An elegant British Gothic mystery by Barbara Vine (AKA Ruth Rendell). Interesting dysfunctional characters and a sympathetic narrator.

Not the best VI Warshawski novel, but very readable. Sara Paretsky has always been a champion of women mystery writers and readers.

This will get you out of your insular little world and show you an America you may not know exists. Great read but disturbing.

The first two thirds of the book were all right, but the last third was a page turner. I see what all the fuss is about! I'm on the waiting list at the library for book #2.

If you know just a little about today's technology, this page-turning thriller will capture your imagination and scare you to death!

You'll get an uneasy feeling reading this cinematic sketch of an unplanned family reunion.

Spend some time with Jacob Jankowski as he escapes the nursing home by spending time with his memories of life, love and the circus in the early years of the depression. A wonderful read!

What a beautiful story both sad and hopeful! Follow the blossoming of three unhappy siblings and their unique connection to a tornado.

Another charming comedy of manners set amidst the paparazzi world of New York from Elinor Lipman author of Then She Found Me.

Once again with Baltimore as the setting, Lippman writes a novel about what we think we know and how wrong our memories can be. Excellent read!

An interesting look into the world of professional tennis by one of the best. Monica Seles shares her discoveries about body image and living your life. Enjoyable!

Mentioned as a worthwhile read in Entertainment Weekly, it did not appeal to me at all. It is a short parable story about love.

A critic wrote about the author's first book that more people would read if more books were written like this. It applies to Mr. Freeman's second book as well. Great characters, great writing, and great plotting.

Not quite as fascinating as "Devil in the White City" but still a page turner. This time it's about Marconi's work with the wireless and how it resulted in the capture of a murderer from Coldwater, Michigan.

50 year old Pippa has reluctantly moved to a retirement village with her much older husband and it is causing the life she created for herself to unravel.

"Everyone has a book or writer who's key to their life." Four lives intertwine and their mysteries are unraveled before our eyes. Beautifully written.

A Benny Cooperman mystery reissued by Penguin and well worth exploring. Benny is a good Jewish boy in a sleepy Protestant town near Niagara Falls. Howard Engel can turn a phrase on a dime and make you smile.

The reader knows who did it from the very beginning. The fascination is in discovering the why. The ending made me tear up. Unusual for a mystery.

Starting with an horrific event, everything in Kate Atkinson's story collides and those who survive are not left unscathed. This is the third title in the Jackson Brodie series.

An academic study of the New Left in Philadelphia. Curiosity got the better of me.