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Midmonth Booknotes a Bountiful Harvest of Good Reading Midmonth BookNotes Volume 7 Issue 11 November, 2020 4014 N. Goldwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (888) 560-9919 • (480) 947-2974 poisonedpen.com • [email protected] A Bountiful Harvest of Good Reading Holiday Gift Ideas For the reader who is anxiously awaiting the next James Bond movie (next year, hopefully) give a copy Still haven’t found that perfect gift for the spe- of David Ricciardi’s Black Flag (Berkley $27) in which cial reader in your life? Consider one (or more) of CIA operative Jake Keller battles pirates on the high these suggestions: seas off the coast of Africa (trust me, Jake is as good as Bond when it comes to taking a licking and still For the classic movie fan (you know the one person keep on ticking). who has TCM on their list of favorite TV channels) give film historian and NYT best-selling biographer For readers who don’t think they will ever find a Scott Eyman’s definitive look at one of the Gold- suspense novel as good as Gone Girl, suggest Janelle en Age of movies most iconic leading men: Cary Brown’s twisty Pretty Things (Random $28) in which Grant: A Brilliant Disguise (Simon and Schuster $35). two damaged women try and survive a fiendishly Pair this with award-winning Renee Patrick’s latest clever game of deception or Megan Miranda’s white wickedly witty 1930s Hollywood-set series featuring knuckle inducing The Girl From Widow Hills (Simon sleuths Lillian Frost and Academy Award winning and Schuster $26.99) in which Arden Maynor’s past costume designer Edith Head Script for Scandal as the infamous “girl from Widow Hills” comes back (Seven House $28.99) for a doubly good literary to haunt her twenty years later. double feature. Readers who are also fashionistas will adore Alexan- For the reader who can quote whole passages from dra Joel’s stylish debut The Paris Model (HarperCol- movies like My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Always a lins $16.99), in which Australian Grace Woods leaves Bridesmaid, and Bride Wars give a copy of Mia Sosa’s her family’s sheep ranch in order to become a model The Worst Best Man (Avon $15.99) in which wedding for Paris couture’s new emperor of fashion Christian planner Carolina Santos’ chances at a plum new job Dior. Or gift them with Jeanne Mackin’s The Last rest on her ability to work with marketing expert Collection (Berkley $16) whose protagonist, recently Max Hartley, who also just happens to be respon- widowed American Lily Sutter, comes to Paris and sible for his brother dumping Carolina at the altar finds her new life entangled with that of legendary three years ago. designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli. Readers who love classic crime novels would be de- For readers who are also serious foodies give them a lighted with a copy of Peter Swanson’s Eight Perfect copy of legendary restaurateur Thomas Keller’s The Murders (William Morrow $27.99) in which booksell- French Laundry, Per Se (Artisan $75) or John Birdsall’s er Malcolm Kershaw’s list of eight mysteries in which The Man Who Ate Too Much (WW Norton $35) a perfect murders (i.e. undetectable) are committed is fascinating biography of the man who helped change now seemingly being used as a blueprint by a clever America’s culinary landscape. Throw in a copy of Julia killer for his or her own murders. Child’s collection of memorable quotes People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People Ellicott, Jessica. Murder Comes to Call (Knopf $18.95) as a tasty literary amuse bouche. (Kensington $26) For the Janeite in your circle, consider a copy of When a judge who recently ruled on her reckless Natalie Jenner’s The Jane Austen Society (St. Martin’s motoring case is found dead in what appears to be a $26.99), in which right after World War II a group of burglary gone wrong, glamorous American adventur- disparate bibliophiles bands together in the small En- ess Beryl Helliwell and her British friend and no-non- glish village of Chawton in the hope of restoring the sense partner, Edwina Davenport, search for clues final home of Jane Austen, or Janice Hadlow’s The to prove a gardener’s innocence. This is the fourth in Other Bennet Sister (Henry Holt $28) which imagines Ellicott’s diverting series set in the village of Walms- what might happen if Mary Bennet’s life took a differ- ley Parva and featuring the “disparate yet comple- ent turn than that narrated in Pride and Prejudice or mentary” sleuthing team of Beryl and Edwina. Gill Hornby’s Miss Austen (Flatiron $26.99) in which Cassandra Austen hunts down a trove of letters writ- Lillard, Amy. A Murder Between the Pages ten by her deceased