2010
The Player’s Curse
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This is the third in the Bella Wallis series, set in a feisty Victorian England. Bella, who is a successful writer of exciting ...Read Review
A Different Sky
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This great sprawl of a novel is set in Singapore from 1927 to 1956. It follows the fortunes of three children who first meet when ...Read Review
Heart of Lies
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Leo Hoffman, the central character in this fascinating and deftly written novel, set during the years between the two World Wars, is a ...Read Review
Girl by the Road at Night
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In Girl by the Road at Night, two unlikely souls come together for a short time, simply because they both need the connection ...Read Review
The Secret History of Costaguana
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In 1904, Joseph Conrad published Nostromo, set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana, claiming that his information came from an equally fictitious ...Read Review
Out of the Shadows
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Biographical FictionMystery/Crime
Clara Fitzgerald is a professor specializing in the history of science at Manhattan U. Her mother died suddenly a few months ago and ...Read Review
Kaleidoscope Eyes
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Although this is a young adult book, I found the novel completely engaging on an adult level. The story takes place primarily during ...Read Review
Revolution
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The antics of Andi Alpers and her circle of frenemies would make the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette blush. Sex, drugs, ...Read Review
The Keening
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Lyza’s father is not like other fathers. He doesn’t speak much, and he has to be coaxed to eat when he ...Read Review
Black Radishes
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The challenge when writing a novel inspired by the experiences of one’s own family – in this case, the experience of the author’...Read Review