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Don’t take me there Author: Wally Lamb To give a Wally Lamb book anything less than five stars is like a dagger through my heart. For more than twenty years, I have devoured his expansive, articulate and exquisitely written novels, and I’ve never been disappointed—until now. His newest book, I’ll Take You There, is a jarring departure from what I’ve come to expect from Lamb, who has crafted engrossing plotlines and tragic, endearing characters in She's Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, and The Hour I First Believed. These are books that consumed me; these are books I [...]

A Love Story Part II or Time Travel, Betrayal, and Restless, Bitter Secrets Author: Diana Gabaldon  Crashing to earth, the second book in the ever-popular Outlander series begins with a time reversal mystery. No longer in the days of long lost lore, Claire is back in the 20th century, older and sadder with a shrouded history. Returning to Scotland after the recent death of her first-husband, Frank, Claire reaches out to Reverend Reginald’s adopted son, Roger. Old promises are fulfilled and binding oaths laid to rest and now, after twenty years away, Claire has the freedom to unveil her web of lies to [...]

Modern Paranoia Meets Agatha Christie  Author: Ruth Ware Gaining on such blockbuster bestsellers as Gone Girl and Woman on The Train, Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10 is an edgy and claustrophobic story in classical Agatha Christie tradition. We have a paranoid, unreliable narrator, a confining cruise ship, and a cast of suspicious high-life adventurers and millionaires – all with strange, sometimes sinister mannerisms. It begins when Lo Blacklock, commitment phobic alcoholic, finally gets her big chance to review the sumptuous cruise ship Aurora while her illustrious fellow journalist colleague is away on maternity leave. It’s ten years in [...]