11+ hour, 8+ min ago  (399+ words) Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter is perfect for readers who love Howl's Moving Castle, cozy fantasy and'of course'cats. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter As in her much-adored Emily Wilde cozy fantasy series (book three, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (472+ words) In Luke Thompson's hypnotic delivery, Venetian Vespers is a rich and unsettling auditory journey that's sure to delight lovers of literary suspense. Luke Thompson gives a mesmerizing performance in the audiobook of Venetian Vespers (10.5 hours), perfectly capturing the atmosphere of…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (218+ words) A culinary cozy set on a Caribbean cruise, Orlando Murrin's May Contain Murder has a dash of everything, including a jewelry heist, secret identities and murder. For chef-turned-writer Paul Delamare, accompanying his dear friend X'ra aboard a luxury superyacht, the…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (397+ words) A gothic thriller with a supernatural twist, Nadia Davids" Cape Fever surprises and delights as it explores the complex racial landscape of 1920s Cape Town, South Africa. When a book"s narrator and protagonist confesses to a lie'right in the first…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1146+ words) Christoffer Carlsson's The Living and the Dead is another superb installment in his Halland Suite mystery series. Plus, the latest from Mike Lupica, Julia Fleming-Spencer and Karen Pirie in this month's Whodunit column. The king of Nordic noir returns Robert…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (469+ words) Gareth Russell's rigorous, energetic biography of King James I explores the monarch through the six great loves of his life'five of them prominent men. The Six Loves of James I The U.K. version of Gareth Russell's engrossing biography of James I…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (371+ words) Whether it's your initial entry into her oeuvre, or a return to an author whose voice haunts you, it's a gift to have access to this early novel by Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. House of Day, House of Night…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (354+ words) Matthew Pearl has great fun in The Award, an unapologetically cynical novel about the clash of a hopeful would-be writer and a churlish established author. Some aspiring authors will do anything for literary glory. Matthew Pearl knows this, and his…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (213+ words) In TCM Imports, the impressively knowledgeable Alicia Malone curates a year's worth of stellar movies from around the world. Ever had "an existential crisis in the dead of winter? Or a hankering for "a movie that is as beautiful as…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (205+ words) The full cast of Dominion delivers powerfully nuanced performances, exposing the corrosive blend of violence, hypocrisy and misogyny that rips apart a prominent Black family in Mississippi. In her debut novel, Dominion (7 hours), Addie E. Citchens shines a fierce light on…...