Women in WWII
Janet Beard. The Atomic City Girls Mary Lynn Bracht. White Chrysanthemum Sara Ackerman. Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers
Christian Suspense Thrillers
X ALEX Alexander, Hannah Hideaway series -romantic suspense X BELL Bell, James Scott -legal/political suspense M BLAC, X BLAC Blackstock, Terri -general and romantic suspense X BRIG Bright, Bill The Great Awakenings series -historical suspense X BROU Brouwer, S. W. Out of the Shadows Crown of Thorns -general suspense X BUNN Bunn, T. Davis The… Read More Christian Suspense Thrillers
Joe Hill Readalikes
Andy Davidson. In the Valley of the Sun (western, vampire, serial killer, horror)
Macomber readalikes
Joanne Demaio RaeAnn Thayne
Readalikes Dresden files by Jim Butcher
The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
Readalikes
Jonathan Franzen Meg Wolitzer Charles Bock
Forensic/medical mystery/thrillers
Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan series, Bones TV series) Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta series) Iris Johansen (Eve Duncan series) Robin Cook Stephen White (Alan Gregory series) Jefferson Bass (Body Farm series)
Boarding School
It’s Back to (Boarding) School Time! (August 2019 blog post) The Broken Girls by Simone St. James This page-turner is a supernatural mystery thriller with two horrifying story lines. A journalist who’s obsessed with her sister’s murder on the grounds of an abandoned boarding school uncovers a reason to look into the school’s past. And,… Read More Boarding School
Cultural Literary Fiction
Japan Arthur Golden. Memoirs of a Geisha Lisa See. Snowflower and the Secret Fan Asha Lemmie. Fifty Words for Rain Julie Otsuka. The Buddha in the Attic China
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
Anne Griffin somehow manages to give perfect voice to an 84-year-old Irish codger, still grieving the death of his wife two years ago and taking a good, hard look at his life before he moves out of his home and into the next phase of his life. In each section, Maurice toasts five influential people… Read More When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
