Gabriel Allon, our favorite art restorer and Israeli Mossad assassin is back, and he is about to become the father of twins and replace a former associate as the head of Israel intelligence. The plot, as usual, is so implausible as to require a total suspension of belief, but the plot lines are so complex, the characters so colorful, and the payback to the bad guys so creative that one can almost ignore the fact that the author’s rage at Middle Eastern bad guys totally […]
A true story of the cost of native american assimilation in colonial America
Caleb’s Crossing is an engrossing piece of historical fiction that takes place in colonial America, based on the true story of Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk who was born into the Wampanoag tribe on what is today known as Martha’s Vineyard in Massachussetts, and was one of the first native Americans to attend, and brilliantly succeed at, Harvard College against tremendous odds. Author Geraldine Brooks, an Australian who today lives with her family on Martha’s Vineyard, narrates the tale of Caleb through the voice of the fictional […]
Lust vs. Love: Does Janet Evanovich know the difference?
Salem pastry chef Lizzy Tucker is a perfectly normal girl, happy with baking cupcakes and her little house and her cat … until she learns that she has certain “powers” that place her in the realm of the supernatural … sort of. She gets visited by Diesel, a California surfer-type hunk of a guy who spends most of his time hunting down supernatural bad guys for the supernatural “powers that be.” They can’t deny their attraction for each other, but can’t actually “do it,” because […]
Buddhism, Sex and Snakes: Culture Shock in Thailand
Apparently Bangkok thrillers have a certain notoriety for sensationalism, and Burdett’s Bangkok 8 doesn’t fail in that regard, but it is also so much more. In fact, this noir detective story could be a Phillip Marlowe, if it weren’t for the fact that its hero’s name is a little harder to pronounce. Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam-era American soldier, is a little too comfortable with many of the denizens of Bangkok’s notorious red-light districts, is […]
An inspirational story of grief and survival, loss and self-discovery
A lovely and simply told tale of grief and loss, survival and renewal. This is the story of Nora Webster, a newly-widowed 40-year-old woman in a claustrophobic Irish town who must suddenly face not just the challenge of financial security and raising her children without a husband, but how to step back into the mainstream of life after 21 years of housekeeping and childrearing. She is depressed, angry, secretive, and resentful in turns, and often too self-absorbed to help her children with their grief. She […]
Sociopaths and Avarice — a nasty combination
Big strong strapping Justice Department lawyer Theo Buchanan gets his life saved by Dr. Michelle Renard, a tough little lady from rural Louisiana, and it’s love at first sight…almost. First, Theo has to sleuth out who vandalized the doc’s brand-new hard-won clinic. At first, they think it might be the work of malicious teenagers, then of an angry patient, but pretty quickly they figure out that this was too professional a job, and that whoever did it was searching for something. Noah Clayton, a scarily […]
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