Light on Bone by Kathryn Lasky
In Light on Bone, Kathryn Lasky takes us to the New Mexico Ghost Ranch of 1934, gifting us with its beauty as seen through the eyes of artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Although...
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All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. (Shawn Andre) Cosby
In his Library of Congress National Book Festival discussion of All the Sinners Bleed, S. A. Cosby mentions how impactful it was to him to have made President Obama’s summer reading...
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
I start my day before sunrise, throwing on running clothes and laying a pinch of semaa at the eastern base of a tree, where sunlight will touch the tobacco first. Prayers...
The Life of Crime by Martin Edwards
I love mysteries and crime fiction. I love reading them and reading about them. In this book, “Martin Edwards has drawn on his experience as an award-winning novelist to capture the...
Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf
This novel, published in 2019 by Park Row, shines as both a psychological thriller and mystery! The mystery ‘event’ is based on a true crime case (Slender Man) and includes three...
Every Man a King by Walter Mosley
Every Man a King is the title of a radio address delivered in 1934 by Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. In the speech, Senator Long railed against the concentration of wealth...
Conviction by Denise Mina
I must have placed at least 100 tabs on amazingly written passages of this book, and I have added all of Denise Mina’s other books to my ‘Goodreads Want to Read...
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin, translated by Hildegarde Serle
Published in 2020, by Europa Editions UK, Fresh Water for Flowers is Valérie Perrin’s English debut. It is one of the best novels I have read in 2021; a triumph that...
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
The crime at the heart of this novel occurs in 1826 in London: Frannie Langton is accused of the brutal double murder of her employers George Benham, who is a famous...
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
“As far as he could see, the land stretched out, deep and open, all the way to the desert. A perfect sea of nothingness. If someone was looking for oblivion, that...
