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The Lighthouse Road: A Novel

by Site Owner | Apr 15, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction

    Heartbreak Abounds in this Fascinating Novel By Peter Geye Unbridled Books, $24.95, 280 pages, 4 stars Peter Geye’s The Lighthouse Road is full of heart-breaking characters. Hosea Grimm is a respected founding member of Deluth, Minnesota, but unsavory...

The Descent of Man

by Site Owner | Feb 19, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

by Kevin Desinger Unbridled Books, $24.95, 272 pages What would you do if you saw your car being stolen? Get somewhere safe and call the police? Try to stop the theft? In Kevin Desinger’s novel The Descent of Man, when mild-mannered Jim wakes to find two men trying to...

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