in a house full of brothers, Karen’s love of...
Book Review: ‘The Benevolent Society Of Ill-Mannered Ladies: A Novel’ By Alison Goodman
Lady Augusta and her twin sister Julia are part of society, have money, and status, are 42 and both are single. The year is 1812. They have decided they're going to help women of all ages out of difficult situations, even if it costs them their positions in society....
Book Review: ‘Emma Of 83rd Street: A Novel’ By Audrey Bellezza And Emily Harding
Emma Woodhouse is 23 years old, lives on the Upper East Side of New York, spoiled and her family is rich. Right next door is George Knightey, handsome, and rich as well. They grew up together, along with his brother Ben, and her sister Margo, who married Ben. Emma and...
Book Review: ‘Liquid Shades Of Blue: A Novel’ By James Polkinghorn
Jack Girard lost his older brother, and best friend Bobby, when they were in college together to a drug overdose. Now years later Jack, an ex-lawyer, runs a bar in Key West, wakes up hungover, with a call-girl he knows in his bed. He phones start ringing, and it's his...
Book Review: ‘Murder On Mustang Beach: A Novel’ By Alicia Bessette
Cattail Island is in the outer banks of North Carolina, and is a popular summer destination. Callie Padget lives and works at the only bookstore on the island, and is ready for her first date with Toby Dodge, who owns a martial arts studio. Things are put on hold when...
Book Review: ‘Summer Reading: A Novel’ By Jenn McKinlay
Samantha Gale is 28, a chef, who just quit her job, and has dyslexia, and is on her way to Martha's Vineyard to spend the summer with her family. For the next six weeks, she will be watching her 14-year-old half-brother Tyler. Bennett Reynolds has a summer job at the...
Book Review: ‘The Revenge List: A Novel’ By Hannah Mary McKinnon
Frankie Morgan has an anger problem, and her father makes her go to anger management classes. At the first class, everyone is told to make a list of people that have angered them over the years, in an attempt to put it behind them. Then she loses the list, which...







