Category: FICTION

November 12, 2021

The Dry by Jane Harper *** (of 4)

The first of Harper’s Australian mysteries in which Detective Aaron Falk is the lead investigator, and Australia’s harsh environment plays a main character. The fictional...

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July 15, 2021

Deacon King Kong by James McBride **** (of 4)

Let’s begin with some of the main characters in The Cause Housing projects of New York City, 1969: Sportscoat, Hot Sausage, Pudgy Fingers; and on...

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July 15, 2021

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson *** (of 4)

Kate Atkinson sets her recently retired investigator, Jackson Brodie, in the midst of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. There’s a car crash followed by a road...

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July 14, 2021

Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles **** (of 4)

A yarn as wide as the Texas landscape. It is 1864 and Simon the Fiddler makes a living the best he can by playing jigs,...

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November 16, 2017

Darktown by Thomas Mullen **** (of 4)

Following the end of WWII, the Atlanta Police Force reluctantly added eight African American police officers. Their beats were restricted to Darktown, the part of...

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November 14, 2017

Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith *** (of 4)

This is the third in the Cormoran Strike series of murder mysteries written by J.K. Rowling under the Galbraith pseudonym. In this case, a psychopath...

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September 28, 2017

In the Woods by Tana French *** (of 4)

An Irish murder squad is called upon to investigate the cult-like death of a child in the village of Knocknaree. Bob Ryan and Cassie Maddox...

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September 7, 2017

The Golem and the Jinni *** (of 4) by Helene Wecker

In the year 1899, in New York City, a golem and a jinni chance upon one another. A golem is a a mythical Jewish monster...

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August 17, 2017

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead **** (of 4)

Before Colson Whitehead ever gets to the story of Cora’s attempted escape from enslavement, he sets the stage in Africa. Cora’s grandmother and mother are...

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July 28, 2017