ThePurplePimpernel rated The dead lands: 4 stars
The dead lands by Benjamin Percy
In the post-apocalypse, folks getting by in the Sanctuary (the remains of St. Louis) are surprised when a woman rushes …
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ThePurplePimpernel rated The Fox Was Ever the Hunter: 5 stars
The Fox Was Ever the Hunter by Herta Müller
Der Fuchs war damals schon der Jäger ("The Fox Was Ever the Hunter") is a book by Nobel Prize-winning author …
ThePurplePimpernel rated Let the dead speak: 2 stars
Jane Casey: Let the dead speak (2017)
Let the dead speak by Jane Casey (Maeve Kerrigan series)
"When eighteen-year-old Chloe Emery returns to her West London home she finds her mother missing, the house covered in blood. …
ThePurplePimpernel rated Where The Crawdads Sing: 2 stars
Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, Lorenzo F. Díaz
For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So …
ThePurplePimpernel rated The robber bride: 3 stars
The robber bride by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride is inspired by "The Robber Bridegroom," a wonderfully grisly tale from the Brothers Grimm in …
ThePurplePimpernel rated Dark Days: 4 stars
Dark Days by James Baldwin (Penguin Modern: 38)
ThePurplePimpernel rated Penguin Lost: 4 stars
ThePurplePimpernel rated Death and the Penguin (Panther): 4 stars
Death and the Penguin (Panther) by Andrey Kurkov
Death and the Penguin is a novel by Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov. Originally published in 1996 in Russian (as Смерть …
ThePurplePimpernel rated The Black Book: 5 stars
The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk
Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective-novel-loving Rüya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for …
ThePurplePimpernel rated Seiobo there below: 2 stars
Seiobo there below by László Krasznahorkai
A Japanese goddess returns to the mortal realms in search of a glimpse of perfection.
ThePurplePimpernel rated Oxford anthology of the Brazilian short story: 4 stars
ThePurplePimpernel rated Dark Lies the Island: 3 stars
ThePurplePimpernel rated From a Buick 8: 3 stars
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the …
ThePurplePimpernel rated Primeval And Others Times: 5 stars
ThePurplePimpernel rated Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret: 4 stars
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret is a middle-grade novel by Judy Blume, first published in 1970. Its protagonist, …