Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman, a recovering alcoholic with more regrets than belongings. But she spends her life doing what no one else will–searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Sydney, 1946. Though war correspondent Billie Walker is happy to finally be home, for her the heady postwar days are tarnished by the loss of her father and the disappearance in Europe of her husband, Jack. To make matters worse, now that the war is over, the […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. When it comes to relationships, thirty-four-year-old Kate Turner is ready to say “Bah, humbug.” The sleepy town of Blexford, England, isn’t exactly brimming with prospects, and anyway, Kate’s found fulfillment in her career as a designer, and in her delicious side job baking for her old friend […]
Continue reading "#FridayReads: The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss"
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. The O’Sullivan clan of County Cork, Ireland, are back to investigate another case of murder—this time at Christmas! This December in Kilbane, if you’re planning to warm up with a cuppa tea at Naomi’s Bistro, you may have a bit of a wait—the entire O’Sullivan brood has […]
Continue reading "#FridayReads: Murder at an Irish Christmas by Carlene O’Connor"
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Paras, short for “Perestroika,” is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. One afternoon at dusk, she finds the door of her stall open and–she’s a curious filly–wanders all the way to the City of Light. She’s dazzled and often mystified by the sights, sounds, […]
Continue reading "#FridayReads: Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley"
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Detective John Hooper, William Monk’s right-hand man at the Thames River Police, is blissfully happy in his new marriage to Celia, the cousin of a victim in one of the river police’s recent murder cases. Celia wants the same happiness for her good friend Clementine, who’s just […]
Continue reading "#FridayReads: A Christmas Resolution by Anne Perry"
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Both a taut whodunit and a haunting snapshot of the effects of a violent crime, Little Threats tells the story of a woman who served fifteen years in prison for murder . . . and now it’s time to find out if she’s guilty. Request an eGalley on […]
Continue reading "#FridayReads: Little Threats by Emily Schultz"
