Fiction by Fiona Davis
Lillian Carter is an artists' model in 1919. Veronica Weber is a fashion model in 1966. Both girls are linked by the Henry Clay Frick House in New York.
This story is told in both times, and a missing diamond and a possible murder lie at the center of the tale. Real people are blended with fictional ones and the result is great historical fiction!
Short Story Fiction by Agatha Christie
This set of short stories was first published in 1924 and features classic detective Hercule Poirot. This version was offered free to members by audible.com recently and I happily accepted. Even though I don't love short stories, I do love Agatha Christie stories.
All eleven stories were very good and had surprising endings. The only complaint I have is the one I usually have about short stories: They're just TOO short!
I also listened to recently by Audible Originals: American Girl
I also read recently by this author: A Pocket Full of Rye
Fiction by Joshilyn Jackson
Leia Birch Briggs is an artist and author on the verge of some big success; she's just gotten a contract to write a prequel to her self-published graphic novel that had become a surprise hit. But she's experiencing some writer's block, she's unexpectedly pregnant, and Birchie, her beloved grandmother in Alabama, is losing her marbles.
First things first, she's got to head to Alabama to try to force Birchie into assisted living, but of course the pregnancy and the writer's block go with her. In addition to that, Leia's stepsister Rachel is going through an unexpected crisis of her own.
This was a great story with an exciting plot and great characters; also it really gives you something to think about.
Fiction by Michael Crichton
This novel, published in 1987, is a classic Michael Crichton story, like Jurassic Park.
Psychologist Norman Johnson receives a call and heads out by military transport towards what he thinks will be an airplane crash recovery. He ends up in the middle of the ocean on a Navy vessel, and finds out that there's a suspected crashed spaceship at the bottom of the Pacific. From there he and a team will dive down deep to investigate the sunken vessel.
This was an exciting story that kept me guessing. The audio narrator was great as well.
I also read by this author: Congo
Fiction by Angeline Boulley
From the cover and the title, I thought this book would be a fantasy story. It's not.
It took me a while to get interested in the story for some reason; I kept picking it up and putting it back down. Maybe that was just because it wasn't what I expected, but it seemed to me it didn't get interesting until 3/4 of the way in. This is way longer than I usually give a book, by the way.
Anyways the story ended well, but I guess it wasn't completely my style.
Fiction by Andy Weir
Fiction by Alison Gaylin
In 1976 twelve people were murdered by Gabriel LeRoy and April Cooper, a pair of high-schoolers who then died together in a fire. Over forty years later, true-crime podcaster Quentin Garrison is looking into the old case, because he has a source who thinks that April Cooper might still be alive.
The story is told from the perspective of several people in the present, and through a series of letters April had written to her "future child" back in 1976. There are several surprises.
I enjoyed this book and will look for more from this author.
Fiction by Lois Murphy
Nebulah is a little town in rural Australia where a haunted, deadly mist comes every night to stalk the residents. Nearly all have fled the area since the mist first appeared at the last winter solstice; at the beginning of this story only eleven people remain, which quickly dwindles to six.
What is the mist? What will happen when the next winter solstice comes? And WHY don't these people want to leave this awful place? Who knows?
I hated this book. It had a terrible ending and never explained the mist at all.
Fiction by Emily Henry
This was a pretty good straight romance. The characters are fun and likeable enough to keep things engaging, even though there are no surprises.
Fiction by Alice Feeney
This was a decent set up, and there was a really interesting twist in the middle of the story. The ending, however, was sooooo unbelievable that I can't recommend this book.
Fiction by Agatha Christie
This classic Miss Marple mystery begins with the death of Rex Fortescue in his London office, "the king in his counting house." There is a great deal of contrivance involved, almost --but not quite!-- past believability. It's still a great story with an unexpected ending.
I also read recently by this author: They Came to Baghdad
Fiction by Keirsten Modglin
Ainsley and Peter have been married long enough to feel like things have gotten a bit stale between them. So Ainsley proposes an Arrangement... They will each be allowed to sleep with other people, but only once a week, and only as long as it doesn't interfere with their family life. Peter acts reluctant to agree, but gradually the reader realizes he's been cheating on Ainsley all along.
This was a strange book, and a lot of it seemed too far-fetched to me. Also I really didn't like Peter of Ainsley very much.
Fiction by S.A. Cosby
Ike Randolph and his grown son Isiah have had a difficult relationship. Not only did Ike spend much of Isiah's childhood in prison, Ike has been less than supportive of his son as an adult. When Isiah and his husband Derek are murdered, Ike is devastated and wracked with guilt, mourning over the son he'd lost and could never reconcile with.
Derek's father Buddy Lee finds himself in a similar position, and both men decide to channel their mutual grief into vigilante rage when they realize the police aren't getting anywhere in the investigation into Isiah and Derek's deaths.
This was a good story, and much more character-driven and emotionally deep than the tagline makes it sound.
Fiction by T.J. Newman
