By: Paulina Bren Goodreads Description: Welcome to New York’s legendary hotel for women. Liberated from home and hearth by World War I, politically enfranchised and ready to work, women arrived to take their place in the dazzling new skyscrapers of Manhattan. But they did not want to stay in uncomfortable boarding houses. They wanted what […]
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The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Art Theft
by: Ulrich Boser Goodreads Description: “The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft,” The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser is a fascinating account of a brazen and amazing criminal act—a book that could help police and investigators solve the mystery of the 1990 break-in and burglary at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. “A tantalizing whodunit” […]
Life After Windows
by: Inez Ribustello Goodreads Description: What happens when the life you’ve always dreamed of disappears in the blink of an eye? For Inez Ribustello, that day came twenty years ago on September 11th, 2001. Ribustello grew up in the small town of Tarboro, North Carolina but found her way to the big apple to attend […]
The Spy and The Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
by: Ben Macintyre Goodreads Description: The celebrated author of A Spy Among Friends and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Cold War-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, […]
December 2021 Tidbit
Here is a list of our favorite books in 2021. Helen says: 1. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (really well written thriller) 2. The Push by Ashley Audrain (I read it in one sitting!) 3. Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews (loved this) 4. The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull (guilty pleasure) […]
Upcoming Books for January 2022
We are focusing on new works by some of our favorite Famous Authors in January. Read along with us! Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
Apples Never Fall
by: Liane Moriarty Goodreads description: The Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . . If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father? This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings. The Delaneys […]
Rock Paper Scissors
by: Alice Feeney Goodreads description: Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face […]
The Tannery
by: Michael Almond Goodreads description: July 5, 1900, Wilkes County, North Carolina: The beautiful young daughter of tannery owner Jakob Schumann is found dead on the north bank of the Yadkin River, brutally beaten, a skinning knife in her chest. Who killed Rachel Schumann? And why? Ambitious Wilkes prosecutor Vincent Taliaferro has arrested Virgil Wade, […]
October/November 2021 Tidbit
The holiday season is fast approaching and Helen and Holly have been discussing gift ideas. We both love giving and receiving coffee table books. Here are some of the books we have had our eyes on. Helen says: Do you follow Lewis Miller on Instagram? If not, you should start following him today! He takes […]
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 