Grand Central Publishing

Page-turners: sometimes mysterious

Buried In Print2017-07-24T15:36:17-04:00

Nothing like a good mystery. Some serial fun, with Giles Blunt, Ian Hamilton, Louise Penny, or my most recent discovery, the Nina Borg series by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis. But one can find a good page-turner in the standalone novels on the fiction shelves too. Take Claire Cameron's freshly published The Bear, longlisted

Page-turners: sometimes mysteriousBuried In Print2017-07-24T15:36:17-04:00

Jami Attenberg’s The Middlesteins (2012)

Buried In Print2014-05-13T14:08:31-04:00

Jami Attenberg’s novel is about what we wrap up. The cover of The Middlesteins appears to be a fast-food burger wrapper: quintessentially flavourful but fleeting. Edie’s mother watches Edie’s father’s heart beat beneath the skin of his chest. Edie notices the bones at the top of her chest, poking out like

Jami Attenberg’s The Middlesteins (2012)Buried In Print2014-05-13T14:08:31-04:00

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