I wanted to like this book but it became a little too ridiculous as the plot continued. Also there really wasn't a twist, you could guess it straight away in the beginning.

I definitely recommend reading this book! Thirty years ago Sarah Lingate is found murdered on the island of Capri and her murderer is never found. Her husband Richard was always a suspect. Now with the family returning to Capri for vacation, the family’s personal assistant, Lorna, is also found drowned reopening the investigation into Sarah’s murder. Helen, Sarah’s daughter is desperate to escape her family. What lengths would the wealthy and powerful take to cover up all family indiscretions? Read and find out. This story had a lot of unexpected twists and just when you think you have the answer, you find out you were wrong. This was a great read.

A jewel thief searches for answers about her sister’s murder when a stolen bracelet from 1942 Paris resurfaces in Boston, forcing her to confront her wartime past.

Katherine Center, a best selling author of "soul nourishing" books, has another one - THE SHIPPERS. Some might call her works "romance" but they are so much more than that. In this one, our heroine tries to get her life back in order after fleeing from her own wedding in a very public fashion. To add to her troubles, her sister is being married just a few weeks later - on a ship, no less. Surrounded by her friends, neighbors, relatives and other assorted guests, she finally sees what she has been missing all these years... And, by the way, I've just been told that "ship" is the new current word replacing the old and no long in word "relationship".

This book begins with a very heavy and shocking moment and it never lets off the gas. A court room thriller, the ending will stay with me for a LONG LONG TIME!

Elsie Fitzpatrick finds her neighbor and nemesis dead in his kitchen one day which makes the police suspect her of murder. However the truth of who she really is and the past she’s hiding from comes out. She is Mad Mabel Waller, the youngest person convicted of murder in Australian history. Along the way Mabel makes new friends and discovers that maybe she was never mad and people should be careful who is telling the story. This book keeps you wanting more as Elsie/Mabel’s story unwinds between past and present. A must read.

Although this story is historical fiction, it could have been pure fiction because it was unbelievable that Eunice Carter, a black women was able to break down the racial and sex barriers to achieve the life and career that is portrayed in this book. She is remarkable and could be a role model in the current day. Polly Adler was also a women to admire because she was able to survive a difficult situation of arriving in New York City from Russia alone. The fact that she was able to survive and strive is quite remarkable. The business in question, prostitution is quite disturbing and this make it a difficult read. All this said, I do recommend this book.

The book starts off so simply. A chance meeting of an ex stepfather. It then goes on to such a thoughtful remembrance of the short time they were in each other's lives. So interesting to read about how one event was remembered by a 9 year old girl and what other members of the family thought happened.

I Really enjoyed this book. Good family story. Well written

I loved reading GO GENTLE by Maria Semple. The main character Adora Hazzard is a woman of a certain age living the life she loves in NYC. In addition to that she is a divorced mother of a teenage daughter, a former TV comedy writer, and a current accomplished Doctor of Philosophy with a PhD degree to prove it. Obviously her life goes off the rails in spectacular fashion or her story would hardly be worth writing. I will admit that at times I wasn't quite sure what was happening or why, but I was happy to continue reading to find out ...