THE LAST MONA LISA by Jonathon Santlofer »
5 *
Come for the heist of the Mona Lisa, with its unexpected twists and turns based on real world thievery of Leonardo’s Read more…
RADAR GIRLS by Sara Ackerman »
5*
What a delightful Hawaiian plunge into the wartime lives of women recruited into the Women’s Air Raid Defense (WARD) during WWII. This Read more…
A PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT by Becky Chambers »
This launch of a new series, Monk & Robot, by Hugo awardee Chambers, charms from the outset. A non-binary monk, Sibling Dex, decides Read more…
A SLOW FIRE BURNING by Paul Hawkins »
In her latest psychological thriller, Hawkins compiles a cast of characters all surrounding Daniel, a young man found violently killed on his river Read more…
Rabbits, by Terry Miles »
4.5 stars
Step aside Ready Player One as Mile’s debut thriller brings us deep into a mysterious alternate-reality, underground, scavenger game that has Read more…
APPLESEED by Matt Bell »
5 stars
Wow! This profound, thought-provoking novel requires you to read slowly, as each of three story arcs wrestle with profound issues about Read more…
THE MAIDENS by Alex Michaelides »
5*!
Following up on The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides adds a classical twist of Greek mythology underpinning this new outstanding, dark, psychological thriller Read more…
THE PLOT by Jean Hanff Korelitz »
4.5 stars
This ultimately unput-downable literary, psychological thriller gets off to sluggish start, slowly setting the scene for the intense twists and turns Read more…
SCORPION, by Christian Cantrell »
5*
Welcome to an exceptionally well-written, tightly woven, fast-plotted, edge-of-your-seat, intellectual sci-fi techno, near-future thriller!
Better still, Cantrell crafts three main characters, each Read more…
Eternal by Lisa Scottoline »
5 Stars!!
What could be better than having vastly talented Lisa Scottoline turn her warm, insightful, and deeply resonant storytelling to historical fiction, Read more…
PROJECT HAIL MARY, by Andy Weir »
With humor and desperation to save humanity commingling, Weir in his third novel recaptures the irresistible charm and trepidation that suffused The Martian. Read more…