How to Solve Your Own Murder, Kristen Perrin, Dutton – England, 1965: Teenager Frances Adams and her friends are at a fair near their village of Castle Knoll when the fortune teller tells her she’ll be murdered.
Cindy Matthews
Cindy A. Matthews' articles and essays have appeared in over forty publications. She works as a freelance manuscript evaluator, book reviewer, and copy editor. Her writer's guide, Defeating the Slushpile Monster, was a finalist in the self-help/non-fiction category of the 2009 EPIC awards and is now available in print and in Kindle formats. More information about her editorial services and non-fiction works can be found at her web site/blog www.cindyamatthews.com
Writing as Cynthianna, Cindy has published contemporary and fantasy romantic-comedies. Cindy also writes sf/paranormal erotic-romance as Celine Chatillon. See her work on Amazon.com.
The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza, Dutton – Sara Marsala is having a bad time. Her award-winning restaurant has shuttered. She’s bankrupt. Her husband is filing for divorce and sole custody of their daughter.
When Cicadas Cry by Caroline Cleveland
When Cicadas Cry, Caroline Cleveland, Union Square & Co – Dedicated attorney Zach Stander had a growing practice and a nice lifestyle until a bad decision brought him to the edge of ruin.
Keller: Autobiographies and Other Writings
Keller: Autobiographies and Other Writings, Kim E. Nielsen, Editor, Library of America – Helen Keller lived from 1880 to 1968, and is justly famous for her achievements in the face of her disabilities.
Running Mates by Emily Locker
Running Mates, Emily Locker, Bancroft Press – Edgartown, NC: A place literally divided along ideological lines. Eleventh-grader Annabelle Morningstar lives in Eastside, the liberal part of town.
Good Book to Read: Jimmy Breslin: Essential Writings
Good Book to Read: Jimmy Breslin: Essential Writings, Edited by Dan Barry, Library of Congress – Jimmy Breslin’s journalistic career spanned the years 1960 to 2004 and earned him the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
Good Book to Read: Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin
Good Book to Read: Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin-Dutton – Chance brings Frankie O’Neill and Anne Ryan to the summer cottages at Beauty Bay on June Lake, Washington, in 1998. Both women have troubles.
Good Book to Read: The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh
Good Book to Read: The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh, Dutton – Jia Shah hoped the move to Houston would put distance between her and her cheating ex-husband Dev for the sake of herself and their twelve-year-old son Ishaan.
Good Book to Read: The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen
Good Book to Read: The Heirloom, Jessie Rosen, Putnam – Shea Anderson’s Italian heritage comes with a semi-truck full of superstitions, particularly concerning what she wants from a marriage proposal. Top of the list is no heirloom ring.
Good Book to Read: Honey, Victor Lodato
Good Book to Read: Honey, Victor Lodato, Harper Collins – Honey spent a lifetime trying to escape the pull of her organized crime family, going so far as to change her surname from Fazzinga to Fasinga.
