Reviews by Lisa H. (Salisbury, MD)

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Palisades Park
Palisades Park
by Alan Brennert
Dive Right In (2/27/2013)
Go ahead, stick your toe in and test the water. I guarantee after the first few pages you will want to dive right into Palisades Park. It is a sensory pleasure! Brennert brings the sights, sounds and smells of the amusement park to life. While I have never been to Palisades, …more
Cloudland
Cloudland: A Crime Novel
by Joseph Olshan
Brrr....Chill out with this psychological tale of suspense (3/13/2012)
Cloudland is a good psychological suspense novel. Olshan does a wonderful job setting up the story. I could feel the cold and snow, and sense the isolation of Cloudland, the remote village in Vermont where some of the crimes take place. The pacing of the book is slow and …more
Outside Wonderland
Outside Wonderland: A Novel
by Lorna Jane Cook
Through the Looking Glass (2/23/2011)
Siblings Alice, Griffin, and Dinah, named for characters out of "Alice in Wonderland" lose first their mother in a freak accident, then their father. We get a small glimpse of them in their younger days before the story fast forwards to the adult siblings. All appear …more
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: A Novel
by Tom Franklin
Ssss....Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Slithers Up On the Reader Like a Snake in the Grass (11/11/2010)
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter slithers up on the reader like a snake in the grass or in the deep, dark woods of Mississippi. The story uncoils itself in alternating turns from past to present through the voices and memories of former childhood friends, Silas and Larry. The …more
The Nobodies Album
The Nobodies Album
by Carolyn Parkhurst
Revealing! (6/7/2010)
This was a winning combination of family drama and murder mystery. Octavia Frost is a bestselling novelist, whose career takes off after a family tragedy. With several novels under her belt, Frost thinks she has come up with a revolutionary idea to create an anthology of …more
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