Mysteries and thrillers are my jam and I especially love ones with courtroom drama, so let’s kick off this weekend right with an excerpt from Lara Bazelon’s A GOOD MOTHER. A GOOD MOTHER by Lara Bazelon Excerpt Saturday, October 14, 2006 2:51 a.m. Ramstein Air Base Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany “Front desk, Sergeant Jamison.” “He […]
Viola Shipman’s latest novel, THE CLOVER GIRLS, promises to be an enchanting summer read. And here’s an excerpt from chapter 1. THE CLOVER GIRLS by Viola Shipman Excerpt: Chapter 1 SUMMER 2021 VERONICA Grocery List Milk (Oat, coconut, soy) Fizzy water (cherry, lime, watermelon, mixed berry) Chips (lentil, quinoa, kale, beet) Cereal (Kashi, […]
I haven’t read a collection of short stories in a really long time. When the chance to read the nineteen-story anthology from Mystery Writers of America authors, When a Stranger Comes to Town, popped up, I eagerly downloaded the book from Netgalley. With many authors–both well-known and newer to the mystery genre–each contributing a story […]
Maisey Yates’ books always feel like home to me–like I’m there with friends and family from page one. I always enjoy how the author weaves together several characters’ stories into one cohesive narrative in the end, and Confessions from The Quilting Circle was no exception. In this novel, we get to know a mother, Mary, […]
It’s been quite a while since I’ve read a comedy, so I’m delighted to bring you an excerpt of Julietta Henderson’s novel, THE FUNNY THING ABOUT NORMAN FOREMAN. Excerpt, THE FUNNY THING ABOUT NORMAN FOREMAN by Julietta Henderson 1 SADIE When I was born my insides lay outside my body for twenty-one days. […]
The Bookstore on the Beach is my first Brenda Novak novel, and I enjoyed the different storylines and dramas that interwove throughout. Featuring three generations of women in one family, this book follows their dramas, the fears, and their high points over a summer on the beach in North Carolina. Grandmother Mary owns a bookstore […]
Adele Parks is back in the United States with her latest release, Just My Luck. I’ve come to know Adele Parks for her use of unreliable narrators, and this one was chock full of them. Lexi and Jake have played the same lottery numbers for years, along with pooling money together for the tickets […]
I really loved the first book in the Cape Sanctuary series, The Sea Glass Cottage, and I think I loved the second installment even more. The Path To Sunshine Cove hit all the right romance buttons for me: emotional, romantic, relatable and unique characters, but above all heart-hurting backstories with moments of brightness and hopefulness. […]
Allison Brennan isn’t a new-to-me author, having read Love Me To Death and Notorious in the past and enjoyed both of these books. The second installment in the Quinn & Costa Thriller series is Tell No Lies. Focusing on a mobile FBI unit as they investigate the murder of a college student and illegal […]
I’ve enjoyed all of the Heather Graham’s books, and Danger In Numbers is no exception. Set in Florida, two murders that seem to be more ritualistic than random have occurred, and suspicions of a cult being responsible arise very early due to the crime scenes. A younger special agent and her older and wiser […]
The Stills is an excellent foray into 1920s Ohio, focusing on Prohibition, what it’s like to be a woman Sheriff in this Appalachian county, and policing as a woman while trying to take care of your family and deal with your changing grief over the murder of your husband a few years earlier.
Time travel is hard to get right without being cheesy or too complicated to understand, and Nick Jones’ novel And Then She Vanished is definitely neither of those things. Centered around the disappearance of Joseph Bridgeman’s sister when they were young, this novel explores what it’s like to experience and live with a trauma such […]
Mysteries and thrillers have been my go-to for the last few years, and The Shadow Box by Luanne Rice drew me in from the first page. It isn’t a secret who Claire Beaudry Chase thinks just tried to kill her in the garage of her large house in a gated community. She’s sure it was […]
