Reviews

Indian Country, a graphic novel, is written and drawn in the hard boiled tradition.  Everything is dark.  Relationships are difficult. Violence is an everyday occurrence. Dashiell Bad Horse has returned to the reservation after being away for years.  He is hired by the local Indian reservation police but he is actually undercover for the FBI. There are competing interests at stake, which Bad Horse must balance.  Bad Horse has history with many of the people.  No one is happy.

Privacy invasion, stock market manipulation, character assassination…The Fear Index  is all so timely!  “Torn from the headlines”, as they say.  The capacity for causing all this mayhem, plus more, is not here just yet, but not too far in the future either.  Machines using a

A woman opens her eyes to find herself surrounded by dead bodies. She has no idea what happened. What’s just as, if not more, frightening and disorienting is that she has no idea who she is. The only information she has to go on comes from two letters she finds in her pocket, letters that begin “Dear You” and that seem to have been written by herself.

This historical fiction novel is set the old west and full of remarkable characters of the frontier. Abigail Monroe is single, educated, and ready for a new start.  I love the idea that she is establishing a library in her new town.  There are two suitors and stories of faith.

Performed by:  Yo-yo Ma—cello;  Edgar Meyer—bass, piano, gamba; Stuart Duncan—fiddle; Chris Thile—mandolin, guitar, fiddle & gamba; Aoife O’Donovan & Chris Thile—vocals (tracks 5, 9)

The latest in the Kay Scarpetta series, a rewarding read for those who have followed the lives of Kay, Benton, Marino and Lucy.  The novel is set in hot, steamy Savannah, in the middle of summer, focusing on a cold case as well as a suspected serial murderer.  All the Cornwell story elements ar

Published in 1995, The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle is still as timely today in its exploration of the dilemmas of illegal immigration.  Boyle does not judge, does not side, he merely presents his story -- the sad reality of people trying to achieve the American dream.

Conversations with Other Women is not your typical film. Shot entirely in split screen, the story follows a woman (Helena Bonham Carter) and man (Aaron Eckhart) as they meet at a wedding.

 The premise of this non-fiction book is that sibling relations are among the most important relations in our life.