Meara C

An estranged, dysfunctional family has an inheritance up for grabs which is dependent upon repeating a road trip they took together with their now-deceased grandfather twenty years ago. This is witty and well-plotted with an excellent final twist.

This book had my heart racing and my brain whirring. I love a mystery that keeps me guessing and that completely messes with my narrative perceptions. "He Started It" was such a crazy ride with twists that continually kept me blind-sided.

Over the past several years, Jane Harper has made a name for herself in the crime fiction genre with her superb Aaron Falk series. I'm glad to say that Harper's third novel, Lost Man, does not disappoint! The plot was engaging, the locale provocative, and the characters memorable. I thoroughly enjoyed it and cannot wait to see what she does next!

Celebrated author Anne Tyler returns with a novel exploring important, if somewhat-repetitive, themes. Willa Drake's journey to self-reliance and the ever-broadening distance between herself and her children might be recognizable to long-time Tyler fans. However, I suspect that the majority of audiences reading Clock Dance come to Tyler for precisely that reason; her finely-drawn characters are comfortingly familiar in the same way that putting on that old cozy sweater is. Though Tyler is very much within her comfort zone with this novel, I still quite enjoyed following Willa across the country and through her interactions with a fun, zany cast of characters.