The Anniversary, Alex Finlay’s upcoming thriller, delivers a uniquely structured and gripping mystery that reviewers are calling his best book yet. The story unfolds over nine years, from 1992-2001, with each section firmly anchored on May 1st. This date, infamously known to Midwesterners as Death Day, is when an elusive serial killer strikes each year.…
'"What? Oh." A pause; Amira has never seen a river. "No--it's nothing like that when they fly above you. It's...a creaking, like a stove door with no squeak in it, as if the geese are machines dressed in flesh and feathers. It's a beautiful sound--beneath the honking it's a low drone, but if they're flying…
Francis Spufford’s latest novel, Nonesuch, is nearly impossible to categorize. Part historical thriller, part speculative fiction, part literary romance – there’s a lot going on here. But from the opening pages, when a rooftop statue comes to life above London’s bombed-out streets, it’s clear that this is not your standard WWII novel. Instead, it’s a…
“He who holds the pen tells the truth.” Arthur Fletch Epigraph: The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke New writing duo, V.E. Schwab (Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil) and Cat Clarke team up as Evelyn Clarke to produce an original who-done-it in The Ending Writes Itself. In this twisty tale six…
As a Rainbow Rowell fan, I was eager to get my hands on a copy of her upcoming release, Cherry Baby. Once I did, I truly could not put it down. Occasionally devastating and often hilarious, Cherry Baby will have you laughing out loud on one page and wiping tears away on the next. Rowell renders…
"The girls looked just like me: freckled, narrow faces, soil-dark hair, expressions prone to penetrating seriousness. Catch one of us in a pouting moment, and you'd be forgiven for summoning images of some sixteenth-century martyr on a hunger strike. As for the boys, they looked like Caleb: ruddy cheeks, big toothy smiles. When they were…
There’s no shortage of books that champion the sustaining power of friendships when life gets hard. More rare are stories about when friendship gets hard – and rarer still are ones that don’t tie it up with a neat bow. Grant Ginder’s latest novel, So Old, So Young, is a beautifully moving exception. So Old,…
“A cat is the soul of the home.” Motto of Agnes Aubert’s cat shelter In case you did not know I am an unapologetic cat lady. I have two cat tattoos to prove it. My current charge, Ringo, is an adorable, albeit not the smartest, gray feline. So,…
I can't resist reading a romance novel during February, and How to Write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh was the perfect pick for my romantic heart. It's the literary equivalent of a rom-com movie night: funny, charming, and completely bingeworthy. With its release coming up in early March, definitely keep this one on your…
"What a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward, acquiring, as I fell, arms, hands, legs, feet, all of which, as usual, became more substantial with each passing second. Below: a fountain. At the center of the fountain: a gold-plated statue. Of a dog. (Someone must have really loved that dog.) In the mouth of…
