reviews

The Secret Lives of Surrogates Author: Joanne Ramos How far would you go for your future? What would you do to save your child? What if the solution seems like luxury but the costs are ethically dubious? What if, ultimately, you have no choice? These are the types of questions, intermixed with discourses on race and wealth that The Farm covers. Jane is a young immigrant from the Philippines, left alone and pregnant by her cheating husband, living in communal houses with her elderly cousin, Ate, who is renowned for her luxury nanny services. Ate, with her legendary infant care and ability to compartmentalize everything to create the ultimate service, attempts to be [...]

Murder Most Funny?? Author: Tim Dorsey Settling in over summer in Florida, enjoying my week away from work and on the Florida beach, I was in the mood for something Carl Hiaasen-like, something with the quirky Florida verve that matched the shifting sands and sweltering sun. I ran into Tiger Shrimp Tango at a local bookstore. Its lime green cover complimented by an angry shrimp and promises of hilarity seemed just right. The story, which is actually book 17 in an ongoing series, follows the exploits of a darkly comical serial killer and his forever stoned sidekick as they, Dexter style, target the bad [...]

Pass This One By In Silence Author: Alex North Promising to combine grisly crime, mystery and thriller into one, The Whisper Man follows the story of recently widowed Tom Kennedy and his young son, Jack. Tom and Jack don’t understand one another and although there is love, there is also enmity. The fact that Jack found his mother, dead at the foot of the stairs in their house has left him even more disturbed and harder to reach. Seeking to cleanse the memories of a once happy house now transformed by death, Tom uproots everything to move himself and his son to the quaint [...]