September Reads: Featuring Sophie Hannah, Stewart Neville, and Chris Holm Now that fall is officially in the air and pumpkin spice is everywhere (is there pumpkin spiced crime fiction yet?), it’s the perfect time to curl up under a blanket with a stack of new autumn titles. September brings the return of old favorites, including […]
Author Archives: Jordan Foster
Essential Mystery Novels to Read in May…
Essential Mystery Novels to Read in May… With the Edgars recently announced and summer just around the corner, now is the perfect time to get a head start on some award-winning writers of years past and some newer voices who will hopefully grace podiums in the future. This month sees the much-anticipated return of two […]
Book Review of the Week: Redemption Road by John Hart
Book review Redemption Road by John Hart REDEMPTION ROAD By John Hart New York: St. Martin’s Press/Thomas Dunne Books, 2016. $27.99After a five-year absence, John Hart is back at it, returning to his North Carolina roots and once again mixing crime fiction with just a hint of the Southern Gothic in this tale of long-buried […]
April Reads…Books to read this spring
Books to read this spring The days are getting longer, which might make you think you should be spending more time outside, but just consider it more daylight hours to read. If you’re adventurous—and live in a cooperative climate—you can even take some of this month’s reading suggestions into the great outdoors. Quiet Neighbors […]
Spring Reading List
March Reads It’s officially spring, Daylight Saving Time is in effect, so what better is there to do with that extra hour of evening light than crack open a few new books? Your to-be-read stack is only going to get bigger as summer approaches—may as well get a head start while you can. This […]
What to Read in February?
What better way to celebrate those February holidays—Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day—than with some new books? Even if none of this month’s picks is explicitly about love (or even all-American, for that matter), there’s no doubt that our forefathers would want everyone to squeeze in a bit more reading time during a month that celebrates their […]
Mystery Books To Read in January
A new year means new books, though it’s perfectly acceptable to still work through your 2015 to-read pile in your spare time, too. Even if your official New Year’s resolution wasn’t to read more books in 2016, January is the perfect month to decompress from holiday stress with a stack of new books. For no […]
Book Review: I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN
I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN By Jandy Nelson New York: Dial, 2014. $13.64 Family secrets, betrayal, and an all-encompassing love for art serve as the catalysts in Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun, which introduces readers to estranged twins Noah and Jude. Told in alternating chapters—Noah’s narration takes place when the twins are thirteen, […]
December Reading List: James Lee Burke, Denise Mina…
December Reading List It’s the end of the year and there’s still time to squeeze in a few more books before January rolls around and the whole process starts anew. The holidays are a time for relaxing with (or without) family but always with a good book in hand. This month sees the return […]
Michael Connelly’s Latest Novel, along with Robert Crais, Gillian Flynn
A definite chill is in the air, which means it’s the perfect time to curl up with a new book. Or, better yet, a stack of new books. This month brings new installments from perennial favorites and sees the teaming up of both two beloved characters (Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller) as well […]
October Reads: Reviews of Patricia Cornwell and Elizabeth George…
With fall in the air and Halloween just around the corner, what better way to settle into the season than with a stack of new mysteries and thrillers? This month’s assortment offers up plenty of new adventures for old faces, with the return of long-running series from the likes of Elizabeth George and Patricia Cornwell […]
Book Review: JACKABY
Book Review: JACKABY By William Ritter New York: Algonquin Young Readers, 2014. $12.99 Advertised as Sherlock Holmes meets Doctor Who, William Ritter’s charming, thrilling young adult novel introduces readers to the plucky, young Abigail Rook and the mysterious R.F. Jackaby. Having run away from England and the life of a typical well-brought-up young lady—complete with […]
