Kristina Ohlsson’s Unwanted, recently released in the U.S., is an excellent addition to the rapidly growing Scandanavian mystery field. (Scandinavian mysteries seem to the mystery […]
Ann Patchett and the Bel Canto Curse
Ann Patchet’s latest novel, State of Wonder, is a terrific book, as was her previous novel, Run. But when I recommend either of these excellent […]
Wayne Dyer’s “Change Your Thoughts–Change Your Life”: A Powerful Meditation on the Tao
Like Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth, Dyer’s most recent book focuses frequently on moving out of the ego-mind, the striving for more things, more dominance, […]
Johan Theorin’s The Darkest Room: great Swedish mystery
The Darkest Room is set on the island of Oland in Sweden, and the setting is half the delight of this intriguing mystery. Like many […]
Let the Great World Spin from Colum McCann
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel is a delight to read — the language, the imagery, the characters are all extraordinary. Beginning with a […]
Stuart MacBride’s Blind Eye–another great Scottish mystery
Another great Scottish mystery writer—I don’t know how I could have overlooked MacBride for so long. He has an ongoing series featuring Detective Sergeant Logan […]
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza: Brazilian mysteries with style
The Silence of the Rain; December Heat; Southwesterly Wind; A Window in Copacabana; Pursuit Recommended by a friend who rarely leads me astray, this mystery […]
Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood: opinionated and beautiful
This dystopian novel focuses on characters who are part of God’s Gardeners, a progressive/rational/Green religious group that has separated itself from most aspects of mainstream […]
The Girl Who Played with Fire: Smokin’ Read
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a favorite of mine last year (reveiwed here a few months ago). A generous friend who read my […]
The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo: Sweden in the 1960’s
The Laughing Policeman is one of a series of police procedurals featuring Superintendant Martin Beck and Detective Lennert Kollberg as well as several other detectives. […]
