Book Review
Throwaways
by Karen Rigby
Powerful predators and their forgotten victims are centered in this refreshing thriller. In Elliott Light’s foreboding thriller "Throwaways", a Florida Keys man with a traumatic past gets embroiled in a murder case. Jake Savage is...
Book Review
The Adored One
by Karen Rigby
A theater darling comes into her own during a period of artistic transformation in the thrilling novel "The Adored One". In Susanne Dunlap’s mesmerizing historical novel "The Adored One", a chorus girl comes of age under the watchful...
Book Review
Etch of a Promise
by Karen Rigby
In the romance novel "Etch of a Promise", a burgeoning couple is compelled to work through their personal and psychological challenges together. In Ruby M. Holder’s romance novel "Etch of a Promise", an upbeat tradesman and a troubled...
Book Review
Famous Seaweed Soup
by Karen Rigby
A plucky, ignored little girl on the beach makes her own fun in the upbeat picture book "Famous Seaweed Soup". In Antoinette Truglio Martin’s sunny picture book "Famous Seaweed Soup", a young beachcomber dishes up a make-believe...
Book Review
View from the Crow’s Nest
by Karen Rigby
Chasing the possibilities of youth leads to a coherent, wise adulthood in the travel-infused memoir "View from the Crow’s Nest". Susan L. Bradford’s memoir "View from the Crow’s Nest" looks back on a 1960s midwestern youth and...
Book Review
Who Will Accompany You?
by Karen Rigby
The thoughtful travel memoir "Who Will Accompany You?" is about shared adventures and reinvigorated mother-daughter bonds. Meg Stafford’s travel memoir "Who Will Accompany You?" is about how caring for her daughters while globetrotting...
Book Review
Emma Just Medium
by Karen Rigby
Emma, a middle sibling whose summer vacation takes a turn when she’s in too much of a hurry to stand out, learns to relish her own age in Laura Wiltse Prior’s breezy chapter book "Emma Just Medium". Emma has just finished the first...
Book Review
The All-American
by Karen Rigby
Sisters’ lives are upended when their father is accused of being a communist in Susie Finkbeiner’s historical novel The All-American. Bertha is a high school student in Michigan. Her mother is British; her father is a talented...
