Marcia K. Matthews
Alice’s Tulips
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“A yellow tulip is like sunshine,” Alice tells her mother-in-law. “Yellow is for joy and gladness and friendship.” Mother Bullock has come to ...Read Review
White-Out
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With its main action set in WWII, White Out explores the conflicts of man vs. nature, man. vs. man, and man vs. himself. ...Read Review
When the Lilacs Bloom
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Linda Colwell has created a memorable villain in the person of Mother Langford. Her gothic vision of the mother-in-law from hell counterbalances the ...Read Review
The Hatbox Baby
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Diane Arbus meets Fritz Lang in this World’s Fair as metaphor for life. Carnival freaks are human beings, and human beings ...Read Review
Hawke’S Cove C
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Forbidden love that is forever young, wartime romance granted by a passion of place, redeems lovers from sin. After a prologue and framing ...Read Review
Sold Down the River
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Big, black, and smart, Ben January signs on as private detective for the man who once owned him and his mother. He’s ...Read Review
Day of the Bees
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Zermano, the Spanish painter who depicted the horror of modern war, not in “Guernica” but in “Archangel Gabriel Flames Down the Sky.” His ...Read Review
A Prayer for the Dying
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For a historical horror novel set in post-Civil War Wisconsin, A Prayer for the Dying has an experimental prose style: present tense, strong ...Read Review
On Secret Service
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On Secret Service is an informative read that will entertain both men and women. My husband took possession of the book the minute ...Read Review