Four-Star Book Review

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Review of The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass

Emma Makepeace returns with new enemies in her sights--but this time she must work undercover on a Russian oligarch's yacht without MI6...

Sep 19

Review of A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn

In this installment of Veronica and Stoker's Victorian England mystery-solving, they enter a sinister, gothic scene--and despite spending...

Sep 14

Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

Donoghue's captivating historical fiction centers around two real-life young women in an early 1800s British boarding school who fall...

Sep 13

Review of World Running Down by Al Hess

Hess's dystopian Utah relies on AI, robots, and the growing, stark split between the haves and have-nots. Trans salvager Val is just...

Sep 12

Review of Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki

Lepucki's strange, interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances, and the power of hate--and of...

Aug 31

Review of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird

Isabella Bird's nonfiction account of her 1873 travels through the rugged, wondrous American West is full of her irresistible...

Aug 29

Review of Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo

Fascinating, sometimes infuriating firsthand peeks at admissions procedures and priorities; ways to evaluate buyer schools and seller...

Aug 23

Review of The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

I loved the futuristic space-mission capabilities, smart and strong all-woman crew, the mystery and suspicion, and most of all the...

Aug 22

Review of The Last Ranger by Peter Heller

Heller's newest suspenseful wilderness story is full of danger, wonder, and emotional ties; the unforgiving nature and beauty of the...

Aug 17

Review of A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas

Book two of Thomas's Lady Sherlock series offers a robust dual mystery, clever female characters, priceless gems of insight from...

Aug 15

Review of A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella

Joella's lovely exploration of three characters' loss and grief allows for deep human connection, the forging of messy paths forward, and...

Aug 9

Review of A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell #3) by Deanna Raybourn

In the third book in the irresistible Veronica Speedwell series, we learn more about Stoker's past, secrets, heartbreak, and motivations;...

Aug 8

Review of A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America by Timothy Egan

In this narrative nonfiction, Egan explores the Klan's explosive growth and power in the 1920s in states like Indiana and beyond, while...

Aug 4

Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing

Solid Mystery and Suspense Reads These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites of the year a...

Aug 3

Review of The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

The True Love Experiment is a wonderful, romantic read about forbidden attraction and heartwarming vulnerability, with steamy scenes,...

Aug 2

Review of A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me even more fully into Veronica and...

Jul 26

Review of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

In the second installment in Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series, Alex is as brave, scowling, and unapologetic as ever--and Darlington will...

Jul 25

Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

ICYMI: When tough, stubborn Alex Stern is offered a new start after surviving a mysterious multiple homicide, she becomes an unlikely...

Jul 13

Review of What Remains by Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker's thriller focuses on a detective, her stalker, and the lengths both will go to to try to get what they want. This is a...

Jul 11

Review of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing decisions and missteps that shape the...

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