Tuesday, February 26, 2013

2 book recommendations

The first one is by a new author (new to me anyway and she didn't list any other books published in the foreward).....Katherine Howe "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane". Action in this jumps from the times of the Salem Witch Trials and 1991 Harvard Yard, Marblehead and Salem, Massachusetts. Unknown to Connie (Constance) Goodwin she is a direct of Deliverance Dane, a previously unknown victim of the mass hysteria of the witch trials. She is asked by her mother (Grace) to clean out her grandmother Sophia's overrun home in Marblehead. Connie is also working to find original source material for her PhD, as she has also just passed her oral exams at Harvard and has been admitted to candidacy. As she searches for clues to the physick book which she hopes will provide the original material she requires, Connie uncovers the links which bind her to the tiny cottage in Marblehead, the power (or will or intention) which ties her to a long line of strong New England women, dating back to Deliverance.

My second recommendation is Dark Horse by Craig Johnson. The book is, I believe, the fourth or fifth in the Walt Longmire series. If you want to read a book which not only is a thinking mystery, an insight into the mind of a true lawman and describes the aching physical beauty and majesty of the West, read this one. Longmire is by turns comical, deadly, intelligent, and blindly loyal. Do yourself a favor, read the entire series, you will find it worth your time.

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