The Innocents
by Ian McEwan, 2010, Kindle Edition, Anchor I chose this book because I ran out of books on my Kindle and, when I searched for books that were available at the library, I found this one and it looked interesting. … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Fiction
The Devil is Waiting
by Jack Higgins, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Michael Page, Brilliance Audio Inc. This is number 19 of 22 Sean Dillon novels that Higgins has written. It is an adventure about an Al-Qaeda operative in southern Saudi Arabia who has his … Continue reading →
Squeeze Me
by Carl Hiaasen, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Scott Brick, Random House Audio The book starts at a gala at a site in Palm Beach County, Florida, where an elderly matron who is a big donor to the President suddenly disappears. … Continue reading →
A Wanted Man: A Jack Reacher Novel
by Lee Child, 2012, Audiobook narrated by Dick Hill, Random House Audio This is a typical Jack Reacher novel. It’s about a series of events that occur when Jack Reacher is hitchhiking in Nebraska late at night. The individuals who … Continue reading →
The Plot Against America
by Phillip Roth, 2004, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books This fictional book hinges on the 1940 presidential election when Charles Lindberg is elected president instead of FDR. Lindberg enters into an agreement with Hitler that the U.S. will not intervene in … Continue reading →
The Searcher
by Tana French, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Roger Clark, Penguin Audio This book seemed like it was going to be really good, but as I got into it, it turned out to be just okay for me. The book is … Continue reading →
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride, 2023, Audiobook narrated by Dominec Hoffman, Penguin Audio I thought I would enjoy this book a lot more as everyone is talking about it. I thought it was okay, but not great. It seemed to lag and … Continue reading →
Lightning Strike
by William Kent Kruger, 2021, Atria Books, New York This book is a prequel to the Corcoran O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger. The author takes us back to a time when Cork was twelve years old and his father, … Continue reading →
The Devil’s Daughter
by Gordon Greisman, 2024, Kindle Edition, Blackstone Publishing This is a gritty detective story that is set in New York City in the 1950’s. The plot centers on a missing teenage girl whose father contracts with a private detective to … Continue reading →
Norwegian by Night
by Derek B. Miller, 2013, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books, Reprint edition This book is about Sheldon Horowitz, an 82-year-old former U.S. Marine sharpshooter, who has moved in with his granddaughter and her husband in Norway. A woman who is a … Continue reading →