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- Review of The Keeper (Cal Hooper #3) by Tana French
The third in the Cal Hooper series is a slow-burn mystery in which Tana French serves up deep character French book, a retired detective story, or an Irish setting? I continue to stand by all of this appreciation for French and for this series. More Tana French Novels I love Tana French. You might also be interested in my Bossy reviews of other Tana French novels .
- Review of The Searcher by Tana French
French offers a gloriously unlikely friendship, traces the dangers ricocheting through a sometimes claustrophobic What do I love more than a Tana French book, a retired detective story, or an Irish setting? I saved French's newest book to savor it over the holidays. French offers a gloriously unlikely friendship, traces the dangers ricocheting through a sometimes claustrophobic French is the author of six books in the Dublin Murder Squad series: In the Woods, The Likeness (my absolute
- Review of The Witch Elm by Tana French
Within a suspenseful mystery structure, French explores privilege, interconnectedness, and the many shades This is a lurking, suspenseful Tana French mystery, so I was plowing through it as usual, eager to find But French also dips her toe into how privilege, luck, (possibly somewhat blind) loyalty—and, in several Some of these characters felt lacking in humanity on some level, yet French made me sympathize with their French explores how interconnected everything is, how many shades of gray there can be in a situation
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/13/26 Edition
that also deals with grief, This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page; I'm reading the third in Tana French's Irish-set Cal Hooper mystery series, The Keeper ; and I'm reading a mystery built around a French Cal Hooper, a former Chicago cop, has settled into small-town Ireland life, made connections, In this third novel in French's series, the community reels over the disappearance of a local young woman You might also be interested in my Bossy reviews of other Tana French novels . 03 This Story Might Save
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Click here for my full review. 06 The Keeper (Cal Hooper #3) by Tana French The third in the Cal Hooper series is a slow-burn mystery in which Tana French serves up deep character development; a prominent I love a retired detective story, an Irish setting, and a Tana French book. French also digs into the past to show us Lena's past and to illuminate the reasons for her frequent You might also be interested in my Bossy reviews of other Tana French novels.
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
01 The Witch Elm by Tana French A Tana French mystery is usually a pretty good bet for me, and I plowed through The Witch Elm to find out what was happening under French's layers of story. In The Witch Elm, French dips her toe into exploring how privilege, luck, (sometimes blind) loyalty—and In case her books aren't already on your radar, French is the author of six Dublin Murder Squad books
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Check Out, ICYMI
01 The Witch Elm by Tana French A Tana French mystery is usually a pretty good bet for me, and I plowed through The Witch Elm to find out what was happening under French's layers of story. In The Witch Elm, French dips her toe into exploring how privilege, luck, (sometimes blind) loyalty—and In case her books aren't already on your radar, French is the author of six Dublin Murder Squad books
- Review of The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper
Harper's writing and tone remind me of a more spare Tana French.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/22/20 Edition
01 The Searcher by Tana French What do I love more than a Tana French book, a retired detective story I've been saving French's newest book because I've had such high hopes that it would be stellar, so my French is the author of six books in the Dublin Murder Squad series: In the Woods, The Likeness (my absolute French's book is starting off really strong, and One of Us Is Lying has me hooked.
- Review of One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
I mentioned this book (along with The Searcher by Tana French and In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren)
- Review of My Heart Went Walking by Sally Hanan
try Patrick Radden Keefe's powerful nonfiction Say Anything or the captivating novels The Searcher by Tana French and Normal People by Sally Rooney.
- The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year
01 The Witch Elm A Tana French mystery is usually a pretty good bet for me, and I plowed through The Witch Elm to find out what was happening under French's layers of story. In The Witch Elm, French dips her toe into exploring how privilege, luck, (sometimes blind) loyalty—and In case her books aren't already on your radar, French is the author of six Dublin Murder Squad books
- Review of Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's Chain-Gang All-Stars explores an America in which prisoners in the private Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is also the author of Friday Black.
- Review of A Far Better Thing by H. G. Parry
, and Parry introduces a rebellion against faerie powers that takes place against the mayhem of the French
- Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
following her bossy demands, but when Stella arrives in Paris, a series of fortuitous encounters with French The novel's eating and vivid French food descriptions are, as one would expect from Reich, a fun highlight Fashion also turns out to be a key to Stella's fate, and French designs are highlighted within The Paris
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/27/25 Edition
Parry's reimagining of A Tale of Two Cities as a dark, faery-controlled world with the French Revolution A Tale of Two Cities , with a rebellion against faery powers taking place within the mayhem of the French
- Review of Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
an unnamed city in post-colonial West Africa, with tensions between the indigenous dugulen and the French Bouba himself is part of both worlds, a "deux-fois," half French and half dugulen.
- Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh
timelines--following a stewardess on board The Titanic as well as a British spy working with the WWII French closed off and desperately trying to impress her estranged, famous father, serves as a spy assisting the French
- Shhh! Bossy Gift Ideas: Cookbooks
your gift list. 05 Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from the Lost Kitchen by Erin French Erin French is the owner and chef of The Lost Kitchen, a 40-seat restaurant in Freedom, Maine. Here, French shares over 75 recipes ranging from Pecorino Puffs to Little Nutmeg Diner Donuts and from French also includes tips from her own dining room, including setting the table with found objects, garnishing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/5/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, about an 01 Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's Chain-Gang All-Stars explores
- Review of His Majesty's Dragon: Temeraire #1 by Naomi Novik
When his ship captures a French frigate carrying an unhatched dragon egg, Will finds himself in uncharted
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/9/25 Edition
that takes place in post-colonial West Africa, with tensions between the indigenous dugulen and the French
- Review of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
on the southern plains, Comanches were the obvious target: No tribe in the history of the Spanish, French The book was, as one would expect, gut-wrenching to read as the destruction unfolded on these pages.
- Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
Meanwhile, Elaine, who is French, is doing what she can to help those in need--including giving away I very much enjoyed the French Resistance storyline, with its details of safe houses, document drops,
- Review of In Memoriam by Alice Winn
account of the unrelenting slog of World War I and the beautiful young men set against each other in the trenches The wartime mud and trench nightmare, endless slog, relentless death, horrifying gore, and mostly pointless-seeming
- Review of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
A German spy is on the loose in a small French community, and sources tell Laura that he may be linked
- Review of The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus
regularly run up and down the coast (widely providing eager customers in this area of England with French
- Review of The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr
of themselves, tragedies and wonders shape their community in this lovely, heartbreaking and heart-wrenching growth and resolutions toward the end of the book, they are reassuring and lovely, sometimes heart-wrenching
- Review of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
children's makeshift performances put on in a theatre framed by whale ribs to spy missions related to the French
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/11/22 Edition
I'm Reading Now I'm reading Anatomy: A Love Story, a gothic young adult historical fiction mystery by Dana 01 Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz In Anatomy: A Love Story, Dana Schwartz's young adult gothic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/5/24 Edition
an intelligent and educated young woman who is emotionally closed off, serves as a spy assisting the French
- Review of Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
; her yearning for her estranged father in Ghana, whom they all call the Chin Chin Man; her brother Nana's his injury, and his subsequent drug addiction; and her mother's tough love, how she shut down after Nana every waking hour into her pragmatic search for scientific answers that might be illuminating regarding Nana
- Review of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
largely unvisited tea house, lamenting her grown son's lack of time for her, and grumbling about the new "French Wedding, The New Girl, Well, That Was Unexpected, The Obsession, I'm Not Done with You Yet, and the Theo Tan
- Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year
timelines--following a stewardess on board The Titanic as well as a British spy working with the WWII French closed off and desperately trying to impress her estranged, famous father, serves as a spy assisting the French
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/1/23 Edition
largely unvisited tea house, lamenting her grown son's lack of time for her, and grumbling about the new "French
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
timelines--following a stewardess on board The Titanic as well as a British spy working with the WWII French closed off and desperately trying to impress her estranged, famous father, serves as a spy assisting the French
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/15/21 Edition
; her yearning for her estranged father in Ghana, whom they all call the Chin Chin Man; her brother Nana's obsession, his injury, and his subsequent drug addiction; her mother's tough love, how she shut down after Nana
- Review of Betting on You by Lynn Painter
funny banter, emotional growth, deep friendship, plausible missteps that keep the couple apart, heart-wrenching
- Six More Books about Brave Female Spies
Hall, an American working for the UK, was a trainer of the French Resistance despite the physical limitations
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/7/22 Edition
Meanwhile, Elaine is French and is doing what she can to help those in need there--including giving away
- Review of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
Pull up a weed from the wet soil of the drenched garden and smell the rich life the earthworm has left
- Six Short Story Collections to Wow You
Hat What's Your Hurry , The Souvenir Museum , Niagara Falls All Over Again , and the beautiful, heart-wrenching Ron Rash, the stories take place in different eras, but all are set in North Carolina and in heart-wrenching
- Review of Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman
historical fiction by Leah Angstman, it's 1689 and King William's War is in full force between the French
- Review of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
So when Tom begins to fall for the French teacher at school, it may renew his faith in the world and
- Review of The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck
Hall, an American working for the UK, was a trainer of the French Resistance despite the physical limitations
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/10/22 Edition
historical fiction by Leah Angstman, it's 1689 and King William's War is in full force between the French
- Review of Fragments of Light by Michele Phoenix
Cal is an American paratrooper dropped off course who must rely on the kindness of French townspeople When the occupying Germans return, he aims to protect the French in turn.
- Six Bossy Favorite Literary Fiction Reads from the Past Year
of themselves, tragedies and wonders shape their community in this lovely, heartbreaking and heart-wrenching growth and resolutions toward the end of the book, they are reassuring and lovely, sometimes heart-wrenching
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
, and Parry introduces a rebellion against faerie powers that takes place against the mayhem of the French
- My Six Favorite Reads of the First Half of 2025
of themselves, tragedies and wonders shape their community in this lovely, heartbreaking and heart-wrenching growth and resolutions toward the end of the book, they are reassuring and lovely, sometimes heart-wrenching













































