Category Archives: Mystery

After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman

Posted on October 24, 2014 by bseat

What happens when someone disappears; here one day and gone the next without an explanation or a “good bye?” What happens to the people who are left behind?  Exploring these questions, Lippman deftly brings to light the lives of five … Continue reading →

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Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarity

Posted on October 17, 2014 by bseat

From the author of The Husband’s Secret, comes another compelling story about everyday domestic life in a suburb outside of Sydney, Australia. Without wasting any time, Moriarity plunges us into the complicated lives of this small town by letting us … Continue reading →

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The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K Rowling)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by bseat

Cormoran Strike is a bit startled by the insistent and distracted  woman who asks him to find her novelist husband, Owen Quine, who has been missing for 10 days. Leonora Quine is quite sure that he is at some literary … Continue reading →

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Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman

Posted on September 26, 2014 by bseat

One of the last things her grandfather did was give Natalie a necklace and ask her to find the owner and return it.  He had acquired the rather remarkable necklace with the peacock design during the war in 1945 and … Continue reading →

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Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch and translated by Sam Garrett

Posted on September 19, 2014 by bseat

Dutch novelist, Herman Koch, who memorably explored the dark recesses of a parent’s love for their child in The Dinner returns with another variation on this theme in Summer House with Swimming Pool. Dr. Marc Schlosser, the protagonist of our … Continue reading →

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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Posted on September 12, 2014 by bseat

A. J. Fikry, owner of Island Books on Alice Island, Massachusetts, has been having “a no good, very bad” couple of years.  First the love of his life, his wife, died in a tragic traffic accident.  Then came the economic … Continue reading →

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NIght Film by Marisha Pessl

Posted on August 29, 2014 by bseat

There is a fine line between obsession and the need to find the truth, but for journalist, Scott McGrath, the line is even more blurred, especially when it comes to the reclusive cult film director Stanislas Cordova.  A few years … Continue reading →

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A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPlante

Posted on August 8, 2014 by bseat

Dr. John Taylor, a renowned plastic surgeon who specialized in treating disfigured children is found dead in a hotel room under suspicious circumstances. Detective Samantha Adams, of Palo Alto, whose work usually entails nothing more complicated than stolen bicycles or … Continue reading →

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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker

Posted on July 18, 2014 by bseat

Marcus Goldman is having an existential crisis. After publishing his first book to great acclaim he is now months overdue on his next book, and even though his publisher is threatening to sue he still cannot write a single word. … Continue reading →

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Natchez Burning by Greg Iles

Posted on June 20, 2014 by bseat

” Nothing frightens me more than the faith in my daughter’s eyes. How many men deserve that kind of trust? One by one, the mentors I’ve most admired eventually revealed their facades, and tired feet of clay-or worse. But not … Continue reading →

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