The Tin Roof Blowdown By James Lee Burke
February 16, 2025Because he’s a damn good writer James Lee Burke knows how to keep a plot going...
Murdering Miss Austen
February 16, 2025Jane Austen, whose sharp tongue barely left her cheek during her short lifetime, and, whose caustic...
The Headmaster’s Dilemma by Louis Auchincloss
February 16, 2025There is another criticism that Auchincloss has had to counter in his long and illustrious career...
City of Fire By Robert Ellis
February 15, 2025There are red herrings aplenty, but once finished reading the novel I’m left with a sense...
Gentlemen and Players
February 15, 2025Yet it is the amateur, the eccentric and the outsider who plays the hero in the...
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
February 15, 2025There is also something conversational about the way he writes, a straightforwardness, and a beguiling, gentle...
Trashed by Alison Gaylin
February 14, 2025These driven individuals scour celebrity garbage cans, pose as anyone but themselves, lie as though the...
Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
February 14, 2025Though the notorious Roth voice is often manic and crude, we assume that coming from a...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
February 14, 2025This book isn’t a book, it’s a jazz piece, a series of improvisations on Díaz’s country,...
The Quiet Girl by Peter Høeg
February 13, 2025A thriller is often a race, but without the understanding of exactly why this girl is...




