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44) Shark skin suite
For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends,...
47) Beautiful you
49) Wicked charms
Lisa Lutz's adventures of Izzy Spellman and her dysfunctional family of private detectives are chock full of wisecracks and acerbic wit. The second mystery, Curse of the Spellmans, was nominated for an Edgar Award. Now this third installment finds Izzy taking a break from the family business—and her parents going to any length to get her back in the fold. And then a friend introduces her to a man who wants his wife followed. Sounds simple—but
...“The most popular mystery writer alive.”—The New York Times
Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or...
53) Dead ever after
Second only to Slaughterhouse-Five of Vonnegut's canon in its prominence and influence, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965) presents Eliot Rosewater, an itinerant, semi-crazed millionaire wandering the country in search of heritage and philanthropic outcome, introducing the science fiction writer Kilgore Trout to the world and Vonnegut to the collegiate audience which would soon make him a cult writer.
Trout, modeled according to
...In Miss Julia Hits the Road, she is becoming increasingly concerned about...
59) The chase
Working in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty-four year old Girl is struggling to keep up with the essential trinity of food, shelter, and student loans. So when she finally lands the job of her dreams she ignores her misgivings...