Book Review
Nazi Gold, Latitude 55
by Karen Rigby
In this adventure novel with a thrilling premise, risk-taking renegades work to right historical wrongs. Inspired by conspiracy theories and stories surrounding eighty-four million ounces of gold stolen from victims of the Holocaust, A....
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Caroline
by Karen Rigby
"Caroline" is a subtle and poignant novel in which an impressionable lawyer falls in love. In Adrian Spratt’s elegiac romance novel "Caroline", a lawyer forms a relationship with an adrift woman and reckons with his disability. Nick, a...
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Floridian Nights
by Karen Rigby
A gay widower contends with bereavement and new love in "Floridian Nights", Lance Ringel’s plaintive romance novel set during the late 1980s AIDS epidemic. At thirty-five, prickly, brooding Gary meets Rick, a twenty-two-year-old waiter...
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Thunder Peak
by Karen Rigby
Injecting fantasy elements into an Old West setting, the young adult novel "Thunder Peak" follows a strong young woman as she meets her destiny. In Trae Stratton’s young adult novel "Thunder Peak", a girl comes into her own as she...
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Chopin through the Window
by Karen Rigby
Crossing nations and historical periods, the memoir "Chopin through the Window" covers both unimaginable and everyday challenges. Franziska I. Stein’s eloquent memoir "Chopin through the Window" concerns hardships endured in the...
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Nova
by Karen Rigby
"Nova" is an introspective novel about teenagers in search of self-confidence, who find meaningful connections when they embrace others. In Tricia Jacobson’s brisk, hopeful young adult novel "Nova", troubled teenagers use a...
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Love and Other Sins
by Karen Rigby
Troubled Los Angeles high schoolers unite in Emilia Ares’s romance novel "Love and Other Sins". The daughter of Russian immigrants, Mina isolates herself, assuming a capable demeanor. Her father is absent, and her mother, despite...
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Twentymile
by Karen Rigby
In C. Matthew Smith’s engrossing novel "Twentymile", a park service biologist turns up dead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and discord regarding annexed land fuels a treacherous chase. Tsula, a special agent with the...