Kent Haruf (http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/kent-haruf#/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Haruf) was an award winning writer from Colorado. This posthumously published novel explores mature love in small-town America. Like all his work, the prose is precise and calm but the emotional strength is very affecting. Addie Moore lives in the small town of Holt, Colorado. One day she pays an unexpected visit to […]
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Lauren Groff (http://laurengroff.com/) is a young American novelist and short story writer. She has had stories published in the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, Five Points, and Ploughshares, and the anthologies Best New American Voices 2008, and Best American Short Stories 2007, 2010 and 2014 editions. Fates and Furies (2015) starts with honeymoon sex on
The prolific author Nora Roberts (http://www.noraroberts.com/) has been prolific again for the 4th time this year alone. (The total number of her novels including those written under the author name J.D. Robb amount to over 200 novels. Her readers fall upon each new work like a thirsty cat leaps to a dish of cool water in
Harlan Coben (http://www.harlancoben.com/), born January 4, 1962) is an American author of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past (such as murders, fatal accidents, etc.) and often have multiple plot twists. In Coben’s series of ‘Myron Bolitar’ novels the setting is in and
We live in times (2008-2015 >) of swingeing public sector cuts. Town hall chiefs are forced by central government to bring the hatchet down on local government spending. Public libraries have taken a hammering the length and breadth of Britain, a trend carefully documented in a blog by Ian Anstice available here http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/. The nostalgic whimpering of politicians,
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Tess Gerritsen (http://www.tessgerritsen.com/) wrote 9 romance novels between 1987-1996, and her latest thriller this year could have been the title of one of those. It is Playing with Fire (2015). You know, some people would prefer to think that the past has ceased to exist. They are wrong. It interpenetrates with the present and future in ways
John Grisham (http://www.johngrisham.co.uk/) has sold more than 275 million copies of his thriller fiction worldwide since 1989, and has been translated into 42 languages. He’s obviously struck on a winning formula. If you’ve never tried his entertaining witty style which drives forward a fast paced gritty narrative, how about giving the latest, Rogue Lawyer, a go?
Bestselling Australian author Kate Morton (https://katemorton.com/) is gaining an appreciative following. See if you agree with the buzz in the bookselling press and fiction world by trying her latest mystery novel. The plotting is nicely done, and the atmosphere well conjured. The summary, as follows, revolves around a missing child. In June 1933 the Edevane
Michael Connelly (http://www.michaelconnelly.com/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Connelly ) is back to entertain us with another detective thriller featuring Hieronymus (‘Harry’) Bosch. Bosch is named after the 15th century early Dutch painter known for his fantastic imagery. He painted detailed landscapes and illustrations of moral and religious narratives. Bosch is also the name of my washing machine, and I must say it’s been solid
