Jane Kinney Denning reviews The Quiet Tenant, Clemence Michallon’s bracing psychological suspense novel. Plus short reviews of V is for Victory by Craig Nelson; Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens; Knowing What We Know by Simon Winchester; How to Lose Friends and Influence No One by Mary Giuliani; and 3003 Days of Mike & Me / And the War Between Us by Martha Donegan.
Jane Kinney Denning reviews Just Like Mother, Anne Heltzel’s adult, modern gothic horror debut.
Plus short reviews of Snowstorm in August by Marshall Karp; And You May Find Yourself by Sari Botton; Rethinking the Ground Rules by the Hudson Valley Women’s Writing Group; Please Wait to Be Tasted by Carla Perez-Gallardo, and Wheeler; and Nothin’ But a Good Time by Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock.
Jane Kinney Denning reviews The Accomplice, the latestcrime thriller set in the Hudson Valley from Lisa Lutz.Plus short reviews of Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir by Aileen Weintraub; Essays Two: On Proust, Translation, Foreign Languages, and the City of Arles by Lydia Davis; Spitting into a River by Mary Altobelli, Hearts Blooming: Through Intuitive Mentoring by Maria Blon, and Vegetariana: A Rich Harvest of Wit, Lore, & Recipes by Nava Atlas.
From a best-selling author Gary Shteyngart’s new pandemic-focused novel to Jennifer Golub's behind-the-scenes peek Russel and Mary Wright's transformation of Dragon Rock at Manitoga, here are six books to add to your January reading list.