(Reviewed by Ishita RC) “It’s starting to get to me how unfair life is when it comes to boys and girls.” A profound statement from a seven year old girl speaks a lot about the society that was prevalent at the time and still exists. It was difficult to be a tomboy, especially in suburban Detroit…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Never could I have imagined such a circumstance: the building underwater, Ramona trapped inside, the Pollock in peril, Suzanne and James in love in a kayak, Ethan at home playacting fatherhood with an international exchange student, and me, wanted by campus police, staggering around in sewage, a chipmunk carcass thumping against…
(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “Dantzler leaned against the marble bar and surveyed the carnage. Five adult males, all deceased, were slumped over in chairs situated around a poker table, victims of what appeared to be a single gunshot to the back of the head. Each man was bent at the waist, his head, arms and…
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Madelyn ‘Midge’ Knightly has a famous Hollywood producer- father and a trust fund as a legacy. But instead of following her birthright, she stepped off the path six years ago to create her own name and destiny. And she vowed to avoid playboys. Now her estranged father has asked for help.…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I’ve always believed that certain places are like magnets and draw you towards them should you happen to walk within their radius. And this happens imperceptibly, without you even suspecting... It seems to me that because of its location, the Condé had that sort of magnetic power, and if one were…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The sacrilege I’d committed two hours earlier of breaking dozens of records proved irrelevant. The Cowboy Bible didn’t respond either. I tore at it, implored it, cursed it, and still failed.” These are the words of a luchador and in this opening story “The Cowboy Bible”. In this case the bible…
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) "Patsy, suffering strengthens our constitutions and builds inner fortifications so that we never fall prey to the same agony twice. We must take upon ourselves a smaller evil to defend against the greater evil. We must take upon ourselves a smaller pain in order to survive." Thomas Jefferson quoted this to…
(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) On a warm, Norwegian summer's day, a toddler wanders from his house only to be found by his mother, floating in Damtjern, a near-by pond. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Sejer's dizzy spells are becoming more frequent and harder to hide as he investigates the tragedy. In The Drowned Boy, Karin Fossum brings…
(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “The victim, a prominent gray haired San Francisco lawyer was face up on his dining room table. His chest was cut on a "Y" incision, autopsy-style, and he was gutted. There were deep, straight- line knife cuts down the inside of both of his arms and legs. His tongue was cut…
