Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Length: 240 pages printed Publication Date: March 7, 2023 I received this book from the publisher. The Ramirez family lives in Staten Island. Jessica, Ruthy, and Nina are being raised by their parents ina Puerto Rican neighborhood. When Ruthy tragically disappears on her way home from school, the Ramirez family changes […]
Publisher: Forge Books Length: 336 pages printed Publication Date: February 7, 2023 I received this book from the author. Imagine being blindsided by your husband as he walks out the door telling you your marriage is over. Bill Macallan casually mentions this to his wife as he leaves, suitcase in hand. Alyssa Macallen thought life […]
Publisher: Flatiron Books Pages: 480 in print Publication Date: December 27, 2022 I received this book from the publisher. In Lahore, Hindustan the family Vij had a well-respected fabric shop. They changed their business to perfume after Vivek Vij returned from an apprenticeship in France following WWI. Soon the name Vij became synonymous with custom, […]
I received this book from NetGalley. Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi living two streets apart. They played baseball, listened to baseball games, and dreamed of playing professionally. They played against each other and with each other. Being part of the team was the foundation for their early friendship. As they grew […]
I received this book from Grand Central Publishing for an honest review. This book is part of the Memory Man series. I haven’t read any of the other books in the series, but it wasn’t a problem since Baldacci provides ample backstory in the book’s early chapters. The main character, Amos Decker, is an FBI […]
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Two friends, John Doyle and Thomas Braham, are investigators of the strange events. Think of Watson & Holmes working as myth busters. While living in Philadelphia in 1889, John developed a reputation for investigating cases that challenged belief. There are an abundance […]
I downloaded this book from Kindle Unlimited. Freida McFadden is stealthy. She tells the story of a dysfunctional family with a magician’s touch. While we are led to believe in one reality, another is lurking and is the truth. The main characters are interesting and the circumstances are imaginative. You can sense the growing tension […]
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Damani and her mother are going through a rough spell. Damani’s father was killed at the cafe where he was a cook. His unexpected death devastated them. Damani has to shoulder her family’s bills and other expenses being the only child. She […]
Imagine reading a news report of a child living only on water. For four months. Astonishing? Believable? Suspicious? Lib Wright was trained by Florence Nightengale and nursed patients during the Crimean War. She is asked to travel to Ireland and observe an eleven-year-old girl who claims to have eaten nothing in four months. The village […]
The atrocities of the “work camps” such as Auschwitz are part of mankind’s history. Many other activities of the Nazi party continue to be uncovered. The German birth rates post-WWI and pre-WWII were declining. Hitler believed that the purity of the Aryan race needed to be protected. He created maternity hospitals, located in opulent homes […]