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The Return of Ellie Black

May 7, 2024

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A father and son hiking in the forest in Southwestern WA encounter a young woman, emaciated and bruised.  Her name is Elizabeth Black and she’s been missing for two years. This is the attention-grabbing opening of Emiko Jean’s new novel The Return of Ellie Black, a tactic she uses superbly right up until the end of this slow burn suspense novel. Ellie’s return brings joy to ... Read More...

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The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza

April 18, 2024

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Sara is at a low point when her favorite aunt dies. Her well-reviewed restaurant has closed, she’s bankrupt, and her husband is leaving her and wants custody of their daughter. It’s a mixed blessing when she’s given a letter left to her by the aunt containing a final request, a deed for a piece of land in Sicily, and a plane ticket there. This is the intriguing groundwork laid ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: historical, vacation reading, women

My Murder by Katie Williams

April 11, 2024

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When My Murder begins Louise is still getting used to her body, luxuriating in the smallest of its sensations. Every movement feels like a gift and in its way, it is. The real Louise, or the original woman, was one of five women slain by a serial killer and this Louise is a clone. The government has brought all five back to life and returned them to their grieving, ... Read More...

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The Woman on the Ledge

March 7, 2024

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After a woman is found dead on the pavement in front of a London highrise office building, Tate Kinsella is brought in for questioning on suspicion of murder. She tells the police that she had met the as-yet unidentified woman on the building’s rooftop terrace and that the woman was going to kill herself by jumping until Tate had talked her out of it.  Either the woman had gone ... Read More...

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The Fury by Alex Michaelides

February 16, 2024

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When actress Lana Farrar finds her mood dragged down by London’s dreary weather she does what any of us would, invites her friends for a weekend away on her private Greek island. All right, probably not what we would do, but Alex Michaelides needed a remote backdrop for his new novel, The Fury and what’s better than a private island? Unfortunately, once on the island, old ... Read More...

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What Wild Women Do: A Novel

January 30, 2024

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When Rowan and her fiancé Seth stall out in their dreams of being a screenwriter (her) and a novelist (him) they decide to take a break from the dreary reality of moving back home to Michigan and rent a rustic cabin in the Adirondacks for a month. This simple decision, made to save money, leads to the discoveries that lie at the heart of What Wild Women Do by Karma Brown. The ... Read More...

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