Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon is a story of dichotomies as it is both an incredibly motivating and uplifting story but also incredibly sad and heartbreaking. Based loosely on true events it tells the story of Nancy Wake, a reporter turned smuggler and spy who was on the ground in France during WWII. Told…
A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch is the first book in his Charles Lenox mysteries. Charles Lenox is a gentleman living in Victorian England who prefers to spend his time reading obscure literature and histories as he plans to venture around the world to visit historical sights. His reality is more that of a…
The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sosuke Natsukawa is the sequel to The Cat Who Saved Books and continues the adventures of Tiger the tabby. This time he is joined by Nanami, a thirteen-year-old who has chronic asthma and tends to spend her time in libraries instead of outdoors. While browsing one day she…
If you know a kid who likes adventures on the high seas you might recommend The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. Charlotte Doyle is a young girl, only thirteen, and is traveling from England to America by ship to meet the rest of her family who had traveled ahead while she finished her…
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn was simply incredible. The story opens in 1947 days before Princess Elizabeth is set to marry Prince Phillip, Osla Kendall is the former girlfriend of Phillip who now works as a columnist for Tatler. As she is preparing herself for attending the wedding she receives an unusual letter written…
Angelhunting by Ji Hong Sayo is the first book in the new Seamus Caron Mystery series. Seamus is a private detective in Toronto where he primarily works on finding wandering husbands and lost money though he occasionally consults with his best friend, Sandra Blair, who is a homicide detective with the Toronto Police department. When…
A Letter From the Lonesome Shore is the second and final book in The Sunken Archive by Sylvie Cathrall. It continues the dual timeline stories from the previous book. E. and Henerey are now in an unknown place where they meet the thirtieth second scholar and the fifteenth first scholar. They explain that E. and…
The Runaway Jury is a legal thriller by noted author John Grisham. It takes place in Biloxi, Mississippi where a widow, backed by a rather powerful cadre of lawyers, has recently filed suit against a tobacco company claiming their cigarettes killed her husband by giving him lung cancer. While not necessarily an unusual lawsuit there…
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