The River We Remember is emotionally engaging, perfectly paced, and beautifully written. A complex, credible plot. Excellent character development. As with his earlier standalone novels, Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land, and his series prequel, Lightning Strike, Krueger does a terrific job portraying the young boys, Scott and Del, on the cusp of understanding, though they are secondary characters, unlike the boys in the earlier books.
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the "expansive, atmospheric American saga" (Entertainment Weekly) This Tender Land.
On Memorial Day, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff Brody Dern,…
Don't Ask If I'm Okay is a tender, funny book, beautifully written, that explores grief, first love, hope, and forgiveness, through the eyes of a young man you'll be glad you met. It will also make you want to grill a cheese sandwich and eat it in a blanket fort, and what could be wrong with that? Take this book with you. Though labeled YA, it's a great book for not-so-young adults, too!
A year ago, Gage survived a car accident that killed his best friend, Hunter. Now all Gage wants is to move on. Gage's biological father convinces him that ignoring his feelings altogether is the best way forward. So when his stepdad shows him a job opening in one of his idol's restaurants, Gage knows this is his chance to convince everyone that he is okay. He applies for the job, asks out a crush, and volunteers to host a memorial for Hunter. But the longer Gage ignores his grief, the more it warps from sadness into uncontrollable anger that undermines…
The Case of the Missing Maid by Rob Osler is a delightful start to a new series. It's 1898 in Chicago, and 21 year old Harriet Morrow needs to find a way to support herself and her 16 y.o. brother after the deaths of their parents. She's hired as the first "lady operative" in a detective agency and assigned a nuisance case, interviewing the owner's neighbor in what no one thinks is a serious matter. Ah, but it is, and Harriet is quickly plunged into mysteries and secrets within Chicago's Polish community, its queer community, and the agency itself. So interesting to learn more about them all, wrapped inside a mystery with an unpredictable resolution that makes perfect sense.
The acclaimed author of the Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and Lefty Award-nominated Devil's Chew Toy delights with the first in a new historical mystery series set in turn-of-the-20th-century Chicago, as America is entering its Progressive Era and Harriet Morrow, a bike-riding, trousers-wearing lesbian, has just begun her new job as the first female detective at the Windy City's Prescott Agency...
Chicago, 1898. Rough-around-the-edges Harriet Morrow has long been drawn to the idea of whizzing around the city on her bicycle as a professional detective, solving crimes for a living without having to take a husband. Just twenty-one with a younger brother…
At the Spice Shop in Seattle’s famed Pike Place Market, owner Pepper Reece has whipped up the perfect blend of food, friends, and flavor. Pepper is shocked when vandals destroy the greenhouse at her friend Liz Giacometti’s lavender farm. But the sweet smell of success turns deadly when Liz is killed, and Pepper digs in to solve the crimes. As her questions threaten to unearth secrets others desperately want to keep buried, danger creeps closer to her and those she loves. Can Pepper root out the killer, before someone nips her in the bud?
