The Fisherman by John Langan I wanted a book that scratched the same itch as T. Kingfisher’s horror, and this one did the trick. It’s very firmly ensconced in the real world, and yet the supernatural elements seemed plausible. One of the ways in which Langan brings the reader into the supernatural elements is through …
Tag: New York
Apr 26
Book Review: The Book of Lost and Found
The Book of Lost and Found by Lucy Foley I read this book based on the recommendation of someone I greatly admire, who, it seems, has vastly different tastes in literature than I do. Don’t let the name “Lucy Foley” fool you: this is not a dark and tense thriller. It’s so different from the …
Aug 26
Book Review: Still Me
Still Me by Jojo Moyes Jojo Moyes is my go-to when I want to read (listen to) something amazing to get back my passion for stories. This is the third book in the Louisa Clark stories, the first of which involved her being hired to try to convince a paralyzed man not to kill himself. …
Oct 18
Book Review: The Leavers
The Leavers by Lisa Ko This was a book club selection about a story that encompasses what for many of us would be the ultimate nightmare. What if your only parent abandoned you? What if you lost your beloved child? It concerns Deming and Polly Guo, sometime residents of China and New York and about …
Aug 28
Book Review: The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn If you like female-centric thrillers, where it’s all about the mystery and the tension and the veiled danger, this is a great example of the genre. It has an unreliable narrator who isn’t a very good person, more than one twist in the plot, and sufficient danger. …