by Laurie Stieg | Nov 1, 2022 | Book Club, Noteworthy
Up-and-coming Black classical violinist Ray McMillian receives a $5 million dollar ransom note for the return of the Stradivarius violin he inherited from his great- grandfather. The violin was stolen from his hotel room in New York City on the night of the...
by Kay Drache | May 1, 2022 | Book Club, Noteworthy
In Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, detective Janina lives alone on the outskirts of a forest. Caring for several neighboring summer homes during the long Polish winters. When her neighbor, whom she has nicknamed Big Foot, dies, Janina...
by Allison Collins | Mar 1, 2022 | Book Club, Noteworthy
The novel The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker experiments with several different genres but is primarily fantasy historical fiction. Taking place in New York in 1899, the story follows the paths of two supernatural characters. Chava, a Golem, from Jewish culture...
by Beth Lang | Sep 1, 2021 | Book Club
If your idea of a good read is a story to help you your mind unwind, then try The Big Four by one of the world’s greatest mystery authors, Agatha Christie. This novel is a change from her usual storyline. While it is a Hercule Poirot novel, it involves an organization...
by Lauren Foley | May 1, 2021 | Book Club, Noteworthy
At once a study of generational mother-daughter relationships and a tightly-knit family mystery, Eve Chase’s The Daughters of Foxcote Manor travels through time to ask how families are constructed, taken apart and rebuilt—and what it means to belong to one. Set in...
