Gerald’s Game is a suspense/terror novel, written in 1992. It is set to coincide with a full solar eclipse in Maine in that year He wrote 2 books (Dolores Claiborne is the other) and the two books are connected … Continue reading →
Jackson Brown has written and performed many memorable songs for over 50 years. We first heard him sing Doctor my Eyes on his 1972 album Jackson Browne. A succession of songs and albums followed and he is still performing. … Continue reading →
The Women is a novel based on the memoirs of an army nurse during the Vietnam War. The author chooses a well-to-do naive young lady (Frankie) who wants to contribute and make her family proud. As a newly graduated nurse … Continue reading →
Mark Knopfler has many songs on our playlist, going back to Brothers in Arms with the Dire Straits. We have had albums over the years and we continue to listen to his music as a singer, songwriter, and collaborator. … Continue reading →
The Silkworm is a British detective story in the Cormorant Strike series, written by Robert Galbraith which is the pen name for J.K. Rowling. The first book of the series was The Cuckoo is Calling where we are introduced … Continue reading →
The Children of Men by P.D. James is a dystopian novel set in recent times, in a world in which human fertility has failed and no more children have been born for 25 years. The spirit of the people has … Continue reading →
All the Pretty Horses is a novel set in southern Texas and Mexico in the 1950s. It is the story of John Grady, a 16 year old who has become disconnected from his ranch home and family. He was raised … Continue reading →
Age of Iron is a historical action-adventure novel set in the Britain before the arrival of the Romans. We are introduced to Dug Sealskinner, an aging mercenary who is battle-scarred, roaming and fleeing from the death of his family. He … Continue reading →
All the Sinners Bleed is a crime-thriller novel that uses a police procedural point of view. The setting is in small rural town in the Southern states. The protagonist (Titus Crown) is a black sheriff in a community where the … Continue reading →
The Return of the Dancing Master is a Swedish-noir novel by Henning Mankell, published in the year 2000. It has been translated from Swedish into English in 2003. Mankell is best know for his Kurt Wallender stories, a … Continue reading →
