Chapters 1 – 3 Luca Delgado, 8, and his family are celebrating his cousin quinceañera at his grandmother’s house in Acapulco, Mexico when assassins come looking for his father, Sebastián Pérez Delgado. Sebastian is a reporter who had been writing about cartels. Luca and his mother Lydia Quixano hide in the shower until they leave. …
Arrived Jack Kennison drives to Portland, Maine to buy groceries in order to avoid running into Olive Kitteridge in their town Crosby. He stops at a bar, and he thinks about how he misses Olive. They had spent time together and kissed, but then she never called him again. That was three weeks ago. He …
List (The book opens with a list of names.) Now Michaela “Mickey” Fitzpatrick, 32, is an police officer in the Kensington area of Philadelphia. She is unmarried with a 4-year-old son, Thomas. Her boss Sergeant Ahern has assigned her to partner up with Eddie Lafferty, 43. Eddie has just been transferred into this district. Her …
Chapters 1 – 4 January Andrews is a chick lit writer whose father has recently passed, leaving her life in tatters. Her father’s funeral resulted in the discovery that he had been cheating on her mother. (Her mother knew, but January did not.) His mistress, Sonya, also gave January a letter from him and passed …
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke opens in a disorienting, alternate reality-type setting, with a main character who is submerged in waves in a grand house. The book then proceeds to unravel the mysteries behind this strange place over the next two hundred pages or so. If you’re into riddles and logic problems, you’ve probably come across …
