Four childhood friends, Dante, Piglet, Miguel, and Hugo, swap rural Brazil for an apartment in Copacabana, Rio, eager for a taste of city life. But when their rent skyrockets, they adopt an unorthodox plan to stay afloat and are soon sucked into a dark world of secret dinner parties catering to the twisted fantasies of…
Category: Washington
Before You Were Anne
Detective Chelsey Calhoun is married, pregnant, and mostly happy, until an explosive new case shatters everything. A mother is dead, her sixteen-year-old daughter Naomi has vanished, and the search will awaken questions about Chelsey’s own origins that she’s spent a lifetime avoiding. The victim called herself Anne Walker, but she was born Rika Takahashi, and…
Remarkably Bright Creatures
After her husband’s death, Tova Sullivan takes up the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and keeping busy the way she always has, especially in the thirty-plus years since her eighteen-year-old son Erik vanished on a boat in Puget Sound. But when she forms an unlikely friendship with Marcellus, a curmudgeonly giant…
Whidbey
Whidbey is a literary exploration of three women bound together by the murder of Calvin Boyer, the man who harmed them in different ways. As Birdie flees to Whidbey Island and discovers another survivor’s memoir, and as Calvin’s mother grapples with his death, the novel examines justice, storytelling, and the long shadow of abuse. More character…
Her Last Breath
Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams is a relentless, claustrophobic thriller that completely had me in its grip. The story follows best friends Tess and Allie as they embark on a long-delayed caving expedition that quickly turns into a nightmare. After a violent encounter deep underground leaves Tess trapped in a narrow crawl space, the narrative…
Where He Left Me
Sadie Sheridan and her husband Felix have just settled into Felix’s childhood home in the North Cascades mountains, for their year-long sabbatical. But when Felix leaves for a quick work trip and never comes back, Sadie finds herself completely isolated. She has no car, no phone service, and a storm is rolling in. As she…
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
This is a beautifully tender story about Lolly, a woman navigating grief, self-discovery, and unexpected love, all wrapped up in gentle magical realism. The magic elements provide glimpses into her past and add layers of emotion as she faces hard choices and seeks a new path forward. I read this a few years ago and…
Weather Girl
Let me tell you… this book was like a cozy rainy day wrapped in a warm blanket: comforting, emotional, and surprisingly bright. In Weather Girl, we follow Ari Abrams, a Seattle TV meteorologist who’s passionate about weather but struggling under the emotional thunderclouds of a toxic workplace and her own lifelong battle with depression. When…
Middletide
There is something about atmospheric mysteries set in the Pacific Northwest that just draws me in. I’ve always wanted to live in this area so maybe this is just me living out that dream. Middletide, Sarah Crouch’s debut, follows the investigation into the death of the towns local doctor. All signs point to suicide, that…
Recipe for a Charmed Life
Georgia Jackson is living out her dreams and is up for a Sous Chief position in Paris. That is until she catches her boyfriend cheating on her in the freezer at work and her sense of taste starts to leave her. Heartbroken and lost, Georgia heads back to The States and to her estranged mother…