Yearly Archives: 2015

New on the Shelves…

The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen In this intricate novel of psychological suspense, a fatal discovery near the high school ignites a witch-hunt in a Southeast Texas refinery town, unearthing communal and family secrets that threaten the lives of the town’s girls. In Port Sabine, the air is thick with oil, superstition reigns, and dreams hang on making… Read more

New on the Shelves…

This is an interesting one – Forgiving Maximo Rothman by A. J. Sidransky On a chilly autumn night in New York, the lives of two men born decades and continents apart collide when Max Redmond is found bludgeoned in his Washington Heights apartment. While investigating the crime, Detective Tolya Kurchenko comes across the dead man’s diaries, written by Redmond over four… Read more

New on the Shelves…

Silverblind (Ironskin Book 3) by Tina Connolly: The stunning historical fantasy series that began with the Nebula finalist Ironskin continues in Tina Connolly’s Silverblind Dorie Rochart has been hiding her fey side for a long time. Now, finished with University, she plans to study magical creatures and plants in the wild, bringing long-forgotten cures to those in need. But when… Read more

New on the Shelves…

This is the third book in a series I’m really enjoying. It started with Something Red and continued with The Wicked. Now, Throne of Darkness by Douglas Nicholas: It’s 1215 in northwest England—the eve of the signing of the Magna Carta—and mystical Irish queen Maeve and her unlikely band of warriors must protect the region from a chilling fate. Word of a threat… Read more

Quotables

“I like liking things. It’s just that there are more books to like than anyone can ever read. Granted, that’s an uptown problem, but a problem nonetheless.” – Sarah Vowell, and isn’t that a great name for a writer? Read more