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Old Curiosity Shop

Another Heart Rending Masterpiece Author: Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop is a powerful story of people: greed, addiction, innocence, evil, happiness in the midst of dire circumstances, ruinous dreams of wealth, and all the life and sorrow that happens in between. As with any Dickens tale, the characters are vibrant, both absurd in their extremities and recognizable in their very humanness, saints and sinners side by side in the drama of life and the pain of relationship. By Joseph Clayton Clarke (1857-1937) - Scanned from a print in my collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47402402 It begins with the Grandfather [...]

2021-07-25T21:34:25-07:00July 25th, 2021|Tags: , |

Happy Never After

60s Music, Vendettas, Girl Bands, and Murder Author: Kathy Hogan Trocheck In Happy Never After, Callahan Garrity, a retired (read failed) police investigator and owner of House Mouse cleaning service, takes on a case in her free-time. It’s not her usual side-case, but friends and family want her to find out whatever happened to the long-missing member of the 60s girl group, VelvetTeens, so that they can participate in a successful (and lucrative) reunion. When a missing person’s case becomes a murder case, however, Callahan is going to need all the help (and not-entirely-legal schemes) she can get. Will the crazed [...]

2025-05-13T03:42:44-07:00July 24th, 2021|Tags: , |

Survivors, The

A Reflective, Atmospheric Thriller  Author: Jane Harper It’s been many years since Kieran Elliott has returned to his small, coastal home in Tasmania. He doesn’t look forward to the necessity of a reunion with his hometown friends, his family, or the close-knit community he left. He doesn’t look forward to the memories or accusations it will awaken, or the talk (and veiled hints) about his dead brother and the storm that took him. His partner and new baby are in tow, and at least he has a buffer this time, arms to hold him through the long nights, a voice to [...]

2021-07-18T11:57:18-07:00July 18th, 2021|Tags: , , , |
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