--she's left behind everything she knows in a desperate attempt to make things right by keeping her mysterious

can't let go of the fear that he might have targeted her specifically, and feels as though solving the mystery

Now I'm reading what may be a perfect summer read with plenty of nostalgia; a dark, mythology-filled mystery

I mentioned Boy Swallows Universe (along with A Burning and The Office of Historical Corrections) in

incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband has recently been mysteriously

Tracking back in history, she recounts her front-desk work at a questionable plastic surgeon, to her

She disappears from her family and leaves behind a tragic mystery, while in her forays through new worlds

feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships

I mentioned this book (along with the new mystery The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins and the young adult

There are lovely moments of humor interspersed with the action and lots of (literally) flowery language (Kate Burkholder #13) by Linda Castillo I'm listening to the audiobook version of Linda Castillo's mystery-suspense

I felt as though he deliberately kept us in a plodding pace to emphasize the unwavering, repetitive misery explores the relentless oppression and hopelessness of slavery, the resigned existence of the imprisoned, masters But the white master of the plantation is Hiram's biological father, and composed young Hiram is set He may not inherit, nor may he rise above his station as owned and commanded by his white master. his mysterious powers that allow for shifts in time and space.

Ryan moves the reader through some of the simmering resentments borne of close-knit histories, professions

This is the third Paulette Jiles Civil War-era historical fiction book I've read and adored.

It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show A mysterious prisoner from the front arrives who could be friend or foe, and our main protagonist Talin The faulted character of April May was wonderful, and I was fascinated by the way her actions and hopes world-renowned physicist working to unlock the secrets of the hand and the curious artifacts, but the mysteries

was interested in the facts but didn't feel drawn into the characters or their stories during those sections MacArthur is also the author of the mystery Heart Spring Mountain. With masterful storytelling, King builds a world within each short story that feels immediate, sometimes

We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout In Elizabeth Strout's newest novel, we meet Artie Dam, high school history

If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or have a chance at a life together

If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this Her clever behind-the-scenes revelations catch the eye of the darkest and most mysterious villain of She provides lots of action; sometimes poignant internal conflict; some dark humor; and she builds history Both offer unlikely heroes, action, and some dark humor, although Yee's young adult book is more playful

When she finds a mysterious book her father had acquired, it shows January unlikely possibilities about

Kosta digs into his history as a young professional tennis player--including the unglamorous early tour

There are mysterious forces and machinations, many of which remain unclear to the reader until late in

War II fade in contrast to the responsibility and haunting we witness as Gretel relives her personal history perfectly straddling the status of unaware childhood and responsible young adulthood and a capability for action

The janitor is a cultural outsider with a complicated history, and what he lacks in training he makes The final section of the book doesn't shy away from violence, end-of-days drama, and a nuclear option

She is learning the mixed, disturbing history and heritage of her bloodline while falling in love with

uncharted territory--and suddenly finds that he has a strange new future ahead, in the Aerial Corps as master and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

I loved Pobi's mystery; the character of Page, a retired detective who is pulled back onto a case; and This was a really compelling mystery/thriller—with a smart underlying commentary about gun ownership, It wouldn’t have made any material difference to events, but not putting that protection in place felt I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year.

To look up at the nighttime sky is to become a part of a long line of people throughout human history

Rogue Protocol tracks Murderbot's travels to look into the goings-on of the questionable and mysterious

attention for her incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband is mysteriously

was a twentysomething writer in New York City when she began having odd symptoms, terrible pain, and mysterious

stage, spouted off comedic takes on her life, and after lots of scrapping and scrambling, the rest was history

story about outlaws, finding identity, eschewing societal fears and superstition, and belonging; a mystery

There are mysterious elements at play.

The male characters become easy to detest for actions and attitudes that are ineffectual, sometimes lazily character is later key to bravely resolving the main and significant conflicts of the story when a mysterious risk; following gut feelings over worrying about propriety; the complications of choosing loyalty and action

Sure that it's an error, Polly digs into her family history to make sure she is who she has always thought

One faction wants to use the horrifying knowledge of Nazi doctors who enacted abuse and torture upon the machinations of the Nazis or offer background on the politics of the American and British postwar factions I sometimes confused the various British men attempting to serve as puppet masters, but I raced to the

Addie wants to see more of the world, to be more in the world, and she is eager to allow for some mystery

If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or simply get Owen back to his own

setup of key characters leaving off without finishing their illuminating thoughts in order to keep the mystery

and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history Colm Toibin is also the author of The Master , The Magician , and other novels. 03 Trespasses by Louise

And Novik offers touching moments when surprising truths about El's, Orion's, and their parents' histories and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

Family Upstairs, Jewell provides sinister goings-on, incredible cruelties, desperate self-preservation, mysteries

the attention of a nearby diner, who mistakenly interprets what's happening and leaves Finlay with a mysterious

I could not have predicted each version of me that I shifted into, but through my history, one constant

Wilkerson is exceptional at laying out absurdities, horrors, disturbing historical events, shocking trends With masterful storytelling, King builds a world within each short story that feels immediate, sometimes

her inconvenient romantic feelings for Nikolai (and vice versa) and begins to come to terms with the mysterious Releasing the physically manipulated khergud army--such a focus of book one--is a motivator for action

Renkl is also the author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss and Graceland, At Last

at the story behind the music from one of our greatest songwriters. 02 Our America: A Photographic History Burns has been making documentaries about American history for over four decades, and his sense of the Burns offers a selection of photos highlighting a range of experiences from our 200 years of American history

case, a former priest and the Lady--an investigator searching for information in the convicts' past histories

Under, as well as two books about the English language, Mother Tongue and Made in America, and A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Really Short History of Nearly Everything.