March 25, 2025
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February 28, 2025
No Less Strange or Wonderful by A. Kendra Greene
As varied and far-ranging as it is possible to be, this endlessly amusing and informative collection of bizarre stories and studies will keep the reader riveted to the page to the very end.
February 17, 2025
The Antidote by Karen Russell
Dust Bowl Nebraska, a prairie witch who stores unpleasant memories, a young girl struggling with growing up and finding love, a weary farmer with unlooked for luck and a community riven with fear and uncertainty come together to solve a grisly mystery.
February 5, 2025
The Café With No Name by Robert Seethaler
A sweet and sad story of human spirit triumphing over adversity told with love and a skill that draws the reader into the community of people struggling to recover after a great war. Courage, kindness and gentle humor mark this delightful novel.
January 31, 2025
The Thinking-About-Gladys Machine by Mario Levrero
Wildly creative and often daunting in its abstraction this work of demented genius will appeal to lovers of expressionist art and radical literature.
January 30, 2025
The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor
A secret group aids escapees from the Nazis to exit Rome during the final days of the Second World War. Real-time narrative alternates with recorded and written accounts to provide compelling impetus to this finely written novel.
December 16, 2024
Johnny Careless by Kevin Wade
The murder of a dissolute socialite in a small town on Long Island, New York puts the rookie police chief and boyhood friend of the victim in a tight spot. Skillfully written with a wry, light touch sure to delight any reader.
December 16, 2024
Dogs and Wolves by Hervé Le Corre
An example of the best kind of hardboiled tough-guy fiction reminiscent of Hammett, Chandler and Spillane set in the countryside of a France most of us wouldn’t want to visit except in fictional form. Excellent writing and complex plotting provide a compelling read for fans of dark detective tales.
December 10, 2024