Category: FICTION

February 17, 2022

A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King ** (of 4)

The second in the series of mysteries solved by the retired Sherlock Holmes and his young, sharp, eagle-eyed female assistant, no, make that coequal, Mary...

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January 9, 2022

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips ** (of 4)

Take my review with a grain of salt. Disappearing Earth was a National Book Award Finalist and top-10 book of the year for the New...

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December 24, 2021

Harlem Shuffle **** (of 4) Colson Whitehead

It is the early 1960s and Ray Carney sells contemporary furniture from a showroom on 125th Street in Harlem, New York City’s Black enclave. Harlem...

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December 15, 2021

Medicus by Ruth Downie *** (of 4)

Gaius Petreius Ruso is a Roman physician working for Rome’s army in a remote outpost of the empire: dreary, rainy, savage countryside north of London...

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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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