Somehow this ended up being a week of true crime fiction and nonfiction so I’ll carry the theme through to the end with Murder in the Family, a novel about the making of a Netflix documentary about an unsolved murder. The producer is the stepson of the murder victim, who was his wealthy mother’s second, much younger husband. And the plot picks up speed from there. Caroline ... Read More...
Kill Show: A Novel
Sara Parcell is a teenager and gifted violinist who disappears on what seems to be an ordinary day. Within days her case goes national, coming to the attention of an ambitious reality TV show producer desperate to do something bigger than dating competition shows. To that end she reaches out to Sara’s parents to follow her abduction in real-time as a TV documentary. This is the ... Read More...
Dark Corners: A Novel
If the measure of success in a book is my inability to put it down, then Dark Corners was a successful novel. I could leave it at that, but where’s the fun? Set in Daytona the novel occurs at the nexus of modern day aspirational social media—a conference of Influencers. If you don’t know what this is or consider Instagram the 7th circle of hell that’s still not a problem. ... Read More...
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
If there’s anything more fickle than the heart it’s got to be my reading mind as my light/dark trend continues. Tuesday’s review was about a poignant novel covering the expanse of human emotions, but today The Whispers, dwells solely in the realm of the seven deadly sins as they play out amongst four women in one affluent neighborhood. Rebecca, an ER doctor, longs to be a ... Read More...
Lost and Found in Paris
When her husband of ten years informs her that he has 5-year-old twin sons and wants to integrate them (and their mother) into their lives, Joan Blakely realizes it might be time for a change. Broken hearted and confused she still wastes no time in changing the locks and starting divorce proceedings. But what to do next? The question is answered with humor, and a mystery, in ... Read More...
All That is Mine I Carry With Me
The scene is cleanly set when in the simpler times of 1975 10-year-old Miranda arrives home from school to find the house locked and, after she uses the hidden key to get in, empty. Her mother should be there. Her mother is always there to greet her after school. Her car, keys, handbag all in their proper place, but Jane Larkin is gone. And that’s the last of clean, simple ... Read More...
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