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Anthony Horowitz serves up a stylish contemporary golden-age murder mystery with whipped cream and a cherry on top with Marble Hall Murders. It’s a literary novel within a literary novel written with tremendous intelligence, humor, hidden clues, playful word games and anagrams that will keep reade...

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau is an exciting and thought-provoking read. In this latest historical novel by New York Times best-selling author Kristin Harmel, its protagonist is an expert jewel thief. The story alternates in time between her years growing up in Nazi-occupied Paris in the 1940s ...

In bestselling author Laura Lippman’s Murder Takes a Vacation, Muriel Blossom, a long-widowed woman in her late 60s, has lived her life for others — her deceased husband Horace, her daughter and her grandchildren. After dedicating 10 years to helping raise her daughter’s family in Arizona, the...

Best-selling author Frederik Backman’s latest novel, My Friends, is a heart-warming, heart-breaking gem that shines with wisdom, compassion and humor, illuminating the immeasurable power of friendship. In an unnamed seaside town in an unnamed country, where hope and aspiration come in short supply...

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark is a dark crime thriller that centers on family, loyalty and love. The book asks how far one is willing to go to protect themselves, their family, and the secrets that lie buried in the past. Long-Buried Secrets In 1975, Ojai, CA, a family is......

Big Bad Wool, written by the pseudonymously named Leonie Swann, was translated from the German by Amy Bojang, the translator of the previous two novels in the Miss Sharp Investigates series. The current thriller, or “Sheep Detective Story,” was first published in Germany in 2010 with the title G...

In S. A. Cosby’s latest novel, King of Ashes, money manager to the stars Roman Carruthers has long abandoned his Virginia roots. For years, he’s been living large in Atlanta, making millions for his clients and indulging in every fantasy he can imagine. The deep scars of a troubled childhood......

For those of us old enough to remember, watching Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show was the perfect way to unwind before turning in for the night. With his sharp wit, instinctive comedic timing, and unflappable calm and confidence, Carson was the master of the monologue, concluding each with his......

In V.E. Shwab‘s latest novel, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, readers are immersed in a tapestry of voices that echo across centuries, bound by blood, grief, and an almost mythic resilience. We follow three women through the course of the book — María in 1532 Spain, Charlotte in......