reviews

Ambition, Secrets, and a Killer Author: J.P. Pomare Margot Scott, happily married psychologist with two nearly grown children and the requisite home in the suburbs, has mostly recovered from her one moment of indiscretion at the beginning of her career. She’s settled into the dull thrum of a normal life, spiced only by the problems of her borderline clients and the occasionally unsettling memories of her past. All that is about to change though, when someone enters her house in the middle of the night, leaving a trail of flames and a violent drawing left outside her front door. Displaced, [...]

Abandonment, Abuse, and Reclamation Author: Veena Rao Tara’s earliest memories are of not being wanted. As a child she was left behind in India to live with her stern grandparents and unstable uncle while her parents and brother lived in the wealth and relative ease of Dubai, rarely visiting. Now, as a grown woman, Tara’s family has finally made a marriage pact for her – only her new husband, Sanjay, moved to America a few days after the wedding and three years later, he still hasn’t sent for her. Finally, just as Tara has given up hope and accepted the shame [...]

Two Girls, One Guilty Town Author: Megan Goldin Rachel Krall, successful creator and voice of Guilty or Not Guilty: “the podcast that puts you in the jury box,” is traveling to the small seaside town of Neapolis to sit-in on a rape case. Her first two podcast seasons investigated and solved previous cold-cases.  Rachel knows that she has to give her listeners more of what they want for season three and tackle another sticky case rife with social issues. Neapolis’ golden boy, a swimmer with Olympic aspirations, has been accused of raping a sixteen year old girl, referred to as the [...]