January 12, 2018, Book: 'Naomi's Room' by Jonathan Aycliffe

Our new member, April, has selected the first book of the new year. The selection is "Naomi's Room" by Jonathan Aycliffe. Here is a description from Amazon.com:

Tormented by grief after his four-year-old daughter is murdered, Charles hears sinister whispers as he tries to discover the truth about Naomi's death. But long-buried secrets threaten to take Charles to a place where he could lose his very soul. Aycliffe is a pseudonym for Daniel Easterman, the bestselling author of Brotherhood of the Tomb.

A review:

Terrifying, well-told masterpiece. Not for the weak of heart. This is for fans of Ketchum and Lee, for sure.

Nov. 3, 2017 Book: 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie

Tifiny is hosting on November 3, and the book she's chosen is an oldie but a goodie (or a greatie!) ... "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie.

From Amazon.com:

Considered the best mystery novel ever written by many readers, "And Then There Were None" is the story of 10 strangers, each lured to Indian Island by a mysterious host. Once his guests have arrived, the host accuses each person of murder. Unable to leave the island, the guests begin to share their darkest secrets--until they begin to die.

I admit it: I'm DYING to read this!

Some reviews:

“The whole thing is utterly impossible and utterly fascinating. It is the most baffling mystery Agatha Christie has ever written.” (New York Times)

“One of the most ingenious thrillers in many a day.” (Time magazine)

“One of the very best, most genuinely bewildering Christies.” (The Observer (UK))

“There is no cheating; the reader is just bamboozled in a straightforward way from first to last….The most colossal achievement of a colossal career. The book must rank with Mrs. Christie’s previous best—on the top notch of detection.” (New Statesman (UK))

Sept. 15, 2017: 'Ordinary Grace' by William Kent Krueger

Kris is hosting our September 2017 book, and it is (drumroll please): "Ordinary Grace" by William Kent Krueger. Here is a description from Amazon.com:

“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was spoken forgotten a single word.”

New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling out at the soda counter of Halderson’s Drugstore, and Hot Stuff comic books were a mainstay on every barbershop magazine rack. It was a time of innocence and hope for a country with a new, young president. But for thirteen-year-old Frank Drum it was a grim summer in which death visited frequently and assumed many forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder.

Intriguing, isn't it?

A few reviews:

“A pitch-perfect, wonderfully evocative examination of violent loss. In Frank Drum's journey away from the shores of childhood—a journey from which he can never return—we recognize the heartbreaking price of adulthood and its 'wisdoms.' I loved this book.” (Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night and The Given Day)

“Krueger’s elegy for innocence is a deeply memorable tale.” (Washington Post)