Review of DARK AUGUST by Katie Tallo
Loneliness, Lies, and a Dog Named Levi In her debut novel DARK AUGUST, author and screenwriter Katie Tallo delves into the life of August “Gus” Monet, a young woman who’d…
Category: mystery
Review of THE SILENCE by Susan Allott
The historical guilt of a nation ravages the lives of two Australian families. Silence isn’t always golden. It can also be “a cult of forgetfulness practiced on a national scale.” The…
Review of SISTER DEAR by Hannah Mary McKinnon
Envy and obsession explode in author Hannah Mary McKinnon’s newest thriller, SISTER DEAR. Eleanor Hardwicke is a loner, and she deserves it. Her mother has reminded her since childhood that…
AN UNEQUAL DEFENSE by Chad Zunker
#TXReads: Chad Zunker Hails the Homeless in “An Unequal Defense” Share Chad Zunker’s latest novel is akin to John Grisham’s “The Street Lawyer” as the Austin author wraps a thought-provoking…
Review of The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson
Diamonds, Dysfunction, and Family Legacy The fragmented Miller family is far from perfect — they’ve never been able to get their act together. But when the family matriarch dies and…
Review of The Talented Mr. Varg by Alexander McCall Smith
A Droll Detective and a Lip-Reading Dog Alexander McCall Smith makes the irrelevant relevant in The Talented Mr. Varg (Pantheon), a satirical social commentary on the mundane. Ulf Varg is not your average…
Legal Thriller FINAL JUDGMENT by Marcia Clark (Yes, THAT Marcia Clark)
Vigilante Justice – Plan B Los Angeles defense attorney Samantha “Sam” Brinkman is an antihero extraordinaire. We love her, but she’s done some terrible things, and she’s not apologetic in…
The Sword of Justice: Cheering For Tori Eldridge’s Unlikely Ninja Hero
In her debut novel, The Ninja Daughter, author Tori Eldridge turns a young woman with a passion for justice into a modern-day martial-arts hero. Lily Wong is an anachronism — a…