Bibliography: Lawson, Mike. (2006). The Second Perimeter. New York: Doubleday. ISBN: 978-0385515320 (hc) 978-1400095162 (pb) Plot Summary: The Secretary of the Navy asks John Mahoney, Speaker of the House, to have his fix it guy, Joe DeMarco, investigate his nephew’s claims that fraud is being committed at a naval base in Bremerton, WA. With the help of [...]
Bibliography: Winspear, Jacqueline. (2005). Pardonable Lies. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN: 978-0805078978 (hc) 978-0312426217 (pbk) Plot Summary: Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs is asked to fulfill a death bed wish: settle once and for all whether a couple’s aviator son was killed as reported in the Great War. Starting with psychics in London, the case takes her [...]
Bibliography: Hamilton, Steve. (2010). The Lock Artist. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN: 9780312380427 Plot Summary: Michael is writing down his story from jail, trying to find his voice lost when childhood tragedy struck and left him mute. He tells of his uncle, the only family he had left, the art class and talent for [...]
Bibliography: Oliviera, Robin. (2010). My Name is Mary Sutter. New York: Viking Adult. ISBN: 978-0670021673 Plot Summary: Young Albany midwife Mary Sutter wants nothing more then to study to be a surgeon. But the idea of female doctors is still foreign to most, and no one will take her as a student or apprentice. At [...]
Bibliography: Potter, Alexandra. (2010). The Two Lives of Miss Charlotte Merryweather. New York: Penguin Group. ISBN: 978-0452295889 Plot Summary: 30 something American living in London Charlotte appears to have it all–her own successful PR firm that pursues top clients and a boyfriend who wants to buy a house and move in together. Why isn’t she [...]
