A captivating, absorbing read. If you are interested in history or politics, in general, or the Great Depression or FDR, in particular, you will loved every well written, immaculately researched page. I was fascinated by the parallels between those times and that president and our current situation and our new president.
American Gods
This book was my first foray into the genre of SciFi/Fantasy in decades. What a trip! Filled with wit and adventure. Even though the mythology is at times perplexing, it is well worth the effort.
The Glass Castle
I kept having to remind myself that this book was not fiction. A true story that stretches the believability factor proving, once again, that fact is stranger that fiction. This memoir moved my emotions to the extreme.
Don't Tell a Soul
David Rosenfelt is an exciting new addition to the thrill genre. This book will leave you breathless.
The Tipping Point
Everybody needs to know about the stickiness of ideas. This book gave me tons to think about for days and days.
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Exposed
Alex Kava ramps up the intensity with this thriller. FBI Profiler Maggie O’Dell takes on a new threat from the inside of a biosafety isolation ward.
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Anatomy of Evil
A forensic psychiatrist at Columbia University and the host of Discovery Channel’s “Most Evil” writes about the psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience behind the acts we describe as evil. Excellent read!
Jane Boleyn
Julia Fox provides more texture to Tudor England with this view through the eyes of the infamous Lady Rochford, wife of Anne Boleyn’s brother.
Bone Garden
Tess Gerritsen uses her series character Maura Isles to explore the bones found in a back yard. From there, the story diverges splitting between the contemporary world and the bleakness of childbed fever, medical school and murder in the 1830’s. Fabulous!
Fearless Fourteen
I will never tire of Stephanie Plum’s adventures and this one from Janet Evanovich is exceptionally funny.
Blood Lines
The newest novel about Texas Ranger Sarah Armstrong. If you enjoyed SINGULARITY,you’ll love BLOOD LINES. If you haven’t read either, get busy!
The Gift of Fear
This is an important book—how to trust your intuition, banish your senseless fear and own your justified fear. Spot the danger signals and develop the survival skills you need to protect yourself from violence.
Till We Have Faces
I had not read this book for decades and wanted to know if I’d love it as much this many years later. I do. Maybe even more.
I Know This Much is True
The intense struggles of a man trying to find his individual identity are complicated by his twin, a paranoid schizophrenic. A long book but worth every single well-written page.
Stolen Innocence
From her personal experience of being raised in the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints breakaway sect, Elissa Wall documents the personal pain of a world ruled by Warren Jeffs. Mind-boggling. The parallels to the Taliban in Afghanistan will take your breath away.
A Cold Dark Place
The answers to a family’s murder seem obvious until Olsen twists the tale in unexpected directions. Grab on tight—this book takes you for a ride.
Free Fall
I love Elvis Cole and his sidekick Joe Pike. Their adventures have never been more riveting than when the take on the Los Angeles Police Department in this 15-year-old novel.
Kidnapped
News reporter Irene Kelly is one of my favorite characters. In this novel, she untangles the past and the present and puts herself at risk—once again.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
I don’t know how I managed to miss reading this incredible classic crime novel but I am delighted that I finally did. Patricia Highsmith elicits menace very well.
Sacred Cows
I can’t wait to read more of Karen E. Olsen. One minute she has you gasping with fear, the next howling with laughter. What a terrific read!
Collision
I thought Jeff Abbott reached his pinnacle with PANIC. Boy, was I wrong—he outdoes himself with this book. This is a masterful thriller—you gotta read it.
