Monday, March 27, 2017

Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty: terrific comedy thriller

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They say trouble always comes in threes. . . For sisters Lyn, Cat and Gemma Kettle, the year they turn thirty-three is no exception. ...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

From Loneliness to Love: Daily Meditations from The Book of Ruth

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I'm happy to say I have a new book out, especially for women. Because we're worth it!... From Loneliness to Love: Daily Meditat...
Friday, March 10, 2017

The Roundabout Man by Clare Morrall: a compassionate and gripping read

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Who is the Roundabout Man? He calls himself Quinn, the name of a boy in a world-famous series of children's books. What he hopes no on...
Thursday, March 02, 2017

Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty: first-class psychological thriller

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Yvonne Carmichael sits in the witness box. The charge is murder. Before all of this, she was happily married, a successful scientist, a mo...
Friday, February 17, 2017

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton: a book of two halves

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On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchan...
Friday, February 03, 2017

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult: no 'Mockingbird" alas ...

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When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been...
Saturday, January 07, 2017

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz: interesting but unsatisfying thriller

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Sherlock Holmes is dead.  Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Fr...