What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan is the best book I’ve read this year. It’s engrossing from start to finish, playing out two scenarios, either of which could be construed as a parent’s worst nightmare, and leading to an ending that made me sit and think for quite a while.
A historical fiction caper, C.J. Wray’s The Excitements is witty, well-researched (World War II buffs will appreciate the level of detail), and engaging from start to finish, with Wray expertly marrying up past and present as our two heroines have one last hurrah.
Good Half Gone was my introduction to the talented Tarryn Fisher, who has also brought us The Wives and The Wrong Family.
The Weekend Retreat by Tara Laskowski (One Night Gone, The Mother Next Door) is a locked room thriller where the prologue reveals that a murder has taken place at an extravagant Finger Lakes winery.
Murder Wears A Hidden Face Gilded Age Mystery Book 8 Rosemary Simpson Kensington Pub Nov 28th, 2023 Murder Wears A Hidden Face by Rosemary Simpson is more historical than mystery. Readers gain the ability to learn about social issues of the time which becomes...
The Fatal Folio The Cambridge Bookshop Series Book 3 Elizabeth Penney St Martin’s Pub Oct 24th, 2023 In this third installment, The Fatal Folio, by Elizabeth Penney, the main character, Molly Kimble, goes back to Gothic times. The story opens with Kieran’s Cousin,...
