![]() ![]() Forrest has published classic coming-out novels (Curious Wine), the beloved Kate Delafield mystery series, science fiction novels, and now the groundbreaking and surprisingly steamy Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels 1950–1965. "Few mystery writers combine such an intelligent take on issues with such solid storytelling." - Publishers WeeklyĪ grande dame of lesbian literature, Katherine V. ![]() She's one of the best in the trade." - Women's Review of Books "Forrest writes extremely well, and she manages to address the social and sexual issues of being gay.while never losing sight of the story she's telling. plies her trade with admirable efficiency and hard-to-come-by integrity." - New York Times Book Review Forrest's Los Angeles homicide detective Kate Delafield makes a strong impression. ![]() She has come of age as a writer on the national scene." - The Advocate "Forrest moves beyond the narrow confines of an ordinary suspense novel. A believer in the power of stories." - Lambda Book Report A winner of the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Pioneer Award, Katherine Forrest lives in San Francisco. She has two books due to be published in 2005, Daughters of an Emerald Dusk (Alyson) and the anthology Women of Mystery (Alice Street Editions). She is twice winner of the Lambda Literary Award for best mystery: for The Beverly Malibu and Murder by Tradition, both part of the Kate Delafield series. Forrest is the author of 15 novels including Hancock Park, Curious Wine, and Daughters of a Coral Dawn. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() He paints a very convincing picture of the small village of Blackwater, old-fashioned and conservative, also slowly dying as erosion from the sea gradually destroys the houses built on the coast. Tóibín’s writing throughout is spare and beautifully controlled, always giving the impression of simplicity and integrity. At Declan’s request, they all go together to spend some time at Dora’s home, resurrecting unhappy memories of the time Helen and Declan lived there as children, while Lily was in Dublin looking after their dying father. But now Helen’s brother Declan is dying of AIDS, and the three women are forced to come together for his sake. Helen has had a strained relationship with her mother Lily and grandmother Dora for years. ![]() ![]() ![]() But to do so, she must betray both her family and her Amish past―and expose a dark secret that could destroy her. Kate vows to stop the killer before he strikes again. She's certain she's come to terms with her past―until the first body is discovered in a snowy field. Her Amish roots and big-city law enforcement background make her the perfect candidate. A wealth of experience later, Kate has been asked to return to Painters Mill as chief of police. but ultimately decided to leave her community. A young Amish girl named Kate Burkholder survived the terror of the Slaughterhouse Killer. But sixteen years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the peaceful farming community. In Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and "English" residents have lived side by side for two centuries. Some crimes are too unspeakable to solve. Sworn to Silence is the first in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling Kate Burkholder series. ![]() Now the subject of the Lifetime original movie An Amish Murder ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Also there was a strategy game based on Tai-Pan for many platforms, including ZX Spectrum. Shogun, Tai-Pan, King Rat and Noble House have been adapted for film and television (with the Shogun miniseries/film starring Toshiro Mifune being the best known adaptation), and Shogun was also adapted as an Infocom computer game and a Broadway musical. The novels don't form a single continuous story, but are linked together by recurring characters, and their descendants, and a theme of examining interactions between Asian peoples and Westerners. ![]() The Asian Saga is a series of novels by James Clavell, set in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Iran over a period from 1600 to 1979. ![]() ![]() He neglects his schooling, and when the truant officer sends a letter to his parents, the Varios respond by threatening Henry's mailman to ensure Henry never receives another such letter. Henry feels accepted and approved of for the first time in his life. He quickly earns the approval of his elders, who allow him to drive their cars and drink their booze, making Henry feel like an adult. Henry is industrious, clever, and willing to hustle to run whatever errands the men need. As these men are criminals by nature, they have no qualms about luring young Henry into the life. The impressionable boy is introduced to the wealth and power that is granted the men in the Varios' employ. Henry is drawn to the mafia lifestyle as a young boy, taking a job at Tuddy Vario's cabstand at the age of eleven. ![]() Henry's heyday takes place during the 1960s and 1970s during which time he works under prominent mob boss Paul Vario in the Brownsville-East New York section of Brooklyn. ![]() Wiseguy is the true story of Henry Hill, a member of the Lucchese organized crime family in New York. Nicholas Pileggi's non-fiction book, Wiseguy, is the basis for the hit movie, GoodFellas, directed by Martin Scorsese (1990). ![]() ![]() ![]() Luckily, you don’t have to suffer in silence or give up on your dream of a college degree. You’re not alone, and it’s perfectly normal to struggle in a new environment and buckle under the weight of elevated expectations. So don’t feel bad if your thoughts go from “Can someone write my paper?” to “Write me a paper asap!” within the first few weeks of the college term. If you try to stay on top of all your responsibilities, you’ll likely burn out or suffer an anxiety attack sooner rather than later. You will soon forget about your plans to discover the party scene, visit your parents every other weekend, or find your soulmate on campus. ![]() Not only is it your first attempt at independent life free from parents’ oversight, but it’s also a completely new level of academic requirements and independent study many aren’t ready for.