Blog posts tagged "murder"

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Feb. 12, 2020 - 4:36 pm
"But why does she not speak?"  Alcestis, Euripides That quote sums up the mystery that is within The Silent Patient by Michaelides. The book from begining to end is the quest of psychotherapist Theo Faber to find out why Alicia Berenson, a talented painter, murdered her husband Gabriel and why she...
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Dec. 19, 2018 - 5:05 pm
In Alligator Candy, David Kushner revisits his brother Jon's disappearance in October of 1973. His memory of the events are those of a 4-year-old struggling to make sense of what was going on around him. The way he recalls the event and the days and months after differ from what his family...
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Jun. 01, 2017 - 11:57 am
Who did? Where did he go? Is he dead? What are the answers to these questions? Do you want to know? Are you just looking for something to read? Whatever the answer is, why not give one of these mysterious mysteries for all ages a shot? The Cat Who… by Lilian Jackson Braun The cat who...could read...
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Jun. 19, 2013 - 2:52 pm
I look forward to each summer like I'm a kid waiting for school to be out. Not because I actually get a kids-length summer vacation, but because many authors release new books in some of my favorite series. These series are at the top of the list because their lead characters have become my...