Annie Kendall’s life has not gone the way she’d hoped it would. In the midst of a stellar academic career as an architectural historian she let a fondness for alcohol get away from her and in doing so lost custody of her young son. By the time she regained her sobriety both her personal life and career were in shambles. It is fortuitous then that billionaire Phil Weinraub ... Read More...
The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress
In a clever move, the title of The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress describes the three main characters in the book, eliminating any need for the reader to figure out what the novel is about. There is Stella, the socialite long-suffering wife of Judge Crater who doesn’t seem overwhelmingly concerned when he disappears, only when she finds out his paychecks are going to stop. ... Read More...
The Empty Glass
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most iconic stars in American history. Numerous non-fiction books detail her life but it is the fiction that provides more fodder for the rumors about her death; namely because it can draw on the smallest of details and create a story around them. If it sounds like I’m getting ready to slam this genre, relax. I’m a fan of it, albeit not of the ... Read More...
Mercy Snow
I’m not a mystery/thriller aficionado so I can’t pretend to know all of the various plot types but from my limited experience there are two ways to go: the-questions-keep-coming, working up to a sonic boom of truth or the reader is in on the mystery and it’s a race to the finish to see if anyone in the cast will figure it out in time. Both ways work, depending on how well ... Read More...
The Visionist
In The Visionist: A Novel, Polly Kimball, her brother Ben and her mother are running for their lives. After her drunken father passed out on his bed, Polly accidentally dropped an oil lamp in his room and set the entire house on fire. As the three ride off in their wagon she looks back to see her father running out of the house. She knows, without a doubt, his punishment, if he ... Read More...
In the Blood
We telegraph our inner lives with what we choose to eat, how we eat it, what we wear, how we carry ourselves, the words we use and don’t use. We tell about ourselves in a million small and large ways. And most people don’t even notice, because they’re so busy telling about themselves, listening to the symphony of their own inner lives. But the psychopath doesn’t have an inner ... Read More...
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