by Site Owner | Aug 20, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Gregory Hill Dutton, $25.95, 240 pages Stacey “Shakes” Williams drives home to bury his cat with every intention of returning to Denver. But when he finds his senile father without a caretaker, the house falling apart, and the farm not only in debt but no longer...
by Site Owner | Aug 15, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
By Tana French Viking, $27.95, 450 pages The fourth novel in Tana French’s Dublin murder squad series brings Faithful Place’s rigid detective Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy to the forefront. As he narrates Broken Harbor, the reader finds out just why playing by the rules is...
by Site Owner | Jul 25, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
By Julian Fellowes St. Martin’s Griffin, $15.99, 412 pages Hindsight is 20/20. Or is it? The narrator of Past Imperfect is led down memory lane when he receives a letter from Damian Baxter. They spent their youth together during the last of the London Season:...
by Site Owner | Jul 6, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
By Deborah Hopkinson Scholastic Press, $17.99, 290 pages There have been countless shipwrecks throughout history, but the sinking of the Titanic is special. It stands out from its peers not just for the sheer horror of the night that saw the ship go down, but also for...
by Site Owner | Jun 25, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Short Stories
By Rajesh Parameswaran Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95, 260 pages Rajesh Parameswaran has put together a selection of love stories that are anything but typical. His short stories range from the thoughts of a fugitive tiger on an unintentional killing spree, to a geriatric...
