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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jan 13, 2021 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity...

The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

by Bubbly Bibbly | Aug 27, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction

Summary: Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner...

The Other Emily by Dean Koontz

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 24, 2021 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, SciFi

Summary: A decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. She was presumed to be one of serial killer Ronny Lee Jessup’s victims whose remains were never found. Writer David Thorne still hasn’t recovered from losing the love of...

The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure

by Bubbly Bibbly | Dec 2, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction

Summary: Like most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy for the Jews. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life...

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy

Summary: On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste...

The Passenger by Lisa Lutz

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Forty-eight hours after leaving her husband’s body at the base of the stairs, Tanya Dubois cashes in her credit cards, dyes her hair brown, demands a new name from a shadowy voice over the phone, and flees town. It’s not the first time. She meets Blue, a...