Category: Book Baristas

I was somewhat conflicted about what to write about Saul Black’s The Killing Lessons.  On the one hand, I really liked the book, it was heart-pounding, agonizingly suspenseful, and very compelling.  On the other hand,  it  also describes in great detail, the darkest most  gruesome violence, inflicted mostly upon women,  by two men psychologically twisted beyond repair. In order to balance this misogyny,

Venturing outside my usual genres, I picked up Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica.  This is her second book, and her third will come out in May of 2016.    Worth the adventure.  Here is the story:  Heidi and Chris and their tween daughter Zoe live in downtown Chicago.  Heidi works at a literacy non-profit. Her husband Chris is a fairly successful

Here is a snazzy debut novel from Elizabeth Egan, books editor at Glamour.  It opens with Alice, trendy mother of three, part time books editor at Yes Magazine, best friend to local indie book store owner, thinking she needs to find a more lucrative job since her husband has just come home without his.  She accepts a job with Scroll,

Two sisters, two tragedies, almost two decades apart-all make for a suspense-filled tale.  Karin Slaughter has published many mystery/crime books most notably her Will Trent series, however, Pretty Girls is a stand alone story that ostensibly revolves around two sisters, Claire and Lydia and a decades old tragedy.  Claire is  married to a wealthy business man and Lydia is a single parent

Nicholas Sparks’ latest bestseller, See Me, is worth seeing!  Most of these kinds of books need no advertising.  They are like chain restaurants when traveling; you know what to expect.  Sparks fans just read them as they hit the stands, regardless of plot.  Or so I thought…as I dished about my recent escape into the tangled world of Maria and

1914, Bergen County. Constance Kopp has been sequestered on the family farm with her sisters because of a family secret.  While travelling into town one day, a motorcycle driven by the crooked son of a silk factory owner crashes into their buggy.  When Constance pursues  him for $50 in damages, he refuses.  Constance enlists the help of the local sheriff; she

The Falmouth Book Baristas are returning to share our thoughts on newly published books.  While new fiction is our favorite, we have a soft spot for new cookbooks, biographies and memoirs, and the occasional non fiction read.  We also hope to share some of the resources we use when looking for our next book.  Watch for espresso shots-brief reviews and

Cartwheel is a new novel drawing its inspiration from the Amanda Knox case. duBois explores our views of this media sensation through a fictionalized version of Knox’s story, set in Buenos Aires.  When Amanda Knox’s interview with Diane Sawyer aired, and her book Waiting To Be Heard was released, I was part of a few speculative conversations, and our ultimate conclusions held some

I am going to date myself here and let you know I have been reading Sue Grafton’s alphabet mysteries since A is for Alibi, as soon as they come out.  W is for Wasted lives up to the reputation.  One of my favorite 1980s gum shoes, Kinsey Millhone, faces some detective work close to home as she investigates the deaths of

Sylvie Mason leaves her house with her parents one dark, snowy night after a late night call her parents receive asking them to meet with one of their clients or people who have “haunted souls”.  Sylvie’s parents, Rose and Sylvester Mason,  have made it their life to help people troubled by spirits and apparitions and as normal as it is for them