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The Secrets We Kept

September 30, 2019

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I love learning something from my fiction so was pleased to find out that Lara Prescott’s novel, The Secrets We Kept is based on a true story from the Cold War. Even better, it involves espionage and ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, book clubs, debut, historical fiction, Knopf

Tangerine by Christine Mangan

July 18, 2018

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  If you run into trouble at home, do not be surprised to run into trouble here. You are still the same person. Tangier can be magic, but even she is not a miracle worker. Heiress Alice ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, ecco, friendship, morocco, suspense, thriller

The Magnificent Esme Wells

April 20, 2018

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Esme Silver is the flaxen haired, china doll, daughter of a Busby Berkley dancer and a handsome, low level grifter. They live in Los Angeles where her parents are certain her mother’s big break into ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, childhood, Harper, Las Vegas

Where’s an Editor When You Need One?: Mini-Reviews

April 6, 2018

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  We’ve all read novels by authors who have a way with words, know how to shape a sentence, generate tension…all the good stuff, right? But what about when that good stuff keeps going and going ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, Blue Rider Press, childhood, contemporary life, fantasy, historical fiction, Italy, marriage, mini-reviews, political intrigue, St. Martin's Press

The Dreaded DNF: Summer Edition

July 28, 2017

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What can I say? 2017 is halfway over and my reading has been bipolar all year. I might think it was me, but I know too many other readers who report the same thing—high highs and low lows. And then ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Fiction Tagged: 1950s, Little Brown and Company, mini-reviews, Riverhead Books, social issues

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