Frank Sapienza gives us a modern moral thriller about Dr Jon Morrison who is given a choice to help his son but at what ethical cost?
Category Archives: American fiction
Death in the Tallgrass by Donald Willerton
A gripping tale of discovery and redemption set in the early twentieth century America filled with treachery, tribes and tribulation
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The story of Sam and Sadie principally, and a friendship that endures rifts and crises, set in the world of computer programming and gaming
Sam Time by Donna Balon
Imagine if you could travel back in time with ease and interact with Ulysses S. Grant – Donna Balon’s heroine does just this
Things Unseen by David Isaak
A novel about a man investigating the murder of his sister but also about opening his mind to that which cannot easily be explained…
Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The best book that I have read this year – a funny, warm, unique book with a biting message about how women should carve their own path
A Fatal Gilded High Note by Cecelia Tichi
Another enjoyable murder mystery from the Gilded Age with Val and Roddy DeVere who investigate a suspicious death in a box at the opera
A Map of the Edge by David Isaak
A coming-of-age tale which is an intense read, following fifteen year old Rick as he navigates a teendom strewn with diversions and upsets
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
My first encounter with Hemingway and surprisingly, a forgettable and, dare I say it, regrettable one: did not meet expectations
Catatonia by Steve Crane
An interesting novel philosophically speaking which is thought-provoking but, at times, challenging to read