Check back regularly for book reviews by beloved (retired) Penguin sales rep
turned book reviewer, jack-of-all-trades, and Mountains & Plains’ coordinator
for special projects and Fall Discovery Show volunteer extraordinaire, Eric Boss.
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June 2018
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
May 2018
The Sacco Gang by Andrea Camilleri
Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
April 2018
Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson
March 2018
Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire
The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
The Mobius Strip Club of Grief by Bianca Stone
The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith
The Boat Runner by Devin Murphy
The Soul of a Thief by Steven Hartov
February 2018
The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover by Michael Andreasson
The Philosopher’s Flighty by Tom Miller
The French Girl by Lexie Elliott
November 2017
October 2017
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carre
September 2017
The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones
The Western Star by Craig Johnson
The Visiting Professor by Robert Littell
Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George
August 2017
The Hour of Land by Terry Tempest Williams
July 2017
The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
June 2017
The Best Land Under Heaven by Michael Wallis
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
April 2017
The Revolution of the Moon by Andrea Camilleri
The One-Eyed Man by Ron Currie
The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Graham
February 2017
UPDATED! The Burning World by Isaac Marion
Winter of the Gods by Jordana Max Brodsky
January 2017
Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Everybody’s Fool by Richard Russo
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
The House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure
December 2016
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
November 2016
The Obsidian Chamber by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
October 2016
A Cowboy Christmas by Tom Vandyke
Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
September 2016
Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr
Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard
August 2016
An Obvious Fact by Craig Johnson
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Frederik Bachman
July 2016
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
June 2016
May 2016
Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick
Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millett
A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear
March 2016
The River Why by David James Duncan
Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky
February 2016
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
January 2016
Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Regional Office is Under Attack by Manuel Gonzales
December 2015
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J.Ryan Stradal
November 2015
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
The Journey of the Penguin by Emiliano Ponzi
Gutenberg’s Apprentice by Alix Christie
October 2015
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
September 2015
The Murdstone Trilogy by Mal Peet
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
July 2015
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The Red Collar by Jean-Christophe Rufin
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
June 2015
Music for Wartime by Rebecca Makkai
The Laidlaw Trilogy by William McIlvanney
The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl
April 2015
The Eye Stone by Roberto Tiraboschi
The Fatal Flame by Lindsay Faye
The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore
March 2015
The Accidental Highwayman by Ben Tripp
The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French
February 2015
Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore
The Cleaner of Chartress by Salley Vickers
January 2015
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
The Short Reign of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck
The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah