The Paris Apartment is the latest release from mystery-thriller author Lucy Foley. I’d previously read her book The Guest List which was imperfect, but promising enough that I’d been looking forward to her next release. Unfortunately — there’s no point in sugarcoating this — this book is pretty underwhelming and not particularly fun to read. …
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont was high on my list of books to read as soon as I heard about it. As a die-hard Agatha Christie fan, I have always found the story about her 11-day disappearance to be a curious one, and the idea of a book based on it sounded very …
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2), released in September 2021, is the second novel in Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club cozy mystery series. The series follows a group of retirees as they come across murder and mayhem. The first novel was a pretty big hit in the UK, and I really …
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz was recently released and chosen as Reese’s Book Club Pick for January 2022. The book was marketed as a Gothic novel, but I think that description is incorrect (as discussed further below). Instead, I’d say that it’s a historical fiction novel with some romance mixed in. Set in …
The Power by Naomi Alderman was published back in October 2016, and I’ve been meaning to read it for years and years. For a while, I tried placing it on my nightstand as a reminder to read it, but it only made my neglect that much more conspicuous when I found myself brushing a thin …
