Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff

The Magician King by Lev Grossman

Aug 9, 2011 |

The amazingly brilliant novel, The Magicians, introduced readers to a truly stunning fairy-tale world, and a boy by the name of Quentin Coldwater. Quentin had always been able to escape the life he hated by opening the pages of the books he so loved and entering the land of Fillory. Upon growing up, he escaped the miserable life he had by passing the exam to get into the secret, exclusive college called Brakebills – a college that taught magic. And, once Quentin had graduated Brakebills, he found out that Fillory actually existed.

Tony and Susan by Austin Wright

Tony and Susan by Austin Wright

Aug 1, 2011 |

A story within a story that fails to deliver more than passing interest.

Edward, Susan’s first husband, has sent her his novel, Nocturnal Animals, to read before he comes to visit. Susan, a little at loose ends with her husband in New York at a conference, reads the manuscript and is caught up in Tony’s dilemma. Is there more to the story or is Susan reading too much into it?

Where You Left Me by Jennifer Gardner Trulson

Where You Left Me by Jennifer Gardner Trulson

Aug 1, 2011 |

Lucky-that’s how Jennifer would describe herself. She had a successful law career, met the love of her life in Doug, married him, had an apartment in New York City, a house in the Hamptons, two beautiful children, and was still madly in love after nearly seven years of marriage. Jennifer was living the kind of idyllic life that cliches are made of.

Grave Expectations by Charles Dickens and Sherri Browning Erwin

Grave Expectations by Charles Dickens and Sherri Browning Erwin

Aug 1, 2011 |

Bristly, sensitive, and meat-hungry Pip is a robust young whelp, an orphan born under a full moon. Between hunting escaped convicts alongside zombified soldiers, trying not to become one of the hunted himself, and hiding his hairy hands from the supernaturally beautiful and haughty Estella, whose devilish moods keep him chomping at the bit, Pip is sure he will die penniless or a convict like the rest of his commonly uncommon kind.

The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy

The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy

Jul 29, 2011 |

Haunting and violent tale of lust and loss.

When your wife and your boss, who have been carrying on an affair, conspire to destroy your career, a flirtation begins and ends in scandal, your daughter despises you and will not see you, and reporters hound you no matter where you are, what do you do? Fly to Paris and start over.

Keep Your Mouth Shut and Write

Keep Your Mouth Shut and Write

Jul 29, 2011 |

Keep Your Mouth Shut and Write by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro August 2011 "Even if you’re writing science fiction, your deepest themes and issues have a way of entering the aliens:. . ." —Shapiro Honestly, this isn’t me talking to you....

I Knew You’d Be Lovely by Alethea Black

I Knew You’d Be Lovely by Alethea Black

Jul 27, 2011 |

Haunting, sad, lovely, and occasionally incongruous.

In this collection of short stories, Alethea Black writes about relationships in all its many incarnations. Some of the stories are sad and others are surprising and show a moment of undisguised humanity.

The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

Jul 24, 2011 |

Jennifer Stirling wakes up in hospital and does not remember who she is—or was—and has trouble connecting to the people in her life. Most of all, she has trouble connecting with her husband Larry. He is solicitous and does not press her, and the doctor tells her not to dwell on things and just live, but nothing feels right. Jennifer does not fit her skin any more and she is not sure whether it is because of the accident or if her body and soul are showing her what her foggy mind cannot.

Betrayal of Trust by J. A. Jance

Betrayal of Trust by J. A. Jance

Jul 23, 2011 |

Ron Connors, Washington State’s attorney general, has called in J. P. “Beau” Beaumont and his wife and partner, Mel Soames, to investigate what appears to be a murder. The possible suspect is Governor Marsha Longmire’s step grandson, Josh Deeson, a teenager living with the governor and her husband, Gerry Willis, who has just had heart bypass surgery.