Patricia Highsmith wrote The Talented Mr. Ripley in in 1955. She based it loosely on Henry James’s The Ambassadors (which I now have to add to my to-read list). The lead character, Tom Ripley, proved so popular, that she brought him back for four more novels. When the reader first meets Tom he is living close to the bone in New York City, subsisting on his “friends,” or running various schemes, including mail fraud. But Tom isn’t really great at his schemes, and he doesn’t like […]
“The world was fragile. One day, growth; the next day, kindling.”
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
The best horror stories are already frightening before the monsters even show up. The doomed Donner Party has always been the quintessential example of the harsh realities for pioneers trekking West to the promise of California, and most already know the tragedy awaiting the group at the center of The Hunger. While bringing their wagon train across the country to find new fortunes, the infamous Donner Party made many key mistakes, and found themselves staring down the barrel of the harshest conditions the West had […]
Another rather forgettable Harris book
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
Official book description: Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town. There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There’s a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his […]
Let It Snow
Available Dark by Elizabeth Hand
Home For The Holidays by Gary Reilly
For the first time, I’m reviewing two books at once! Fortunately, both were solid 4-star reviews so I guess I don’t have to note that. Available Dark I read Generation Loss, the first book in the Cass Neary series over the summer and it absolutely knocked me off my feet. I don’t know what I expected but I didn’t expect that. I think it goes to show how the idea of having to “root for a character” in order to be invested is a crock of […]
It is a romance!
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
After reading so many re-tellings of Sherlock Holmes over the past couple of years, I vowed to start reading the source material. It took until a few months ago to actually get that quest off the ground. My hesitation was partly due to the fact that I figured the real Sherlock Holmes would not be my cup of tea. The particular cup of Sherlock-y tea that I had been sipping and enjoying was via PBS, the Lady Sherlock Holmes book series and Alexis Hall’s WONDERFUL “The Affair […]
Charlotte plans an art heist
The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
This is the fourth book in a five book series. It’s not really the best place to begin. This review will also possibly contain spoilers for earlier books in the series. A Study of Scarlet Women is where you want to start. Official book description: As “Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective,” Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork—or rather, made away with the secrets hidden behind a much-coveted canvas. But Mrs. Watson is desperate to help her old […]
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