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In “All the Broken People,” a Small Town Hides Big Secrets

All the Broken People (Compathy Press), a debut psychological suspense novel, could not be summed up any better. Author Amy Rivers tells the story of Alice Bennett who, despite her troubled past, now lives a life of idyllic happiness. So it seems. Her husband Will is a successful lawyer. She…

Missi GwartneySeptember 11, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

Patchett’s “The Dutch House:” A Sprawling Family Saga of Loss and Obsession

As with her 2016 hit Commonwealth, Ann Patchett’s latest mesmerizing and kaleidoscopic tale, The Dutch House (HarperCollins), deftly links various yarns spanning several generations, allowing the repercussions to cascade and branch off into new and unexpected directions and the past to assert itself anew. We are introduced to Cyril Conroy, a World…

Jessica McEnteeSeptember 4, 2019

Book Club Network Thrillers

Carla Neggers’ Latest Steals Art and Hearts of Readers

Right away, author Carla Neggers hurries about introducing you to the characters in her book – by paragraph four, you’ve met five – and you begin to feel like you’ve arrived late to a party. If you’re new to the Sharpe & Donovan series as I was, you have. The…

Sherri DaleyAugust 27, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

World War II and the “Home Front Girls” Left Behind

In Home Front Girls (Park Row Books), Suzanne Hayes and Loretta Nyhan relay in an epistolary format the drama endured by two American women and their families living hundreds of miles apart during World War II. In January 1943, twenty-three-year-old Glory Whitehall from Rockport, Massachusetts, picks a name from a hat…

K.L. RomoAugust 21, 2019

Book Club Network Nonfiction

“Better Dead Than Divorced:” Okay, Have it Your Way

Those were the words of an eight-year-old boy living in a small Greek mountain village in the 1950s and trying with his brothers to comprehend the booming noise outside that turned out to be gunshots. It’s the defining moment in Better Dead Than Divorced (Hard Work Publications), the true story…

Jim AlkonAugust 21, 2019

Book Club Network Thrillers

A Druggie, a Dominatrix and a Tower of Songs

Who doesn’t love an irreverent badass who admits he’s a screw-up? Duck Darley is the most damaged anti-hero you’d never want to meet in a dark corner of New York City. In Casey Barrett’s The Tower of Songs: A Duck Darley Novel (Kensington) East meets West when a Chinese power…

K.L. RomoAugust 20, 2019

Book Club Network Thrillers

Unraveling the Past in “Her Secret Son”

Initially, it seems innocuous enough in Hannah Mary McKinnon’s domestic suspense novel Her Secret Son (MIRA). Yet as the plot of this unpredictable thriller unfolds, one looks back for any clue that might provide answers. Josh, a thirty-five-year-old landscaper with a history of bad luck, has found the love of…

Gisèle LewisAugust 19, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

The Joke’s on Hitler in “The Ventriloquists”

Is there anything more intriguing than learning about a little known but magnificent piece of history? In E.R. Ramzipoor’s epic debut novel based on a true story, The Ventriloquists (Park Row Books), courage and fortitude raise the middle finger to Hitler and the Third Reich. Hitler had invaded Belgium three…

K.L. RomoAugust 13, 2019

Book Club Network Nonfiction

“Blue Grit:” An Insider’s Often Harrowing Look at the UN

This is no global thriller we’re talking about. Those are the words of Ulf T. Kristoffersson, reflecting on his real-life 40-year career with the United Nations in his fascinating and often-harrowing memoir, Blue Grit: A Life on the Humanitarian Front Lines of the United Nations (CreateSpace). Kristoffersson served six Secretaries-General,…

Jim AlkonAugust 6, 2019

Book Club Network Romance

Mom’s Perfect Boyfriend… Batteries Not Included!

Mom’s Perfect Boyfriend (Galbadia Press) is more than a typical romance novel: it’s futuristic. Author Crystal Hemmingway imagines a near-future in which robots may be more than the machines we know—they could be personal companions. And none too soon for our protagonist’s mother. Crystal Hemmingway (yes, the author and the…

Y. M. NelsonAugust 2, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

“Searching for Sylvie Lee:” A Maze of Love and Heartbreak

Searching for Sylvie Lee (William Morrow) is the perfect combination of literary fiction and suspense. Jean Kwok lets us inside the minds of Chinese immigrant sisters Sylvie, Amy and their Ma. Smart, pretty and accomplished Sylvie is the golden child in the family. Having grown up with her grandmother in…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 1, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

Fighting Magic Fire with Magic Fire in the “Witches Protection Program”

What always struck me about the dark, cultish television series "True Blood" was how it portrayed a society in which vampires strutted around as a class onto themselves – thanks to a synthetic blood product -- interacting with humans in the normal fabric of things. That’s to say nothing of…

Jim AlkonJuly 16, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

“The Masterpiece:” NYC’s Grand Central as One of the Stars

Today Fiona Davis' own narrative work of art, The Masterpiece (Dutton) comes out in paperback. To celebrate, we revisit the intricate story and informative interview with the author. Today’s radiant Grand Central Terminal belies the nadir of its seventh decade when decay, crime, and overreaching developers threatened its existence. Thanks…

Claudia KeenanJuly 8, 2019

Book Club Network Thrillers

A Timely Thriller from the Masterful Cristina Alger

In Cristina Alger’s Girls Like Us (G.P. Putnam’s Sons), FBI agent Nell Flynn returns to her hometown in Long Island, NY, to settle the estate of her homicide detective father. They were estranged, and she hasn’t been home in ten years. Soon Nell is aiding in an investigation of a…

Ann LinebergerJuly 2, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

A Riveting Civil War Novel of Romance and Espionage

Across the River is a lush and languid historical spy novel set during the Civil War. This novel by Richard Snodgrass is the fourth in a series, following the critically praised Furnass Towers Trilogy. Colin Lyle is the owner of the Keystone Steam Works and lives in Furnass, Pennsylvania with…

Ann LinebergerJuly 2, 2019

Book Club Network Fiction

War Through the Eyes of Female Pilots

Inspired by the team of women pilots who trained soldiers in the second World War, Noelle Salazar's The Flight Girls (MIRA) innovatively weaves the struggles of misogyny, trauma and platonic relationships with the paradoxical truth of war’s powerful capacity to both fracture relationships and bring individuals together. Seldom are readers…

Emily WolfeJune 26, 2019

In “All the Broken People,” a Small Town Hides Big Secrets

Patchett’s “The Dutch House:” A Sprawling Family Saga of Loss and Obsession

Carla Neggers’ Latest Steals Art and Hearts of Readers

World War II and the “Home Front Girls” Left Behind

“Better Dead Than Divorced:” Okay, Have it Your Way

A Druggie, a Dominatrix and a Tower of Songs

Unraveling the Past in “Her Secret Son”

The Joke’s on Hitler in “The Ventriloquists”

“Blue Grit:” An Insider’s Often Harrowing Look at the UN

Mom’s Perfect Boyfriend… Batteries Not Included!

“Searching for Sylvie Lee:” A Maze of Love and Heartbreak

Fighting Magic Fire with Magic Fire in the “Witches Protection Program”

“The Masterpiece:” NYC’s Grand Central as One of the Stars

A Timely Thriller from the Masterful Cristina Alger

A Riveting Civil War Novel of Romance and Espionage

War Through the Eyes of Female Pilots

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