Author: Lisa Lutz Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2007 Genre: Mystery My Rating: B+ Summary (from the author’s website): Isabel Spellman, the uncompromising—okay, obstinate—twenty-eight year-old San Francisco private eye in Lisa Lutz’s riotous debut novel, THE SPELLMAN FILES has her share of problems. And those problems all happen to be named Spellman.Her parents, Albert and Olivia, [...]
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Author: Stewart O’Nan Publisher: Penguin, 2008 Format: Audiobook, Narrated by Jonathan Davis My Rating: A Summary (from the publisher): The Red Lobster perched in the far corner of a run-down New England mall hasn’t been making its numbers and headquarters has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift [...] Author: Dorothy Gilman Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2001 Genre: Mystery Format: Audio, read by Barbara Rosenblat Summary from publisher: After facing down hijackers on a flight to the Middle East and saving the lives of the passengers on board, a young American woman steps off the plane in Damascus in a blaze of celebrity and disappears. [...] As I’ve mentioned before, I like Mickey Haller. He’s Michael Connelly‘s favorite defense attorney. He might be just a notch above slimy but he’s smart and knows how to fight and manipulate a legal case in favor of his clients. Plus, he’s fun to follow. In The Fifth Witness, we find that Mickey has been [...] Author: John Steinbeck Publisher: Viking, 1938 Genre: Classic Fiction Format: Hardcover Source: Public library My Rating: A+ For the last two weeks a group of bloggers, sponsored by the The Classic Circuit, has joined together to honor the writing of John Steinbeck. I’m happy to be a part of that group. Over the years I’ve [...] |
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