By Amanda M. Fairbanks ** Publication Date 25 May 2021** 4.75 stars In March 1984 a fishing boat went down in the Atlantic during a storm. No, not the Andrea Gail, the F/V known as the Wind Blown. With four fishermen on board, no mayday was sounded, no distress calls, no known location. All that …
By Erin Bartels ** Publication Date 5 January 2021 ** 4.25 stars On a whim, two estranged sisters make a plan to do a backpacking trip through the Porcupine Mountains near Lake Superior. Olivia believes she was swayed by a beautiful March day. Melanie requested that they make the trip, because she wants to reconnect …
By Suzanne Redfearn ** Publication Date 1 February 2021 ** 4.5 stars Hadley is married to Frank. They have one daughter, Matti, and are guardians of Hadley’s nephew, Skipper. They appear to live an idyllic life in Orange County, CA. Nice community, beautiful home, good schools. There are dark secrets hiding in this house, though. …
By Nina Sadowsky ** Publication Date 28 January 2020** The Empty Bed picks up where The Burial Society left off. Catherine, an operative for said Burial Society, makes a practice of helping people escape their lives. Mostly women who are in bad marriages – and by bad, I don’t mean unhappy, but truly bad, marriages …
by Melanie Raabe ***Publication date 9-October-2018*** Holy moly! This book kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. It was so well written, so dark and twisty. Spellbinding. I struggled to put it down. First published in German, in 2016, it has recently been translated into English. Melanie Raabe introduces …
By Padgett Gerler Genre: Adult Fiction, Women’s Fiction Reading about any sort of family drama can oftentimes stir up painful memories of our own family dramas, this book is not an exception. The Albemarle family is one that has too much inner drama going on. Ma’am and the Colonel are very reminiscent of parents that …
(originally posted 16-June-2014) **warning: may contain spoilers** This review was written as an essay for Modern Fiction. Atonement is a tale set in England before, during and after World War II. This is the first book I’ve read by Ian McEwan. If all the tales are this sad, it would be hard to read …