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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Murder or Mistake? Author: John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is the story of a rich, eccentric man; a vicious murder; a voodoo priestess; a sassy drag queen; a would-be-poisoner; a lovable squatter; and a bunch of snobby rich people in old town Savannah, Georgia, who love to talk about a good scandal. The surprising thing about this story – which I honestly thought was a novel until I sat down to finally write this review – is that it is a true story. This explains some of its eccentricities, it’s definite lack of focus and magazine [...]

2022-11-14T18:17:12-07:00November 14th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

All He Ever Wanted

Love, Obsession, Destruction Author: Anita Shreve On the way to his sister’s funeral, Nicholas Van Tassel is thinking about his life, his obsessive love, his family, and how he lost it all. Thirty years ago, in 1899, Nicolas arrived in New Hampshire to start his career at Thrupp College. Everything was possible. Everything was new. And then, in the wake of a fire at the local restaurant/inn, he met Etna Bliss, and she became all he ever wanted. Etna had her own quite dreams, her own longings. They were not for Nicholas. But he persevered until she finally agreed to marry [...]

2022-11-12T20:01:19-07:00November 12th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

Partner, The

New Life, Old Enemies Author: John Grisham Patrick S. Lanigan was an up-and-coming lawyer with a big firm who had an even bigger case. A case with $90 million dollars in flux. Of course, as the newbie, none of the partners really wanted Patrick close to this case, and the reasons are less about being careful and more about pocketing some of the dough for themselves. So, everything seems all right to them when Patrick is killed in an auto accident. But then the $90 million dollars goes missing and a new man, Danilo Silva, comes on scene, living under the [...]

2022-11-04T16:57:07-07:00November 4th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |
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