The Maid by Nita Prose first caught my eye a few months ago because an author I follow on twitter had read an early copy of it and recommended it. I was immediately drawn to it’s colorful book trailer (see the video embedded above) and the premise of a cozy murder mystery set in a …
Under the Whispering Door is the newest release by T.J. Klune. I read his previous novel House in the Cerulean Sea not too long ago and thought it was rather charming story, and so I was eager to revisit his writing. In Under the Whispering Door, a not-very-nice man named Wallace dies and has to …
Chapter 1 Wallace Price is a law firm partner at a Moore, Price, Hernandez & Worthington who is cold and calculating and only cares about profitability. One of the firm paralegals, Patricia Ryan, was crying in the supply closet, and she thinks that Wallace has brought her into his office to check on her because …
Wish You Were Here is Jodi Picoult’s take on a novel about the pandemic. It opens on March 13, 2020, when cases of the virus had just started being reported in the United States. The main character of Diana is an ambitious and driven New Yorker who is working for Sotheby’s on art acquisitions. She …
Part I Part II Epilogue Part I Chapter 1 (March 13, 2020) Diana O’Toole recalls how her father, a conservator, was tasked with restoring the zodiac ceiling in Grand Central Station when she was six. She describes how he left a small un-restored patch in the northwest corner, which is customary for restorers, in case …
