September 18, 2024
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August 19, 2024
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
French eco-terrorists planning a violent protest to an environment-altering dam project are infiltrated by a ruthless and skilled young female provocateur who finds a deeper philosophical life in the writings of one of the movement’s theorists. Suspenseful and richly complex. Satisfyingly current.
August 3, 2024
The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
A bird who can talk; who can seemingly think in human ways; people who are carried along by questionable motives and inability to change their situation; these are the players. The tale is fascinating, amusing and frightening.
July 24, 2024
Table for Two by Amor Towles
A worthy follow-up to his previous works, this collection of short stories and a novella will surely satisfy any veteran readers of the authors efforts and will undoubtedly convert those to whom his writing is a new experience. Finely crafted and with plenty of punch.
July 1, 2024
Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida
A varied cast of characters, all engaging in their separate ways and acting upon their individual motives find closure to their divergent problems and needs provide a reassuringly human tone to this highly interesting novel.
June 19, 2024
First Frost by Craig Johnson
A return to Walt and Henry’s youth shows the veteran reader of the Longmire series how and why they came to be the men they are. Younger, perhaps less wise but still with all the traits that have made them favorites, this story will fully satisfy any reader of the author’s works.
June 1, 2024
The Throne by Franco Bernini
Filling in the blanks about one of the most famous figures of history, the story of how Machiavelli came to write his famous work “The Prince” will keep any reader of historical fiction, or fiction in general riveted throughout.
May 23, 2024
To Die in June by Alan Parks
Fifth in a series of Tartan Noir mysteries, the estimable Harry McCoy once again walks a fine line between law and order and the forces of crime. A flawed but lovable character, his exploits will surely entertain.
May 8, 2024
The Silence of the Choir by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
An evocation of the universal immigrant crisis is a lesson to the world: we are all guilty of the crimes that motivate refugees and of the impulse to shelter and redeem them. Powerful and revelatory.
April 17, 2024