Cathy Lamb

Tall Poppy Review: “The Man She Married” Shocks

There are many ways to write about being in a coma, the shock, the helpless entrapment, and the frightening numbness and silence, but then there is Cathy Lamb's way, with bewilderment, with laugh-out-loud humor, and with chilling fear of why things have gone wrong. In The Man She Married, (Kensington)…

Weina Dai RandelNovember 1, 2018

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: “The Language of Sisters”

Cathy Lamb’s novel, The Language of Sisters (Kensington Publishing Co.) is the latter. This story took me from Russia to Oregon and back again, through the tangles of family and the veracity of the statement “The truth will set you free.” This is the tale of a Russian, close-knit, witty and…

Patti Callahan HenryAugust 11, 2018

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: “The Dog Year” Is Compelling and Real

Think of a time in your life when you hit a wall. Everything was going to pieces. You were living your life and then wham. You got hit. And kept getting hit. One problem after another. It wasn’t, “Problems come in threes,” it was, “Problems come in SETS of three.”…

Cathy LambNovember 29, 2018

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Shedding Weight and Tears

People argue over who said "Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle," whether it was Plato or Philo or John Watson or whoever. But Cathy Lamb's touching Such a Pretty Face (Kensington) is the novel that philosophy perfectly embodies. It invites us to think about how what we…

Hank Phillippi RyanApril 18, 2019

Fiction

Is Shattered Glass The New Profile of A Woman For Trendy Book Covers?

They say to never judge a book by its cover, but most of us are guilty of picking up a shiny novel just because of the awesome book cover image. It’s hard not to be enticed by a particularly cool graphic or just the right picture to whet your appetite.…

Rachel CarterJuly 25, 2017

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: “All About Evie,” Identity and a Three-Legged Dog

Fans of Lamb’s previous twelve novels will recognize her distinctive way of spinning a tale in her thirteenth, All About Evie (Kensington): a chatty female protagonist with an unusual dilemma, secondary characters who are lovably quirky, a slow-burning romance that has every reason not to work out, and a heart-warming…

Kathryn CraftOctober 31, 2019

Fiction

Real People, Real Problems in Cathy Lamb’s “No Place I’d Rather Be”

Full disclosure. I love Cathy Lamb’s books and No Place I'd Rather Be is no exception. Her writing is so warm, funny and real. Real people, real problems, solved in real ways. I mean, what’s not to like? Oh, wait, that’s not enough for you? Okay fine, this book has…

Ann GarvinSeptember 7, 2017

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The Charming Killer: 6 Stories of Manipulative Murderers

Would you know if your best friend was a killer? What about your husband or wife? Most people think they’d recognize a killer if they looked them in the eyes. But in these six thrillers and mysteries, the main characters are caught unaware by the people closest to them. Even…

Megan BeauregardOctober 24, 2022

Fiction Listicles

Let’s Twist Again: Eight Books That Will Surprise You

It’s lucky that Twitter wasn’t invented when The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was published. Can you imagine? Within 15 minutes, somebody would’ve posted: Oh Em Gee, can you believe that ending? And then everybody would’ve read Agatha Christie’s classic in a different way. It’s always been a debate for me whether books…

Hank Phillippi RyanOctober 24, 2019

Tall Poppy Review: “The Man She Married” Shocks

Tall Poppy Review: “The Language of Sisters”

Tall Poppy Review: “The Dog Year” Is Compelling and Real

Tall Poppy Review: Shedding Weight and Tears

Is Shattered Glass The New Profile of A Woman For Trendy Book Covers?

Tall Poppy Review: “All About Evie,” Identity and a Three-Legged Dog

Real People, Real Problems in Cathy Lamb’s “No Place I’d Rather Be”

The Charming Killer: 6 Stories of Manipulative Murderers

Let’s Twist Again: Eight Books That Will Surprise You

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