by ta | Aug 23, 2007 | Fiction, Mystery
” Laura Lippman writes mostly about private investigator Tess Monaghan. Monaghan is a made-up name and what she does is a matter of fiction. But when Lippman puts Baltimore on the page, she’s got to get it right.” Fans of Lippman’s novels will...
by ta | Aug 13, 2007 | Fiction, Literary Fiction
“Those who have an orphan’s sense of history love history. And my voice has become that of an orphan. Perhaps it was the unknown life of my mother, her barely drawn portrait, that made me an archivist, a historian. Because if you do not plunder the past,...
by radguru | Aug 9, 2007 | Fiction
I was very excited to discover this author. He has written a very suspenseful legal thriller about a lawyer that puts his highly successful career and affluent lifestyle on the line to defend a black prostitute. She has been accused of murdering the son of a...
by ta | Aug 7, 2007 | Fiction, Mystery
In Sansom’s second Mobile Library Mystery, we find our hero, Israel Armstrong, BA (Hons), in another ridiculous predicament. Our beloved underachiever has just finished his mobile-library-sponsored five-panel display on the history of the Dixon and...
by kimb8 | Jul 26, 2007 | Adventure Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, YA
It’s been ten years since we were first introduced to Harry and his friends, and what an amazing ride it’s been! I must admit it was with a fair bit of trepidation that I opened the cover and started reading the last book, in part because I feared being...
by radguru | Jul 18, 2007 | Fiction
A fictionalized account of the life of Marie Antoinette, this novel begins with Marie as a fourteen year old girl who marries the heir to the French throne. In rich detail, we follow her journey from a much-loved queen to her eventual death at the guillotine. I found...
