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Play The Fool by Lina Chern

Publisher: Bantam Publication Date: March 23, 2023 Length: 320 pages I received this book from the publisher. Katie True lacks ambition. She tried to be a professional tarot card reader. That didn’t work. She is floating through a series of entry-level jobs that lead nowhere. Life in the city was expensive so she moved back […]

Livid by Patricia Cornwell

Publication Date: October 25, 2022 Length: 369 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing I received this book from the publisher, Grand Central Publishing. Kay Scarpetta is the Chief Medical Examiner. She is testifying in a contentious, high profile trial when the judge’s sister is discovered dead. As Dr. Scarpetta examines the area where the judge’s sister […]

Clouds Without Water by Garry Harper

Publisher: CWW Publishing Date of Publication: October 12, 2022 Length: 388 pages, paperback I received this book from the publisher. Henry Smith is a widow. Dealing with three children who have lost their mother is difficult. He misses her too. Their son Benji suffers from asthma and his condition appears to be worsening. The only […]

An Unwanted Inheritance by Imogen Clark

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: December 8, 2022 Length: 368 pages, paperback I received this book directly from the author. A father unexpectedly dies leaving his family to work through all the details of his death. It is no easy matter to stop the minutiae of a person’s life. Bank, house, bills, funeral service, […]

The Perfect Assasin by James Patterson and Brian Sitts

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: November 15, 2022 I received this book from the publisher. There is a school on a Russian peninsula that trains children to be more than they are. Much, much more. Is this an elite preparatory school? No. Is it a state-funded school? No. This is a school started generations […]

The House Is on Fire by Rachel Beanland

Publisher: Simon and SchusterPublishing Date: April 4, 2023Length: 384 pages, hardcover I received this book from the publisher. In the early years of the United States, there was little in the form of entertainment. Richmond, Virginia was fortunate to have a beautiful theater. The theater had three stories, boxes for the well-to-do, and even an […]

The Search For Synergy by Brett Salter

Length: 220 pages, Kindle Publication date: May 31, 2017 I received this book from the author. Rome Lockheed and Julian Rider are average middle school students, or are they? Rome accidentally set the neighbor’s tree on fire by looking at it. Julian is a soccer player that always carries a die with him. He catches […]

The Maid by Nita Prose

Publisher: Ballantine Books Length: 304 pages printed Publication Date: January 4, 2022 I bought this book to read for book club. Molly is a maid. Her job at the Regency Grand Hotel is her happiness. Molly loves cleanliness and order, she does her job with pride. She also likes the anonymity of being a maid. […]

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez

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 […]

The House Guest by Hank Phillippi Ryan

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 […]