Book Review: Before We Were Strangers – A Novel by Brenda Novak

Brenda Novak Charms Her Fans With Romance, Mystery, Cookies and a Greek Goddess Having written more than 50 novels, Brenda Novak is an expert at pulling our romantic heartstrings. But in addition,…

Book Review: The Boy At the Keyhole – A Novel

A quiet, twisty tale of madness and possible murder. A lonely 9-year-old boy. A stern housekeeper. A missing mother. An almost-empty English mansion. These are the underpinnings that gently crescendo…

Review of The Fallen Architect: An Old-Fashioned Murder Mystery With Fresh Tricks

It’s a good old-fashioned murder mystery, with a literal twist: back-bending acrobats! In The Fallen Architect, Charles Belfoure(House of Thieves and The Paris Architect, Sourcebooks Landmark) throws readers into a murder mystery enveloped in the…

Book Review: Erotic Stories For Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

In this textured tale about Punjabi Indian women and sexual taboos, Balli Kaur Jaswal masterfully juxtaposes modern and traditional, West and East, and each generation’s definition of oppression, with a murder…

Review of This Mournable Body – A Novel by Tsitsi Dangarembga

A tale of grief and survival set in war-wounded Zimbabwe. This is a story about Zimbabwe, a country ravaged by war. In the wake of its battle for independence, citizens…

Review of Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces by Michael Chabon

In this poignant memoir, novelist Michael Chabon writes about life-lessons he’s experienced while raising kids; his light-bulb moments that clarify what it means to be both father and son. Read…

Review of In The Shadow of 10,000 Hills by Jennifer Haupt

In this gracefully written literary novel, Jennifer Haupt explores the lives of three women which intersect at an orphanage in Rwanda. This tale, centered around the Rwandan genocide, screams to…

Review of The Midnight Man by David Eric Tomlinson

In his debut novel, David Eric Tomlinson weaves basketball, law enforcement, self-realization, and the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building into a tapestry of Oklahoma culture and attitudes. The unexpected…