sister, Jane, and confronts the (Sourcebooks $7.99) buried secrets they hold, secrets not only about Jane but also about Cassandra herself. It was only a few months ago that the ladies of Arlo’s Friday Night Book Club-Fern, Camille, and Finally, for the reader who desperately still wants to Helen-solved the murder of the renowned author, believe in love’s power to redeem a person, a family, or Wally Harrison. So when they select Wally’s best- even a community give a copy of Susan Elizabeth Phil- seller, Missing Girl, for their next discussion, Arlo lips’ unforgettable Dance Away with Me (HarperCollins is hopeful it will mark the end of their mystery $28.99) or Kristan Higgins wonderfully humorous and hunt. But the women are convinced Missing Girl heartfelt Always the Last to Know (Penguin $16). was inspired by a 50-year-old cold case from their own Sugar Springs, Mississippi-the disappearance Cozy Corner of Mary Kennedy-and Arlo can do little to stop the book club ladies from investigating. Chow, Jennifer J. Mimi Chow Reads Between the Lines (Berkley $16) Classic Crime and Suspense Books Back in Print Mimi Lee is on top of the world. She has a thriving pet grooming business, the sweetest boyfriend, and Carnac, Carol. Crossed Skis a talking cat to boot (honestly, who wouldn’t want (Sourcebooks $14.99) a talking cat?). When she arrives at the elementary In Bloomsbury, London, Inspector Brook of Scotland school where her sister Alice Yard looks down at a dismal scene. The victim of a works, she’s expecting a fun ruthless murder lies burnt beyond recognition, his girls’ night out—but instead possessions and papers destroyed by fire. But there is finds a teacher slumped over one strange, yet promising, lead—a lead which sug- in her car, dead. Unfortunate- gests the involvement of a skier. Meanwhile, piercing ly for Alice, she was the last sunshine beams down on the sparkling snow of the one to see Helen Reed, which Austrian Alps, where a merry group of holidaymakers instantly marks her as the are heading towards Lech am Arlberg. Eight men and prime suspect. Cozy fans who eight women take to the slopes, but, as the C.I.D. miss Lillian Jackson Braun’s scrambles to crack the perplexing case in Britain, the “Cat Who” mysteries will love ski party are soon to become sixteen suspects. this equally feline fun series by Chow of which PW said “this is catnip for fans of talking cat cozies.” MacLean, Alistair. Athabasca Fiction, Mysteries, Romance and More (HarperCollins $15.99) Adams, Michelle. Little Wishes On the oil rich tar sands of Athabasca along Alaska’s (HarperCollins $26.99) Arctic shore, a group of shrewd – an on occasion ruthlessly cold-blooded – men make plans to hold On her favorite day of the year, Elizabeth Daven- the entire oil producing industry hostage. port awakens in her cottage on the wild and windy Cornish coast, opens her front door, and discovers a MacLean, Alistair. Breakheart Pass precious gift: the small blue crocus and a note that (HarperCollins $15.99) begins I Wish . They are not signed, but she knows they’ve been left by her first and truest love, Tom A group of people traveling by train through the Hale. Each of these precious missives convey a simple Rocky Mountains in the 1870’s, are plunged into a wish for something they had missed, and the life they nightmare of terror during a vicious snowstorm. Like might have shared. She has kept them all. many of MacLean’s novels, this was turned into a popular movie. But on this day, what should have been the fiftieth anniversary of their falling in love, the gift fails to MacLean, Alistair. The Golden Gate arrive. Could something have happened to Tom? (HarperCollins $15.99) Bailey, James. The Flip Side An ingenious, puzzlingly motivated megalomaniac (HarperCollins $15.99) and his hand-chosen, professional cohorts hold the President of the United States, two Arab potentates, To coin a phrase, Josh is suffering a quarter-life crisis. and a motorcade of reporters in the middle of San He just broke up with his long-term girlfriend, lost his Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, demanding an exor- job, and moved back home bitant ransom. with his parents (shudder). Welcome to rock bottom in MacLean, Alistair. Goodbye California Bristol. As Josh starts ques- (HarperCollins $15.99) tioning all his life choices, he has a mad thought: Maybe he When his wife is taken hostage as a result of a well- would just be better flipping a planned heist of a California nuclear-power plant, De- coin. After all, careful planning tective Sergeant Ryder, aided by his policeman son, has landed him homeless, job- launches an unofficial investigation and learns that a less, and single.
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