This book is the first in Ann Cleeves’s new Three Rivers series. Mystery fans know Cleeves from the Vera Stanhope and Shetland books and TV series, and it was exciting to discover her brand-new character, Detective Inspector Matthew Venn. He’s an unassuming, introverted sort who’s pulled into a murder case on the day of his…
“A boy at the beginning of a story has no way of knowing that the story has begun.” The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern When we first meet our protagonist Zach, he’s on winter break in his last year of grad school. He’s wandering around the library looking for a good book to read and…
Erica’s Pick Of The Week is an unexpected, genre-defying gem.
Ann Patchett’s compelling new family saga, The Dutch House, is one of my favorite books of the year. Danny Conroy narrates this contemporary fairytale, set over five decades. He tells his beloved older sister Maeve’s story, with the requisite absent mother, the clueless father, and a wicked stepmother. Strong-willed Maeve is the heart and soul…
Since it’s Halloween this week but I’m too chicken to read horror books, I figured I would cheat and review a not-so-scary book that has “ghosts” in the title! Tuesday Mooney is a “prospect researcher” for a large hospital in Boston — that’s fundraising-speak for someone who pulls together information on wealthy potential donors. At…
