by Alex Michalides, 2021, Kindle Edition, Caladon Books I enjoyed reading this book very much. Like his previous book, The Silent Patient, Michaelides kept me guessing throughout the book, and, in the end I guessed wrong. He really does know … Continue reading →
by Donna Leon, 1998, Penguin Books This mystery is about the murder of a young man from a noble Venetian family and the discovery of his remains in a field. I enjoy reading Leon’s novels which center around police Commissar … Continue reading →
by David Baldacci, 2014, Grand Central Publishing This book is about a plot to overthrow the leader of North Korea and its subsequent results. It features two CIA agents and their actions and emotions during their assignments. I found the … Continue reading →
by Melanie Benjamin, 2016, Kindle Version, Delacorte Press This book is about the socialites in New York and their relationships with Truman Capote and each other. It provides an interesting portrait of the society at that time and of Capote. … Continue reading →
by Stephen King, 2021, Kindle Edition, Scribner This is a very interesting tale about a former army sharpshooter who becomes a hired assassin. The book focuses on what he considers his last contract, but he doesn’t know much about … Continue reading →
by Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Hunter, 2021, Kindle Edition, Other Press  Something happens on a flight from Paris to New York when the plane encounters a huge thunderstorm that wasn’t predicted. After the plane emerges from the … Continue reading →
by Elizabeth Wein, 2012, Hyperion Press This novel is about an English woman pilot in WWII and her friend who was trained to be a spy but was captured by the Germans in France. The characterizations and the events were … Continue reading →
Lee and Andrew Child, 2020, Random House, LLC This might be the worst Jack Reacher book I have read so far. The Sentinel is apparently a system designed to thwart attempts to subvert the election system in the U.S. Reacher … Continue reading →
by John Knowles, 1960, The Macmillian Company This was always one of my favorite books and I saw it in my bookcase so I thought I would read it again. I believe the books hold on me was due to … Continue reading →
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, original publication 1951, Back Bay Books Paperback edition 2010, Little Brown and Company, New York This book, for some reason, was chosen by our men’s book club. It was interesting to go back … Continue reading →