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Sloane lost her husband in the same accidental shooting that her current husband lost his former wife. Now they are married but all is not perfect since Sloane still has nagging doubts about former allegations of an affair from his first marriage and the DC rumor mill is working overtime. After all, Sloane has a lot of family money and her foundation at stake. Due to have hip surgery Whit has hires a caregiver which is a good thing since after the surgery Sloane's health slides downhill. Is this just the side effects from her having Lupus or is something sinister at work? Family and friends have suspicions but who is to blame? The author duo is known for their twisty plots and surprise endings and this is no exception. A whodunnit that will surprise you even when you think you have it solved and one their many fans will appreciate. 4 stars 
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Imagine that many of the legendary Knights of the Round Table were immortal and not just living on the pages of classic books about King Arthur. Every time England is in peril (which is often) these key figures awake to fight again thanks to the magical shenanigans of good old Merlin. Arthur's castoff brother Kay digs himself out from under a tree to help a young maiden named Mariam blow up a fracking facility unleashing unwanted heat and a dragon. Meanwhile Lancelot and his sidekick witty Marlowe are also involved but from another side and gunning for Kay. An oil rig named Avalon is the next target and it could spell disaster for Mariam and her band of not so merry ecoterrorists. From magic swords, pagan gods and fey, talking squirrels and fiery dragons to fierce female dragon slayers this clever yarn will delight lovers of both classic and a new breed of heroes looking for leadership and action in a world gone mad. 4 stars  Truman Capote was a "man about town" enigma who as a gay man was considered a non-threat by all of the New York social elite husbands and wives alike. His posse of wealthy influential women nicknamed "The Swans" included Lee Radziwill, sister to First Lady Jackie Kennedy. They had a deep friendship and respect for each other for decades until a falling out late in life. Our narrator is the fictional housekeeper/friend of Lee Radziwill who also develops a close connection to Truman and has a front row seat for the shenanigans of the posh NYC elite starting in the late 50's through the beginning of the 70"s. There is so much name dropping going on that you may want to keep a notepad handy. The money, the parties, the travel and oh so much gossip but in reality most only cared about being loved and maintaining loyalty. We see the pain behind the glittery veneer the back stabbing feeding the the outside world's hunger for dirt. For readers of behind the scenes tell- all books and historical fiction of the upper class. 3 1/2 stars  Long Island summer where the rich go to escape the city and Alex has fled to escape period. Alex is a twenty something who is coasting through life on the grace and credit card of her older boyfriend for the summer cannot return to the city now that her roommates want nothing to do with her, her friends have all disappeared and her old boyfriend demands that she return his calls. Convinced that her current boyfriend will come around and he didn't mean to kick her out forever, she just has to hang out for a little bit longer. There is nothing she won't do, no one she won't lie to and manipulate to get what she needs - a bit more time. Alex is a train wreck and you are hopelessly pulled into her path of destruction and desperation. After so many near misses her past mistakes are going to catch up with her right? Perfect for followers of Anna Delvey or THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. 4 stars  A misfit family that seems to meet the grueling climate chaos usually with a stiff drink. The parents live in California with their daughter in Florida and both are reeling after constant rains, droughts, hurricanes that seem to be endless. While some think that the path forward is found in eating bugs, maintaining bee hives and driving a Tesla they still seem to use a lot of fuel, eat at fast food restaurants and buy whatever they feel like. Their daughter Cat can't even take care of a pet python losing it almost immediately so she buys another. T.C. Boyle's sarcastic wit points a finger at all those who say they want to do better in saving the planet and living a natural life but have no intention of giving anything up. 3 stars  Skyler Moore, a collage artist hoping for her big break is stunned when it comes in the form of a big check from a man she was with for one night years ago. His reasons for leaving the trust to her and not his family are unclear but the family makes it very clear that they want that money and are going to come after Skyler in court. Suddenly her apartment is broken into, her cat let out and her gallery pieces tampered with which makes her scared but determined. She is trying to put it all together and figure out if he just wanted to help a struggling young artist or if there is another reason. This will make you question any gift that looks too good to be true. A tight thriller with all the requisite twists and turns. 3 1/2 stars  A series of funny essays looking at the pandemic, poking at past tv shows, her up and down health and a lot of toilet humor. She dives into subjects few others would tackle like extreme diarrhea and even her brush with death from anaphylactic shock. While I could totally appreciate her take on escaping Chicago and the near empty expressways at the start of the pandemic, I had trouble with a few of the longer pieces like her play by play criticism of every episode of Sex In The City. This could be that I am older than the intended audience. 3 stars  A brutally honest look at beauty and how we are affected by it. Trinidad is an island that depends on wealth from tourism and business and success comes from knowing people in power. Bianca comes from a wealthy family centered in politics but has managed pretty much on her own since her mother's death. She is a classic beauty who has had success modeling and wants to be a writer but that dream is gone since her affair with a married politician was made public. Eager to prove that she is more than a pretty face she takes a PR and writing job for a makeup artist who is giving everything he has to create a beauty empire. His brusque manner gets in the way of helping his younger sister or seeing Bianca for more than a cheap model but he is more caring than she first perceived. There is so much universal truth here about positive body image, makeup to make you feel empowered not to entice a man and how the powerful can lift up a young woman or crush her soul. I listened to the audiobook and the melodic narrator's voices made this book even more enjoyable. 4 stars  This is one of those "good people caught up in a bad situation" and "being in the wrong place at the wrong time" kind of stories. Lindburgh's Pharmacy in Athens Georgia has been around forever. It is the place to go to fill a prescription but also to hang out with friends and grab a soda fountain treat but more might be happening behind the scenes than we know. We get into the lives and heads of several people all with secret dreams or issues that they basically keep to themselves and just get on with their lives until the day they come together that changes everything. It will take one passionate teacher who feels compelled to do something to bring down a house of cards. It is a small town story filled with family drama, lost dreams and loyalty that only Will Leitch can tell. Fans of southern family drama will fall hard for this. 4 1/2 stars  Jack loses his dad at a young age when his dad enters the witness protection program leaving his family behind forever. Contact is forbidden but over the years his dad has found a few ways to be there. Now an adult and an author Jack is given a strange opportunity to create fake histories for people entering the witness protection program. What Jack wants in return is to find his dad but there seems to be a problem and the Marshalls don't know where he is. People who were part of his dad's past are turning up dead and Jack needs to find out if he is in danger as well. A tightly written thriller that reminds us all that sometimes people who do bad things are not bad all the time and some of the good guys aren't the best dads. For fans of The Fugitive and NOVEMBER ROAD. 4 stars  |
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