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 →
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 →
by Fredrik Backman, 2016, Audiobook narrated by Joan Walker, Simon & Schuster Audio This audiobook is delightful. It’s about a 63-year-old woman who has led a very sheltered life. She is ready for a change, and she decides to try … Continue reading →
by Donal Ryan, 2018, Kindle Edition, Penguin Books This book starts with the story of a young doctor trying to escape Syria with his family. It then leaves him and shifts to a young man in Ireland who is having … Continue reading →
by Phillip Kerr, 2009, A Bernie Gunther mystery book 4, Kindle Edition, Penguin Publishing Group, G.P. Putnam’s Sons imprint This is the first book that I have read by Phillip Kerr, although it is the fourth book he wrote in … Continue reading →
A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 18 by Louise Penny, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2022, Macmillan Audio This book started out at the scene of a murder many years prior. It was at this investigation that … Continue reading →
by James Joyce, book originally published in 1911, Audiobook released in 2011, narrated by several persons, Tantor Audio We listened to this audiobook on our trip from Florida to Rhode Island this year. It is a collection of short stories … Continue reading →
by Olga Tokarczuk, 2019, Kindle Edition, Riverhead Books The high school I attended has started a book club and this book was one of the monthly selections. It is about an older lady who lives by herself in Poland, very … Continue reading →
by Terry Hayes, 2024, Emily Bestler Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) My wife gave me this book for my birthday, and when I saw it I couldn’t wait to read it because I enjoyed his previous book, I … Continue reading →
A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 17 by Louise Penny, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Robert Bathurst, released in 2021 Macmillan Audio This book started out with an interesting theme: euthanasia. A person who claims to be a statistician has apparently … Continue reading →