Īnd if you’re an overachiever or a perfectionist, keeping up with all the classes, assignments, extracurriculars, and side gigs will keep you up most nights. After all, college is an eye-opening experience for most students. If you’re suddenly wondering, “Can someone do my paper for me?”, there’s likely a very good reason for that. ![]() ![]() She is active on Twitter and Instagram stars Tehlor lives with her daughter, partner, and two small dogs in Oregon, where she grows heirloom corn and continues her quest to perfect the vegan tamale. It is currently in development at Disney as a television series to be produced by Eva Longoria. It received four starred reviews, and was named Amazon’s best book of 2020 in the 9-12 age range. Tehlor’s debut middle grade novel, PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE RIVER OF TEARS, was published by the Rick Riordan Presents imprint at Disney/Hyperion. Its sequel, WE UNLEASH THE MERCILESS STORM, followed to continuing acclaim, while MISS METEOR (co-written with National Book Award Nominee Anna-Marie McLemore) was named to the American Library Association’s 2021 Rainbow List, honoring outstanding contributions in LGBTQIA teen fiction. ![]() ![]() It has been featured on Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and O by Oprah Magazine’s best books lists, and was a 2019 book of the year selection by Kirkus and School Library Journal. Her debut young adult novel, WE SET THE DARK ON FIRE, received six starred reviews, as well as the Oregon Spirit Book Award for debut fiction, and the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award runner up honor for debut speculative fiction. TEHLOR KAY MEJIA is a bestselling and award winning author of young adult and middle grade fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Lowcountry Bombshell, private investigator Liz Talbot has moved back to Stella Maris, South Carolina (the “lowcountry” island of the title), where she lives in her Gram’s house with her dog Rhett, who is prone to “barking his fool head off” and the occasional company of her best friend Colleen, who doesn’t look a day over seventeen, because that’s how old she was when she died.Ĭolleen doesn’t really like being called a ghost and has told Liz she’s a “guardian spirit” in charge of the whole community, but from Liz’s point of view, she seems to get awfully involved in Liz’s business. (Seriously, I can’t be the only person who cringes every time I hear what’s supposed to be a “southern” accent on a show like True Blood or The Closer.) The result can be as grating to the reader as listening to an actor using a generic “southern accent” composed of equal parts Dukes of Hazzard and Jimmy Carter. Too many writers attempting regional flavor in their fiction lay it on as thick as a Cajun cook seasoning a pot of jambalaya. ![]() I mean she understands deep down how Southern people talk and can replicate the cadence and music of that speech on the page as delicately as a master chef adding a last pinch of sea salt to a batch of Hollandaise sauce. ![]() Boyer is the second cozy mystery about private investigator Liz Talbot set on a small-town island in South Carolina (available September 3, 2013).Īnd by “it,” I mean “the southern voice.”Īnd by that I do not mean she throws “Y’all” into every other line of her dialogue. ![]() ![]() ![]() In her new book, The Fountains of Silence, she is intent on once again slaying us with history that is full of both beauty and terror, this time set in 1950's Spain - a country held tight in the grip of General Francisco Franco's blood-soaked dictatorship. ![]() ![]() Our fellow tourist in this seldom-depicted setting is Daniel, the son of an American oil executive who is visiting Spain while his father brokers a lucrative deal with Franco. He's a Texan boy, through and through, but one who speaks fluent Spanish and never quite fit in with the snobby society folks who thought his Spanish mother was a bit too exotic. More than anything, he wants to be a photojournalist, but his father is intent on grooming him to take over the oil business. His family vacation in fascist Spain has been very carefully curated, but with each photo he takes, he begins to notice more and more things that don't quite add up - especially once he meets Ana.Īna works as a maid at the Hotel Castellana Hilton, where Daniel is staying with his family. ![]() ![]() The characters are probably the main problem because, no matter if the most awful happenings went on, the most terrifying, the most psychologically grueling happenings, they aren’t going to matter if the characters don’t inspire any feelings other than mild annoyance. Max seemed similarly black and white while the more interesting characters, such as August, hardly get any ‘page time’. Okay, maybe I don’t get on with characters who moan about the hand fate has dealt them but refuse to do anything or let go. Her friends don’t feature enough to really become full characters and instead serve to allow her to voice her concerns and whine a bit. Juliet herself was two dimensional and, when she reads a letter in the hospital and her moment of development comes, she remains just as two dimensional but stops whining quite so much. Of course, the final scene couldn’t work without the build-up but there could have been a lot more going on. I think that’s the major problem with the novel… the first three quarters or so sets up the situation but you have very little action or even tension. However, that judgment probably comes from the last fifty pages or so. ![]() ![]() I will start this review by saying that I probably wouldn’t have chosen this book for myself but my mother bought it for herself, read the first page and then realized it wasn’t her kind of thing and I simply couldn’t leave it sitting unread on the shelf… ![]() |